Hello America (Def Leppard song)

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“Hello America”
Single by Def Leppard from the album On Through the Night
Released	March 14, 1980
Format	Vinyl single
Recorded	December 1979 Startling Studios Ascot, Berkshire
Genre	Hard rock
Length	3:27
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Joe Elliott, Steve Clark, Rick Savage
Producer	Tom Allom
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Wasted" (1979) "Hello America" (1980) "Let It Go" (1981)

"Hello America" is a 1980 song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their debut album On Through the Night.^[1]The lyrics and title of the songs are about the fantasies the band had about touring in America. It was one of the main reasons that made the British fans of the band accuse them for being more interested in having success in America rather than the UK. However, Rick Savage has claimed in an interview that Joe Elliot was literally looking in a map and listing the city names that sounded good when he was writing the lyrics to the song. There were no intentions to make the song more appealing to American audiences.^{[citation needed]}

The single's B-side, "Good Morning Freedom" has never been released in any other format and is only available on this single.^{[citation needed]}

An alternate recording of the song Hello America appears as a B-Side on the Wasted single.

[edit] Video

When the song was within the Top 50 in the UK charts, Mercury Records had the band record a performance for BBC's Top of the Pops, provided that the song advanced the following week. Unfortunately, the song slipped off the charts, and the video never aired. It is, however, included in the band's video Historia. What makes this video unique is that Rick Allen's drum kit is placed in the front of the stage while the rest of the band performs behind him. Joe is wearing a patriotic outfit because of the red and white striped shirt and his blue jeans.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 7": Vertigo – Phonogram / LEPP1 (UK)

1. "Hello America"
2. "Good Morning Freedom"

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.defleppard.com/discography/discography_main.html#album_01

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