Artist: Def Leppard
Song: Hysteria
Album: Hysteria
Label: Mercury / Island
Sounds Like: 1987
The third single from the highly acclaimed album of the same name, “Hysteria” displays the softer side of Def Leppard’s polished rock sound.
Featuring heavily layered vocal tracks, an electronically enhanced drumbeat and distant, but prevalent guitar melodies, “Hysteria” helped further define the band’s new, more polished sound following the epic Pyromania album.
“Hysteria” was the third single off of the 1987 album, which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Other album tracks “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” “Rocket,” “Animal,” “Love Bites” and “Armageddon It” helped make Hysteria one of the best selling albums of all time.
Def Leppard recently performed a number of its songs, including “Hysteria,” on Country Music Televisions “Crossroads” program with country artist Taylor Swift. The band was nominated for two CMT awards for this performance.
Click here to hear the album version of “Hysteria.”