Love Bites
Song by Def Leppard
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Search complete. 27 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Love Bites".
Oct 10, 2026
TimGUEST
I don't know.
TimGUEST
Love Bites.
Ben BartonHOST
Love Bites.
Ben BartonHOST
That's it.
Ben BartonHOST
Yes.
Damon BruceHOST
By the way, hacks on HBO without using the name Joan Rivers is the Joan Rivers story.
Damon BruceHOST
Today in 1988, Def Leppard had the number one song in America and it was Love Bites.
Damon BruceHOST
That's right off Hysteria, right? Or no, it was that.
Damon BruceHOST
What album is that off of? I think it's Hysteria.
Damon BruceHOST
I can tell you right now, you know, in 1988, I'm 13 years old.
Damon BruceHOST
And all of a sudden, girls went from being a lowercase G to a capital G.
Damon BruceHOST
And I want to thank Love Bites.
Damon BruceHOST
That was one of my first makeout songs ever.
Melissa MooreHOST
Def Leppard.
Melissa MooreHOST
And your final question: What band sings Love Bites?
IsaacAUDIENCE
That's Def Leppard.
Melissa MooreHOST
That is Def Leppard.
TJ WalkerHOST
Go ahead.
Corey PricePANELIST
The Def Leppard song Love Bites reaches number one on the Billboard-
Trevor KelseyHOST
Love Bites
Corey PricePANELIST
...
Corey PricePANELIST
Hot 100 chart for the first time.
35 MINS LATER
speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I can't go for just a little slice of-
Trevor KelseyHOST
All over Hoosier Country.
speaker_11SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Love bites, love bleeds.
Kevin FlynnHOST
Steve Hallstrom coming up here in a couple of minutes.
Kevin FlynnHOST
What year was Def Leppard number one with Love Bites?
Dean WysockiCORRESPONDENT
Love Bites.
Kevin FlynnHOST
Yes.
Dean WysockiCORRESPONDENT
Love Bites.
Dean WysockiCORRESPONDENT
'80?
Kevin FlynnHOST
'80 something.
Chris MolanphyHOST
However, on Spotify, her debut single, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, has more streams than either of them, and it only peaked at number two.
Chris MolanphyHOST
The aforementioned Def Leppard reached number one in the fall of 88 with Love Bites.
Chris MolanphyHOST
But their summer 88 anthem, Pour Some Sugar On Me, which peaked at number two, has more than three times as many streams as Love Bites and is far better remembered.
Chris MolanphyHOST
Madonna scored several number two hits.
Chris MolanphyHOST
Possibly her most famous is 1985's Material Girl.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh, girls just wanna have fun.
Chris MolanphyHOST
The aforementioned Def Leppard reached number one in the fall of '88 with Love Bites.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Love bites, and it leads.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's getting into my skin.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Love lives, love dies
Chris MolanphyHOST
But their summer '88 anthem Pour Some Sugar On Me, which peaked at number two, has more than three times as many streams as Love Bites and is far better remembered.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Pour some sugar on me.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ooh, in the name of love.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh, girls just wanna have fun.
Chris MolanphyHOST
The aforementioned Def Leppard reached number one in the fall of '88 with Love Bites.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Love bites.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it bleeds.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's getting into my veins.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Love lives.
speaker_0SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Love dies.
Chris MolanphyHOST
But their summer '88 anthem Pour Some Sugar on Me, which peaked at number two, has more than three times as many streams as Love Bites and is far better remembered.
John HolmbergHOST
MTV is for people who are 50.
John HolmbergHOST
That was when MTV mattered to anyone, so they had to appeal to that audience, so they played Def Leppard's Love Bites.
John HolmbergHOST
Oh, no, wait, that's us.
John HolmbergHOST
They had, uh, all those old people on there.
46 MINS LATER
Bret VeselyHOST
You know what I always thought was accurate?"
John HolmbergHOST
What, Greg?
Bret VeselyHOST
Love Bites.
John HolmbergHOST
Oh, no.
Sammy HardOnHOST
It sounds like fucking Def Leppard.
Sammy HardOnHOST
Yeah, Love Bites or something.
Sammy HardOnHOST
The thing is they...
Sammy HardOnHOST
Yes, exactly right.