Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)

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"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
Song by Def Leppard
from the album Pyromania
Released20 January 1984
RecordedJanuary–November 1982
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 3:52 (album version)
  • 3:45 (Mexican single edit)
Label Vertigo
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange

"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" is a track by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1983 album, Pyromania . An edited version was released as a single in Mexico that same year.

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History

The history of "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" predates the Pyromania recording sessions by a few years. Def Leppard first played a song by the title "Medicine Man" on their first UK headlining tour in April 1980. [1] "Medicine Man", which appears in its original form twice as live tracks on the band's 2020 box set The Early Years 79–81 , contains the main guitar parts and structure of "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)." [2] The song was rewritten to include new rhythm and lyrics, and a solo by Def Leppard's newest band member Phil Collen, to debut as the opening track on the 1983 multi-platinum Pyromania. Though not released as a single in major markets, the song was released as a single in Mexico, and a music video was released. The song is one of the few non-singles to appear in many live sets, most recently played as an opener on the 2015 World Tour. [3] The song also appears as the opening track of the second discs of the compilation albums Best Of and Rock of Ages .

Music video

The music video for the song was shot in January 1984 in Japan during the Pyromania World Tour. [4] The video appears on Historia , though not further video compilations released by the band.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" (Mono)3:45
2."Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)" (Stereo)3:45

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