Paper Sun (Def Leppard song)
"Paper Sun" | ||||
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Single by Def Leppard | ||||
from the album Euphoria | ||||
Released | 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 5:27 | |||
Label | Bludgeon Riffola – Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Phil Collen, Vivian Campbell, Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Pete Woodroffe | |||
Producer(s) | Pete Woodroffe and Def Leppard | |||
Def Leppard singles chronology | ||||
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Paper Sun is a single by British band Def Leppard from their 9th album Euphoria. It charted at #11 on the US Mainstream Rock Charts. It failed to chart elsewhere however. It is included on the second disc of the compilation album Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection.
Lyrically the song is about the Omagh bombing which occurred on August 15, 1998. After being omitted from tour set lists since the Euphoria World Tour in 2000, the song returned to Def Leppard's set list for their 2015 World Tour with Tesla and Styx.
Charts[]
Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[1] | 11 |
References[]
- ^ "Def Leppard Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- Def Leppard songs
- 1999 singles
- Anti-war songs
- Protest songs
- Songs based on actual events
- Songs written by Phil Collen
- Songs written by Vivian Campbell
- Songs written by Joe Elliott
- Songs written by Rick Savage
- 1998 songs
- Mercury Records singles
- Songs about The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
- Heavy metal song stubs