Armageddon It

"Armageddon It"
"Armageddon It"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Hysteria
B-side	"Ring of Fire" (UK); "Release Me" (US);
Released	March 1988 (UK); November 1988 (US);
Recorded	1984–1987
Genre	Hard rock; pop metal;
Length	5:24 (Atomic mix/album version); 7:39 (Nuclear mix);
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Joe Elliott; Rick Savage; Phil Collen; Steve Clark; Robert John "Mutt" Lange;
Producer(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
Music video
	"Armageddon It" on YouTube

"Armageddon It" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It was released as a single in 1988 and went to No. 3 in the United States, becoming their 3rd top 10 hit. It also reached the top 10 in Canada and New Zealand and the top 20 in Ireland and the United Kingdom.

The vocal style of the song is described as "T. Rex meets Eddie Cochran with backing vocals", according to lead singer Joe Elliott in the liner notes for Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995). There are two mixes of the song that appeared on the single: the "Atomic mix", which is the album version, and the "Nuclear mix", which is an extended version.

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