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“Photograph” is a 1983 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their album Pyromania. It was written as a tribute to the late actress Marilyn Monroe, as singer Joe Elliott often stated before playing the song live onstage. When released as a single it reached #1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart and #12 on the Pop Singles chart. In 2006 the song was used in promotional ads for the DVD release of Blades of Glory. In 2009 it was named the 13th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.

The 1993 live recording of the song in Sheffield, England appeared in the music video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock as part of a Def Leppard downloadable track pack, as did the 1993 live recording of “Rock of Ages”. The song was also included in the tracklisting of the rhythm music video game Battle Of The Bands. In 2008 they performed the song with country star Taylor Swift on CMT Crossroads.

Joe Elliott comented on the Vault album that this song was a big hit in the US and that he felt disappointed that it didn’t become a hit in the UK. Nationally syndicated sports talk show host Jim Rome commonnly refers to “Photograph” as one of the all time great rock songs ever.

There are two versions of the music video. The uncensored version shows a knife scene at the beginning, and on the censored version of the video, it is almost the same except the knife scene is replaced with a stationary black cat.
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  • Pyromania
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  • Best Of
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  • Rock Of Ages: The Definitive Collection
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  • Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits
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  • storagemusic

    PLAY THE ORIGINAL SONG RECORDINGS!!!! Hate these "live" versions!!!2 it sucks

    last month

  • msippigirl

    PLAY THE ORIGINAL SONG RECORDINGS!!!! Hate these "live" versions!!! I'm banning them all!!!!!

    last month

  • MIKEH3875

    this song and video back in 1983 made Def Leppard pretty much explode in popularity and they were the best new band at that time.It was during this time as a kid that i also discovered them due to the video being played pretty much nonstop on MTV back then.

    March 2012

  • storagemusic

    hate live recorded music. i wish there was a box to check to not play live music.

    March 2012

  • KISSastrophe

    one of my fave def leppard tracks...

    March 2012

  • BMWPRETTY

    Whooo! Out of Love! I have a picture of you, OWWW look what you have done!

    March 2012

  • nitehawk868

    Cowbell!!!!

    February 2012

  • nitehawk868

    Awesome fricking tune....on of my favorite songs to drum along with!!!!

    February 2012

  • CreamCrazy

    Joe Elliot's vocals make this song epic, definitely one of his best vocal performances

    January 2012

  • Yaakov27

    First song by Def Leppard I heard. best listen of my life. Opening guitar riff sends chills down my spine. Rock on Def Leppard <3

    January 2012

  • storagemusic

    took me all day but now got this song to play at work.

    December 2011

  • teslacab

    yeah get to hear this on last FM again its about time.

    December 2011

  • cookiemischief8

    Such a perfect song. It's super-fun and still kicks ass! And the video, oh my Lord, Joe Elliott... so irresistible in that Union Jack shirt! One of my all-time favorites =D

    December 2011

  • MissWeird

    aug 22nd, 1,000 plays ♥

    August 2011

  • aviete666

    Such a nostalgic song, my god...

    August 2011

  • ivry_qt

    #sliceof80sheaven

    June 2011

  • Lefty87

    God, I so fucking love this song!!! Best of the 80's, without a doubt! Only 67 scrobbles though. That'll have to change fast, lol. :-)

    June 2011

  • DavCnuk

    cool song!

    May 2011

  • MissWeird

    You’ve scrobbled this track 700 times. You first scrobbled it on 8 Jul 2010. You love this track. [7:00 pm, may 15th]

    May 2011

  • aviete666

    Never gets old.

    April 2011
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