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Def Leppard

Rock Of Ages

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“Rock of Ages” is a song by Def Leppard from their 1983 album Pyromania. It takes its name from the hymn Rock of Ages. When released as a single in the United States, the song reached number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the Top Tracks rock chart. It begins with a German-like nonsense phrase, “Gunter glieben glauchen globen”, which was later sampled in “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)“ by The Offspring as well as “Call Me What You Like (If You Like Rock-N-Roll)“ by Puffy AmiYumi. This was also sampled in a parody of the song, “Rape Rock of Ages,“ by self-proclaimed “rape rock” band The Mentors.http://www.myspace.com/thementors|1 According to the official Def Leppard FAQ,
These four words that you hear at the start of “Rock of... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Rock of ages, rock of ages ... What do you want? What do you want ... Long live rock 'n' roll, oh yeah yeah

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