70 in '100 Greatest Artists of All Time'. 31 in VH1's '100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock' and ranked No. 2 on the US album chart, Pyromania was certified Diamond in the US and 7x platinum in Canada and reached the Top 20 in the UK but did not sell much elsewhere.Īs one of the world's best-selling music artists, Def Leppard have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and have two albums with RIAA diamond certification: Pyromania and Hysteria, making them one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums selling more than 10 million copies in the US. Def Leppard's next studio album, Pyromania, was released in January 1983, with 'Photograph' and 'Rock of Ages' both topping the US Rock Tracks chart and reaching the Top 20 of the Hot 100. Their second album, 1981's High 'n' Dry, was produced by Mutt Lange, who helped them begin to define their melodic, hard rock style, and the album's most popular track 'Bringin' On the Heartbreak' became one of the first rock videos played on MTV in 1982, but the album only reached the Top 30 and 40 in the UK and US.

Their first album, 1980's On Through the Night, reached the Top 15 in the UK but received little notice elsewhere. Oh Oh, look what youve done Photograph - I dont. The band's greatest commercial success came between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Photograph - lyrics Huh Im outa luck, outa love Oh, look what youve done to this rock n roll clown.

They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement of the early 1980s. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Rick Allen (drums, backing vocals), Phil Collen (guitars, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitars, backing vocals). Def Leppards 1983 hit, Photograph, is the lead single off their third album, Pyromania. It was also listed as the 17th-greatest song of the past 25 years by VH1.ĭef Leppard are an English rock band formed in 1977 in Sheffield. In 2009 it was named the 13th-greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart, where it stayed for six weeks, and No. Their lead vocalist Joe Elliott has described the song as generally about 'something you can't ever get your hands on'. It is the lead single from the band's third studio album, Pyromania (1983). It is the lead single from the bands third studio. 'Photograph' is a song performed by English rock band Def Leppard and produced by Robert John 'Mutt' Lange. Photograph is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard and produced by Robert John Mutt Lange.

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