Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 31. Chapters: 20th Century Boy, Action (song), All I Want Is Everything (Def Leppard song), Animal (Def Leppard song), Armageddon It, Breathe a Sigh, Bringin' On the Heartbreak, Day After Day (Def Leppard song), Desert Song, Foolin', Four Letter Word (Def Leppard song), Goodbye (Def Leppard song), Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad, Heaven Is, Hello America (song), High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night), Hysteria (Def Leppard song), Let's Get Rocked, Let It Go (Def Leppard song), Long, Long Way to Go, Love Bites (song), Make Love Like a Man, Miss You in a Heartbeat, Now (Def Leppard song), No Matter What (Badfinger song), Paper Sun (Def Leppard song), Photograph (Def Leppard song), Pour Some Sugar on Me, Promises (Def Leppard song), Rocket (Def Leppard song), Rock Brigade, Rock of Ages (song), Rock On (song), Slang (Def Leppard song), Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion), Tonight (Def Leppard song), Too Late for Love (song), Two Steps Behind, Undefeated (Def Leppard song), Wasted (Def Leppard song), When Love & Hate Collide, Women (Def Leppard song), Work It Out (Def Leppard song). Excerpt: "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" is a song originally recorded by British hard rock band Def Leppard. It was the second single from their 1981 album High 'n' Dry. The song was written by three of the band's members: Steve Clark, Pete Willis, and Joe Elliott. In 2002, it was covered by American R&B/pop singer Mariah Carey for her album Charmbracelet. Many reviews of the R&B cover were positive, as was the reaction from Def Leppard's Joe Elliott. Def Leppard recorded the song for their second album, High 'n' Dry. Its working title had been "A Certain Heartache," and the track (along with the others on the album) was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. Lange said he thought the band was intending to make the song's verse "jangley" and "a kind of 'Stairway to Heaven' thing; Steve likes that long wrangled guitar jangle." Cliff Burnstein, the manager of Def Leppard and an A&R representative for Mercury Records, later said that Peter Willis was embarrassed to play the song for him because it was a ballad. Burnstein originally thought it only had potential to be a hit single if it was recorded by an artist such as Bonnie Tyler. High 'n' Dry was released in the U.S. in summer 1981. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" was commercially released in the U.S. on November 13, with "Me and My Wine" (a non-album track) and "You Got Me Runnin'" included as B-sides. It did not appear on the U.S. charts, but its music video was picked up by the recently launched television channel MTV and received heavy rotation. The popularity of the video and the exposure the band received caused a resurgence in sales of High 'n' Dry, which subsequently sold over two million copies. It was released in Mexico as "Llevarlo en la Desilusion" with "Yo y mi Vino" ("Me and My Wine") featuring the cover art from the single of "Too Late for Love." High 'n' Dry was re-issued in May 1984 with two new tracks, one of which was a synthesizer-heavy remix of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak." Featuring Phil Collen on guitar, the
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Def Leppard Songs (Music Guide): 20th Century Boy, Action (Song), All I Want Is Everything (Def Leppard Song), Animal (Def Leppard Song), Armageddon I | 
