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Elton John, Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks, Michael Jackson, and Elvis Presley are among the top artists of all time. ... Def Leppard has released two No. 1 albums: "Hysteria" in 1987 ...
Phil Collen, according to a statement on the Rock of Ages and Best Of compilations albums, says that this song was written at Wisseloord Studios while Def Leppard was recording the album Hysteria. It was written by Collen and Steve Clark. This song was not included on Hysteria, since the band thought it was very similar to the song "Hysteria".
Hysteria is the fourth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 3 August 1987, [4] by Mercury Records. The album is the follow-up to the band's 1983 breakthrough, Pyromania . Hysteria ' s creation took over three years and was plagued by delays, including the aftermath of drummer Rick Allen 's accident that cost him his left ...
In the Hysteria episode of the Classic Albums documentary series, Elliott said he thought he heard the phrase "love is like a bomb" on Lange's tape "and that set the whole tone for the lyric." [15] (However, some of the key lyrics as well as the overall theme of the song are similar to those of the song "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies.)
After Hysteria, Lange bowed out of working with Def Leppard. In 1999, he returned to working with them in a more limited role, co-writing three tracks for their album Euphoria , which spawned the single " Promises ", a Number 1 hit on the mainstream rock charts.
Elliott had invented the name for a band in his youth. Bandmate Tony Kenning suggested they change the band name to "Def Leppard" to distinguish them from contemporary punk bands like The Flying Lizards and the Boomtown Rats. The band claims that any apparent similarity of the name Led Zeppelin to Def Leppard was unintentional. [4]
"When Love & Hate Collide" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard from their 1995 greatest hits album Vault, written by Joe Elliott and Rick Savage. The power ballad [ 1 ] was originally written and demoed for Adrenalize , but not finalized until 1995 for its inclusion on Vault .
Def Leppard recorded On Through the Night and High 'n' Dry as the five-piece of Savage, Willis, Elliott, Clark, and Allen before Pete Willis was fired in July 1982. Phil Collen of Girl replaced Willis, and the band went on to the most commercially successful period of their career, the releases of Pyromania and Hysteria .