"Armageddon It" is a song by British hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Def Leppard

Def Leppard

Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Since 1992, the band have consisted of Joe Elliott , Rick Savage , Rick Allen , Phil Collen , and Vivian Campbell...

 from their 1987 album Hysteria. It was released as a single in 1988 and went to No. 3 in the U.S. (their fourth U.S. Top Ten hit).

The actual line of "Armageddon It" is meant to be a word play on the line "I'm A Gettin' It," thought up by the band during the recording sessions for the Hysteria album. The vocal style of the song is described as "Eddie Cochran

Eddie Cochran

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 meets T.Rex", according to singer Joe Elliott

Joe Elliott

Joseph Thomas "Joe" Elliott Jr is an English singer-songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the British rock band Def Leppard. He has also been the lead singer of David Bowie cover band, the Cybernauts and the Mott the Hoople cover band, Down...

.

The video for the song was the second to feature Def Leppard in a live arena setting. On February 12 and 13 1988, the band recorded two shows at the McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado

Colorado

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 for a future live film release. However, a month later, "Armageddon It" was set to be released as the sixth single off the popular "Hysteria" album and a promo video clip was urgently needed.

From the band's end, there was hesitation to film another concept video. Although they were happy with the results for "Hysteria" (the single) and "Animal," they were very unsatisfied with the way "Pour Some Sugar on Me" had turned out for its concept.

Therefore, an idea was pitched to quickly create a video edited from the Denver footage. It was another hit in the UK, reaching the Top 20. Months later, it was released in the United States and was even more successful, reaching the Top 3.

However, "Pour Some Sugar on Me

Pour Some Sugar on Me

"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It reached number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100...

" was the first song used there for the "live" concept (in fact, many of the scenes are the same in the two), but instead of filming a different video, slight changes were made using footage filmed in October at the Omni

Omni Coliseum

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 in Atlanta, Georgia

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.

There are two mixes of the song that appeared in the single, "The Nuclear Mix" an extended version of the song and "The Atomic Mix" that is in fact the album version.

Trivia

• On the recorded version (and during the Hysteria tour), the solo is preceded by Joe Elliot's call to Steve Clark
  Steve Clark
  Stephen Maynard Clark was an English musician, co-lead guitarist for the British hard rock band Def Leppard up until his death in 1991 due to a combination of alcohol and multiple prescription drugs...
  
   "C'mon Steve, get it". Following Steve's death in 1991, this line was either replaced by "C'mon, boys" or simply removed during concerts.
• The b-side to the US release of "Armageddon It" contains a cherished rarity for Def Leppard fans: a cover of Engelbert Humperdinck
  Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
  Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer, best known for his hits including "Release Me " and "After the Lovin'" as well as "The Last Waltz" .-Early life:...
  
  's "Release Me
  Release Me (1946 song)
  "Release Me" is a popular song written by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, and James Pebworth , published in 1946.Miller wrote the song in 1946 but could not get anyone to record it for years, so he recorded it himself in 1953. Shortly afterward it was covered by Jimmy Heap, and with even better success...
  
  " but sung by guitar tech (and later tour manager) Malvin Mortimer under the alias of "Stumpus Maximus".
  Def Leppard is credited with background vocals as "The Good Ol' Boys". The song is remembered for its off-key bombast and humor and turned Mortimer into an unofficial member of the band. The track is included on the "deluxe edition" 2006 re-issue of Hysteria.

CD: Bludgeon Riffola / LEPCD4 (UK) / 870 239-2 (INT)

1. "Armageddon It"
2. "Ring of Fire"
3. "Animal"
4. "Pour Some Sugar on Me"

7": Bludgeon Riffola / Vertigo / 872 692-7P (CANADA) / Picture Disc

1. "Armageddon It"
2. "Release Me"

7": Bludgeon Riffola / Polygram Records / Mercury / 872 692-7 (INT)

1. "Armageddon It"
2. "Release Me"