Historical Artist Profile
Def Leppard
⭐ HOF Inductee / Class of 2019
Biography & Overview
Def Leppard are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1976. Since 1992, the band has consisted of Rick Savage (bass, backing vocals), Joe Elliott (lead vocals), Rick Allen (drums), Phil Collen (guitar, backing vocals), and Vivian Campbell (guitar, backing vocals). They established themselves as part of the new wave of British heavy metal of the early 1980s. The band's first album, 1980's On Through the Night, reached the Top 15 in the UK but received little notice elsewhere.
🇺🇸 US Billboard Tracking History
11 Charted Tracks
"Love Bites"
Entered Charts: 1988
#1 HIT
"Pour Some Sugar On Me"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #2
"Armageddon It"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #3
"Hysteria"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #10
"Photograph"
Entered Charts: 1983
Peak: #12
"Rocket"
Entered Charts: 1989
Peak: #12
"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
Entered Charts: 1992
Peak: #12
"Two Steps Behind (From "Last Action Hero")"
Entered Charts: 1993
Peak: #12
"Let's Get Rocked"
Entered Charts: 1992
Peak: #15
"Rock Of Ages"
Entered Charts: 1983
Peak: #16
"Animal"
Entered Charts: 1987
Peak: #19
🇬🇧 UK Official Charts History
27 Charted Tracks
"Let's Get Rocked"
Entered Charts: 1992
Peak: #2
"When Love & Hate Collide"
Entered Charts: 1995
Peak: #2
"Animal"
Entered Charts: 1987
Peak: #6
"Love Bites"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #11
"Make Love Like A Man"
Entered Charts: 1992
Peak: #12
"Heaven Is"
Entered Charts: 1993
Peak: #13
"Action"
Entered Charts: 1994
Peak: #14
"Rocket"
Entered Charts: 1989
Peak: #15
"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
Entered Charts: 1992
Peak: #16
"Slang"
Entered Charts: 1996
Peak: #17
"Pour Some Sugar On Me"
Entered Charts: 1987
Peak: #18
"Armageddon It"
Entered Charts: 1988
Peak: #20
"Work It Out"
Entered Charts: 1996
Peak: #22
"Now"
Entered Charts: 2002
Peak: #23
"Hysteria"
Entered Charts: 1987
Peak: #26
"Two Steps Behind"
Entered Charts: 1993
Peak: #32
"Tonight"
Entered Charts: 1993
Peak: #34
"All I Want Is Everything"
Entered Charts: 1996
Peak: #38
"Long Long Way To Go"
Entered Charts: 2003
Peak: #40
"Rock Of Ages"
Entered Charts: 1983
Peak: #41
"Promises"
Entered Charts: 1999
Peak: #41
"Bathe A Sigh"
Entered Charts: 1996
Peak: #43
"Hello America"
Entered Charts: 1980
Peak: #45
"Goodbye"
Entered Charts: 1999
Peak: #54
"Wasted"
Entered Charts: 1979
Peak: #61
"Photograph"
Entered Charts: 1983
Peak: #66
"Too Late"
Entered Charts: 1983
Peak: #86