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"Let's Get Rocked"
Song
B-side"Only After Dark"
"Women" (live)

"Let's Get Rocked" is a 1992 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize. The song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, and at #15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background and release

Lead vocalist Joe Elliott has claimed the song is about popular cartoon character Bart Simpson disobeying the orders of his parents and also tells the story of Joe himself as a child. He has also stated people from the band's hometown Sheffield, England will understand the lyrics better than anyone else.

Also, according to a Joe Elliott statement on the "Rock of Ages" and "Best Of" compilation albums, this song was an escapism since the band was working on the "White Lightning" song and felt like doing something to lighten the atmosphere.

Music video

The song was accompanied by a then state-of-the-art computer animated music video, which is believed to be one of the most groundbreaking CG music videos created along with "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits.

Films appearances

The song was first used in the 1992 film Encino Man, but it does not appear on the film's soundtrack. The song has also been used to promote the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, starring Alec Baldwin and Saturday Night Live alumnus Tina Fey. It was also featured in the film Rockstar starring Mark Wahlberg.

Track listings

CD maxi (Bludgeon Riffola) - Canada
  1. "Let's Get Rocked"
  2. "Only After Dark"
  3. "Women (live)"
12" maxi (Bludgeon Riffola) / DEFXP 7 - UK / INT 866 587-1 / Picture Disc
  1. "Let's Get Rocked"
  2. "Only After Dark"
  3. "Too Late for Love (live)"
7" single
  1. "Let's Get Rocked" – 4:56
  2. "Only After Dark" – 4:02

This 12" single picture disc has a blue eye graphic in the cover. On the back side of the picture disc has the band's picture. The back cardboard has the 12" single information and the same band picture. Pictures by Pamela Springsteen. Artwork and Design by Andie Airfix at Satori. The "Women" live performance was recorded at McNichols Arena, Denver, in February 1988.

Cassette Single
Bludgeon Riffola/ 866 586-4 / DEF MC7 (UK)
  1. "Let's Get Rocked"
  2. "Only After Dark"

The Side A and Side B of the cassette is the same one.

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[1] 6
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 19
Dutch Mega Top 100[1] 19
French SNEP Singles Chart[1] 23
German Singles Chart[2] 22
Irish Singles Chart[3] 4
Norwegian Singles Chart[1] 2
Swedish Singles Chart[1] 18
Swiss Singles Chart[1] 3
UK Singles Chart[4] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[5] 1

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Let's Get Rocked", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 13, 2009)
  2. ^ German Singles Chart Musicline.de (Retrieved April 13, 2009)
  3. ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 13, 2009)
  4. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 13, 2009)
  5. ^ a b Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved April 13, 2009)
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