Hysteria (Def Leppard song)

"Hysteria"
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
"Animal"
(1987)		 "Hysteria"
(1987)		 "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
(1987)

"Animal"
(1987)		 "Hysteria"
(1987)		 "Pour Some Sugar on Me"
(1987)

"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] The melody was also derived from Pink Floyd's "Goodbye Blue Sky". 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)

  1. "Hysteria"
  2. "Ride into the Sun"

12": Bludgeon Riffola / Phonogram (UK)

  1. "Hysteria"
  2. "Ride into the Sun"
  3. "Love And Affection (Live)"

CD: Bludgeon Riffola / Phonogram / U.K. LEPCD3 / INT. 870 004-2 (UK)

  1. "Hysteria"
  2. "Ride into the Sun"
  3. "Love And Affection (Live)"
  4. "I Wanna Be Your Hero"

Other versions

Charts

Chart (1987–88) Peak
position
scope="row"Australia (ARIA)[7] 90
Canada 100 Singles (RPM)[8] 13
scope="row"Ireland (IRMA)[9] 19
scope="row"UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10] 26
scope="row"US Billboard Hot 100[11] 10
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[12] 9

References

  1. ↑ "How? Soft attack on clean guitars in first bars of Hysteria - Gearslutz Pro Audio Community". Gearslutz.com. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Lovedrug Cover Def Leppard's 'Hysteria' - Song Premiere". Noisecreep. 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  3. ↑ "Lovedrug Takes on Def Leppard, Darren Hayes, Stevie Nicks, and More » Cover Me". Covermesongs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  4. ↑ "Iamlovedrug.Com". Iamlovedrug.xom. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Melodic Net - Lovedrug Release "Best Of I Am Lovedrug" On June 28th". Melodic.net. 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  6. ↑ Reesman, Bryan. "Matt Nathanson Channels His Inner-Def Leppard Fanboy for 'Pyromattia' EP: Premiere". Billboard. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Def Leppard – Hysteria". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ "RPM 100 Singles" (PDF). RPM. Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada. 47 (24). April 2, 1988. OCLC 352936026. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  9. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Hysteria". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Def Leppard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Def Leppard – Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
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