Some of the best songs in history were written at the last minute. Here are a few iconic 80s hits that were the last to be put on their respective albums.<\/p>\n
\u201cPour Some Sugar On Me\u201d by Def Leppard<\/p>\n
Apparently, when this one was written, Def Leppard<\/a> already had 11 other songs for their album Hysteria ready to go. This song came about after frontman Joe Elliot started playing a riff in the studio. Had the album\u2019s producer, Mutt Lange, not noticed, we might have never gotten \u201cPour Some Sugar On Me\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI honestly think to this day he thought I was just playing some Stone or Kinks song or something,\u201d Elliot admitted in an interview<\/a>. \u201cI said, \u2018It\u2019s just an idea I had, it doesn\u2019t matter, we\u2019ve got 11 songs on this record, two years into it, I know we\u2019re done,\u2019 and [Mutt] goes, \u2018Oh no, we\u2019re not. That\u2019s the best hook I\u2019ve heard in over five years. Play it again.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDancing In The Dark\u201d by Bruce Springsteen<\/p>\n \u201cDancing In The Dark\u201d would propel Springsteen\u2019s 1984 album Born in the U.S.A. to success and give him the biggest hit of his career. Ironically, though, this song was the last one to make it onto the project. Springsteen only wrote it because his manager, Jon Landau, thought he needed something single-worthy.<\/p>\n \u201cJon [Landau] had been bothering me to write a single, which is something he rarely does,\u201d Springsteen explained<\/a>. \u201cBut he did that day. And he wanted something direct. That seemed to be what he was hitting on me for at the time. I was angry. I had written a lot of songs and was kind of fed up with the whole thing. We\u2019d been making the record for a long time and I was bored with the whole situation.\u201d<\/p>\n That night, Springsteen wrote \u201cDancing In The Dark\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody Wants To Rule The World\u201d by Tears For Fears<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to imagine a world in which \u201cEverybody Wants To Rule The World\u201d isn\u2019t one of the 80s\u2019 defining hits. Ironically, though, it was a last-minute addition to Tears For Fears\u2019 sophomore album, Songs From The Big Chair.<\/p>\n Roland Orzabal, who came up with the song\u2019s riff, was pretty unimpressed with the tune.<\/p>\n