About This Track
“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.
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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Shouts
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Crankit69 wrote:
Def Leppard's best.
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CreamCrazy wrote:
Joe Elliot's vocals make this song epic, definitely one of his best vocal performances
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Yaakov27 wrote:
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
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storagemusic wrote:
took me all day but now got this song to play at work.
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teslacab wrote:
yeah get to hear this on last FM again its about time.
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cookiemischief8 wrote:
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
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MissWeird wrote:
aug 22nd, 1,000 plays ♥
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aviete666 wrote:
Such a nostalgic song, my god...
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ivry_qt wrote:
#sliceof80sheaven
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Lefty87 wrote:
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. :-)
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DavCnuk wrote:
cool song!
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MissWeird wrote:
You’ve scrobbled this track 700 times. You first scrobbled it on 8 Jul 2010. You love this track. [7:00 pm, may 15th]
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aviete666 wrote:
Never gets old.
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darthsketch wrote:
pretty much the greatest pop rock song of the 80s
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steelbrother wrote:
AWESOOOOOMEEEE!!!!!! best song ever! \m/
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KidSweden wrote:
How did i not have this in my library and loved tracks??? LOVE THIS!!!!!! :)
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xSMRTx wrote:
Superb Song!
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Brunalol wrote:
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT.
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zZandry wrote:
La mia preferita!! che ricordi
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Artemius_F wrote:
masterpiece
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