"Armageddon It" is a song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It was released as a single in 1988 and went to Number 3 in the US (their third US Top Ten hit).
The actual line of "Armageddon It" is meant to be a word play on the line "Are You Gettin' It", thought up by the band during the recording sessions for the Hysteria album. The vocal style of the song is described as "Eddie Cochran meets T.Rex", according to singer Joe Elliott.
The video for the song was the second to feature Def Leppard in a live arena setting. On February 12 & 13 1988, the band recorded two shows at the McNichols Arena in Denver, Colorado for a future live film release. However, a month later, "Armageddon It" was set to be released as the fourth single off the popular "Hysteria" album and a promo video clip was urgently needed.
From the band's end, there was hesitation to film another concept video. While they were happy with the results for "Hysteria" (the single) and "Animal", they were very unsatisfied with the way "Pour Some Sugar on Me" had turned out for its concept.
Therefore, an idea was pitched to quickly create a video edited from the Denver footage. It was another hit in the UK, reaching the Top 20. Months later, it was released in the United States and was even more successful, reaching the Top 3.
However, "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was the first song used there for the "live" concept (in fact, many of the scenes are the same in the two) but instead of filming a different video, slight changes were made using footage filmed in October at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.
