Hysteria (Def Leppard song)
| "Hysteria" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Def Leppard | ||||
| from the album Hysteria | ||||
| Released |
November 1987 (UK) January 1988 (U.S.) 19 March 2013 (Re-recorded version) | |||
| Format |
7" / 12" / CD / CDV Digital download (2013 Re-recorded Version) | |||
| Recorded |
1985–87 2012 (Re-recorded version) | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length |
5:54 (Album version) 3:50 (Single edit) | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Def Leppard singles chronology | ||||
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"Hysteria" is a love song by the English hard rock band Def Leppard. It is the tenth track on their 1987 album of the same name and was released as the third single from that album in November 1987. On VH1 Storytellers: Def Leppard, lead singer Joe Elliott revealed that the song title came from drummer Rick Allen.
The song features a clean guitar melody and heavily multi-tracked vocals in its chorus. The "extreme" nature of producer Mutt Lange's recording methods is also exampled in the chorus, where the clean guitar chords were recorded one note at a time as opposed to the traditional method of strumming them, in effect "building" a chord by recording the notes that make them up.[1] An acoustic rendition of the song was performed by Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen on the Hysteria edition of VH1's Classic Albums.
Track listing
7": Bludgeon Riffola / Mercury / 870 004-7 (USA)
- "Hysteria"
- "Ride into the Sun"
Other versions
- Lovedrug recorded a version of "Hysteria", along with a making-of video, for the fan-chosen covers album from the I AM LOVEDRUG campaign.[2][3] The album, titled Best of I AM LOVEDRUG,[4] was released 28 June 2011.[5]
- Def Leppard themselves re-recorded the song in 2012 (along with "Rock of Ages" and "Pour Some Sugar On Me") and released it as a digital download on 19 March 2013.
Charts
| Chart (1987–88) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| scope="row" | Australia (ARIA)[6] | 90 |
| Canada 100 Singles (RPM)[7] | 13 | |
| scope="row" | Ireland (IRMA)[8] | 19 |
| scope="row" | UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[9] | 26 |
| scope="row" | US Billboard Hot 100[10] | 10 |
| US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[11] | 9 |
References
- ↑ http://www.gearslutz.com/board/165056-post4.html
- ↑ "Lovedrug Cover Def Leppard's 'Hysteria' - Song Premiere". Noisecreep. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Lovedrug Takes on Def Leppard, Darren Hayes, Stevie Nicks, and More » Cover Me". Covermesongs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Iamlovedrug.Com". Iamlovedrug.Com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Melodic Net - Lovedrug Release "Best Of I Am Lovedrug" On June 28th". Melodic.net. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
- ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Def Leppard – Hysteria". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ "RPM 100 Singles" (PDF). RPM. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. 47 (24). April 2, 1988. OCLC 352936026. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hysteria". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Archive Chart: 1987-11-29" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Def Leppard – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Def Leppard. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Def Leppard – Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 25, 2017.