High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)

"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" is the 1981 title track by British heavy metal band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album High 'n' Dry. It was ranked number 33 on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs.[1] It is one of five songs by Def Leppard, which had a promotional video, but however were not single releases. This song was released as a single in Australia.[2]

"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"
Song by Def Leppard
from the album High 'n' Dry
Released11 July 1981
RecordedLate 1980 – early 1981 at Battery Studios in London
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length3:27
LabelMercury Records (US)
Vertigo
Songwriter(s)Steve Clark, Rick Savage, Joe Elliott
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange

This song made the "Filthy Fifteen", a list of songs criticised by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), for having explicit lyrics that describe alcohol use and intoxication. The group's mission was "to educate and inform parents" about "the growing trend in music towards lyrics that are sexually explicit, excessively violent, or glorify the use of drugs and alcohol," and to seek the censorship and rating of music. In 2016, lead singer Joe Elliott commented on the alcoholic nature of the song, stating that during the recording of the album, producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange was attempting to turn him into a "beer-swilling bastard" in the music, which he was not in real life.[3]

References
  1. High 'n' Dry DefLeppard.com. Retrieved 17 November 2011
  2. "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Replay.waybackmachine.org. 2008-12-08. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-21.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/def-leppards-joe-elliott-my-life-in-15-songs-78460/high-n-dry-saturday-night-1981-162796/



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