Def Leppard - Rocket [Single]

"Rocket" was the seventh single, (SEVENTH!!), from Def Leppard's 12× Platinum album Hysteria.



The song "name drops" multiple classic rock artists, songs and albums as a tribute to the music of the band's youth.

• "Jack Flash" by the Rolling Stones, 1969;
• "Rocket Man" by Elton John, 1972;
• "Sgt. Pepper & the Band" - by the Beatles, 1967;
• "Ziggy" - of David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust", 1972;
• "Bennie and the Jets" - by Elton John, 1973;
• "Satellite of Love" - by Lou Reed, 1972;
• "Laser Love" - by T.Rex, 1976;
• "Jet" - by Paul McCartney & Wings, 1973;
• "Black" a reference to "Black Betty" by Ram Jam, 1977;
• "Johnny B." a reference to "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry, 1958;
• "Jean Genie" by David Bowie, 1973;
• "Killer Queen" - by Queen, 1974;
• "Dizzy Lizzy" - a reference to the song "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" by the Beatles, 1965 (also a nod to Thin Lizzy);
• "Major Tom" a reference to the song "Space Oddity" by David Bowie, 1969.

01. Rocket (The Lunar Mix)
02. Women (Live)
03. Rock of Ages (Live)
04. Rocket (Single Version)

Def Leppard - Rocket [Single]