Hysteria (Def Leppard song)

"Hysteria"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Hysteria
B-side"Ride into the Sun"
Released
  • 16 November 1987 (UK)
  • January 1988 (US)
  • 19 March 2013 (re-recorded version)
Recorded
  • 1985–1987
  • 2012 (re-recorded version)
GenreGlam metal[1]
Length
  • 5:54 (album version)
  • 3:50 (single edit)
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Pour Some Sugar on Me"
(1987)
"Hysteria"
(1987)
"Armageddon It"
(1988)
Music videos
"Hysteria" on YouTube

"Hysteria" is a 1987 song by English heavy metal band Def Leppard and is the title track to their fourth studio album Hysteria. It went to number 26 in the United Kingdom, number 10 in the United States, number 19 in Ireland and number 13 in Canada.

Track listing

7": Bludgeon Riffola / Mercury / 870 004-7 (US)

  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"

References

  1. "Def Leppard Reflects on the 'Early Years' and Why Those Iron Maiden Comparisons Were 'Tiresome'". Billboard. Retrieved 11 February 2021.