Song
Love Bites
Def Leppard
Album:
Hysteria
Song Meaning and Background of Love Bites by Def Leopard
The song was a country ballad when Robert John "Mutt" Lange first brought it to the band's attention, and they believed it was unlike anything else they had ever done. After that, the band incorporated power rock components and emotional backup vocals like to those heard in vintage R&B ballads.
A very different song initially known as "Love Bites" was later renamed "I Wanna Be Your Hero" and released as a Hysteria B-side and later on the album Retro Active. Glam metal has been used to characterise the song's musical style, and it is regarded as a classic in the field.
Def Leppard, an English glam metal band, released the song "Love Bites" on their album Hysteria. The power ballad, which reached the top 10 in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand, is Def Leppard's lone number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song's top position on the UK Singles Chart was number 11.
Lyrics of Love Bites by Def Leopard
If you've got love in your sights
Watch out
Love bites
When you make love, do you look in the mirror?
Who do you think of, does he look like me?
Do you tell lies? And say that it's forever
Do you think twice, or just touch and see?
Ooh, babe
Oh, yeah
When you're alone, do you let go?
Are you wild and willing or is it just for show?
Ooh, come on
I don't wanna touch you too much, baby
'Cause making love to you might drive me crazy
I know you think that love is the way you make it
So I don't wanna be there when you decide to break it
No
Love bites, love bleeds
It's bringing me to my knees
Love lives, love dies
It's no surprise
Love begs, love pleads
It's what I need
When I'm with you, are you somewhere else?
Am I getting through or do you please yourself?
When you wake up, will you walk out?
It can't be love if you throw it about
Ooh, babe
I don't wanna touch you too much, baby
'Cause making love to you might drive me crazy
Oh
Love bites, love bleeds
It's bringing me to my knees
Love lives, love dies
It's no surprise
Love begs, love pleads
It's what I need
I don't wanna touch you too much, baby
'Cause making love to you might drive me crazy
I know you think that love is the way you make it
So I don't wanna be there when you decide to break it
No
Love bites, love bleeds
It's bringing me to my knees
Love lives, love dies
Love bites, love bleeds
It's bringing me to my knees
Love lives, love dies
It's no surprise
Love begs, love pleads
It's what I need
If you've got love in your sights
Watch out
Love bites
Release Date
1988
Songwriter/s
Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Phil Collen, Steve Clark, Joe Elliott, Rick Savage
Producer/s
Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Label/s
Mercury
