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Best of Def Leppard
Best of Def Leppard
Greatest hits album by Def Leppard
Released	25 October 2004
Recorded	1979–2004
Genre	Glam metal
Label	Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury
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Best of Def Leppard (or The Best Of) is a compilation album featuring some of Def Leppard's most popular songs. The album charted at No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1]

Best Of supplements 1995's Vault as the definitive collection of Def Leppard's work. In fact, Best of Disc 1 is essentially Vault with the addition of "Long Long Way to Go."

A 2-CD limited edition was released in a slipcase with more obscure fan-favourite album cuts on the second disc, including tracks from more recent albums. In the UK, a cover of The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" was included as a bonus. This foreshadowed the band's forthcoming '70s cover album Yeah!

Best Of was released in a number of territories around the world, but not North America. A 2-CD best of called Rock of Ages was issued there instead.

The single-CD edition of the album features material from 1981's High 'n' Dry through to 2002's X. Track distribution focuses largely on the band's late '80s/early '90s hits, with a single song from High 'n' Dry, two from Pyromania (1983), six from Hysteria (1987), four from Adrenalize (1992), two from Retro Active (1993), and a single song from X. "When Love & Hate Collide", the sole new song from 1995's greatest hits set Vault was also included. The 2-CD version gives a more even cross-section of the band's career, starting with two songs from On Through the Night (1980), four from High 'n' Dry, seven from Pyromania, seven from Hysteria, five from Adrenalize, two from Retro Active, "When Love & Hate Collide" the new song on Vault, two from Slang (1996), one from Euphoria (1999), two from X (2002) and one new song, the cover of "Waterloo Sunset" which was to be included in the band's forthcoming cover album Yeah! (2006).

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Pour Some Sugar on Me" (Historia video version)	Steve Clark, Phil Collen, Joe Elliott, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Rick Savage	Hysteria, 1987	4:52
2.	"Photograph"	Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Pete Willis	Pyromania, 1983	4:08
3.	"Love Bites"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Hysteria	5:47
4.	"Let's Get Rocked"	Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Adrenalize, 1992	4:56
5.	"Two Steps Behind"	Elliott	Retro Active and Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture, 1993	4:20
6.	"Animal"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Hysteria	4:04
7.	"Heaven Is"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Adrenalize	3:34
8.	"Rocket"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Hysteria	4:07
9.	"When Love & Hate Collide"	Elliott, Savage	Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995), 1995	4:18
10.	"Action"	Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker	Retro Active	3:42
11.	"Long, Long Way to Go" (Edited version)	Wayne Hector, Steve Robson	X, 2002	4:39
12.	"Make Love Like a Man"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange	Adrenalize	4:15
13.	"Armageddon It"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Hysteria	5:22
14.	"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"	Collen, Elliott, Lange	Adrenalize	5:19
15.	"Rock of Ages"	Clark, Elliott, Lange	Pyromania	4:08
16.	"Hysteria"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Hysteria	5:55
17.	"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"	Clark, Elliott, Willis	High 'n' Dry, 1981	4:34

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Origin	Length
1.	"Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"	Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Pyromania	3:55
2.	"Waterloo Sunset"	Ray Davies	New song; later to be released on Yeah!, 2006	3:44
3.	"Promises"	Collen, Lange	Euphoria, 1999	3:59
4.	"Slang"	Collen, Elliott	Slang, 1996	2:37
5.	"Foolin'"	Clark, Elliott, Lange	Pyromania	4:34
6.	"Now"	Rick Allen, Vivian Campbell, Collen, Elliott, Marti Frederiksen, Savage	X	3:59
7.	"Rock Brigade"	Clark, Elliott, Savage	On Through the Night, 1980	3:08
8.	"Women"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Hysteria	5:42
9.	"Let It Go"	Clark, Elliott, Willis	High 'n' Dry	4:42
10.	"Too Late for Love"	Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis	Pyromania	4:27
11.	"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"	Clark, Elliott, Savage	High 'n' Dry	3:26
12.	"Work It Out"	Campbell	Slang	4:45
13.	"Billy's Got a Gun" (Edited version)	Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis	Pyromania	5:00
14.	"Another Hit and Run"	Elliott, Savage	High 'n' Dry	4:58
15.	"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"	Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange	Adrenalize	4:26
16.	"Wasted"	Clark, Elliott	On Through the Night	3:48
17.	"Die Hard the Hunter"	Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage	Pyromania	6:17

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)^[2]	Gold	20,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[3]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Def Leppard The Official Charts Company".
^ "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
^ "British album certifications – Def Leppard – Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 April 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Best Of in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

[1] "Def Leppard The Official Charts Company".

[capif-2] "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.

[United_KingdomDef_LeppardBest_OfalbumCertRef-3] "British album certifications – Def Leppard – Best Of". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 April 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Best Of in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.

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@@ Line 37: / Line 37: @@
 | title1 = [[Pour Some Sugar on Me]]
 | note1  = ''[[Historia (video)|Historia]]'' video version
+| writer1 = [[Steve Clark]], [[Phil Collen]], [[Joe Elliott]], [[Robert John "Mutt" Lange]], [[Rick Savage]]
 | extra1 = ''[[Hysteria (Def Leppard album)|Hysteria]]'', 1987
 | length1 = 4:52
 | title2 = [[Photograph (Def Leppard song)|Photograph]]
+| writer2 = Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, [[Pete Willis]]
 | extra2  = ''[[Pyromania (album)|Pyromania]]'', 1983
 | length2 = 4:08
 | title3 = [[Love Bites (Def Leppard song)|Love Bites]]
+| writer3 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra3  = ''Hysteria''
 | length3 = 5:47
 | title4 = [[Let's Get Rocked]]
+| writer4 = Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra4  = ''[[Adrenalize]]'', 1992
 | length4 = 4:56
 | title5 = [[Two Steps Behind]]
+| writer5 = Elliott
 | extra5  = ''[[Retro Active]]'' and ''[[Last Action Hero#Soundtrack|Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture]]'', 1993
 | length5 = 4:20
 | title6 = [[Animal (Def Leppard song)|Animal]]
+| writer6 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra6  = ''Hysteria''
 | length6 = 4:04
 | title7 = [[Heaven Is]]
+| writer7 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra7  = ''Adrenalize''
 | length7 = 3:34
 | title8 = [[Rocket (Def Leppard song)|Rocket]]
+| writer8 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra8  = ''Hysteria''
 | length8 = 4:07
 | title9 = [[When Love & Hate Collide]]
+| writer9 = Elliott, Savage
 | extra9  = ''[[Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995)]]'', 1995
 | length9 = 4:18
-| title10 = [[Action (Def Leppard song)|Action]]
+| title10 = [[Action (Sweet song)#Def Leppard version|Action]]
+| writer10 = [[Brian Connolly]], [[Steve Priest]], [[Andy Scott (guitarist)|Andy Scott]], [[Mick Tucker]]
 | extra10  = ''Retro Active''
 | length10 = 3:42
 | title11 = [[Long, Long Way to Go]]
 | note11 = Edited version
+| writer11 = [[Wayne Hector]], Steve Robson
 | extra11  = ''[[X (Def Leppard album)|X]]'', 2002
 | length11 = 4:39
 | title12 = [[Make Love Like a Man]]
+| writer12 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange
 | extra12  = ''Adrenalize''
 | length12 = 4:15
 | title13 = [[Armageddon It]]
+| writer13 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra13  = ''Hysteria''
 | length13 = 5:22
 | title14 = [[Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad]]
+| writer14 = Collen, Elliott, Lange
 | extra14  = ''Adrenalize''
 | length14 = 5:19
 | title15 = [[Rock of Ages (Def Leppard song)|Rock of Ages]]
+| writer15 = Clark, Elliott, Lange
-| length15 = 4:08
 | extra15  = ''Pyromania''
+| length15 = 4:08
 | title16 = [[Hysteria (Def Leppard song)|Hysteria]]
+| writer16 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra16  = ''Hysteria''
 | length16 = 5:55
 | title17 = [[Bringin' On the Heartbreak]]
+| writer17 = Clark, Elliott, Willis
 | extra17  = ''[[High 'n' Dry]]'', 1981
 | length17 = 4:34
@@ Line 93: / Line 110: @@
 | extra_column = Origin
 | title1 = [[Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)]]
+| writer1 = Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra1  = ''Pyromania''
 | length1 = 3:55
 | title2 = [[Waterloo Sunset]]
+| writer2 = [[Ray Davies]]
 | extra2  = New song; later to be released on ''[[Yeah! (Def Leppard album)|Yeah!]]'', 2006
 | length2 = 3:44
 | title3 = [[Promises (Def Leppard song)|Promises]]
+| writer3 = Collen, Lange
 | extra3  = ''[[Euphoria (Def Leppard album)|Euphoria]]'', 1999
 | length3 = 3:59
 | title4 = [[Slang (Def Leppard song)|Slang]]
+| writer4 = Collen, Elliott
 | extra4  = ''[[Slang (album)|Slang]]'', 1996
 | length4 = 2:37
 | title5 = [[Foolin']]
+| writer5 = Clark, Elliott, Lange
 | extra5  = ''Pyromania''
 | length5 = 4:34
 | title6 = [[Now (Def Leppard song)|Now]]
+| writer6 = [[Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen]], [[Vivian Campbell]], Collen, Elliott, [[Marti Frederiksen]], Savage
 | extra6  = ''X''
 | length6 = 3:59
 | title7 = Rock Brigade
+| writer7 = Clark, Elliott, Savage
 | extra7  = ''[[On Through the Night]]'', 1980
 | length7 = 3:08
 | title8 = [[Women (Def Leppard song)|Women]]
+| writer8 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra8  = ''Hysteria''
 | length8 = 5:42
 | title9 = [[Let It Go (Def Leppard song)|Let It Go]]
+| writer9 = Clark, Elliott, Willis
 | extra9  = ''High 'n' Dry''
 | length9 = 4:42
 | title10 = [[Too Late for Love (Def Leppard song)|Too Late for Love]]
+| writer10 = Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis
 | extra10  = ''Pyromania''
 | length10 = 4:27
 | title11 = [[High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)]]
+| writer11 = Clark, Elliott, Savage
 | extra11  = ''High 'n' Dry''
 | length11 = 3:26
 | title12 = [[Work It Out (Def Leppard song)|Work It Out]]
+| writer12  = Campbell
 | extra12  = ''Slang''
 | length12 = 4:45
 | title13 = Billy's Got a Gun
 | note13  = Edited version
+| writer13 = Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage, Willis
 | extra13 = ''Pyromania''
 | length13 = 5:00
 | title14 = Another Hit and Run
+| writer14 = Elliott, Savage
 | extra14  = ''High 'n' Dry''
 | length14 = 4:58
 | title15 = [[Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)]]
+| writer15 = Clark, Collen, Elliott, Lange
 | extra15  = ''Adrenalize''
 | length15 = 4:26
 | title16 = [[Wasted (Def Leppard song)|Wasted]]
+| writer16 = Clark, Elliott
 | extra16  = ''On Through the Night''
 | length16 = 3:48
 | title17 = Die Hard the Hunter
+| writer17 = Clark, Elliott, Lange, Savage
 | extra17  = ''Pyromania''
 | length17 = 6:17

v t e Def Leppard
Rick Savage Joe Elliott Rick Allen Phil Collen Vivian Campbell Pete Willis Steve Clark
Studio albums	On Through the Night High 'n' Dry Pyromania Hysteria Adrenalize Slang Euphoria X Yeah! Songs from the Sparkle Lounge Def Leppard Diamond Star Halos
Live albums	Mirror Ball – Live & More Viva! Hysteria And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
Compilations	Retro Active Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) Best of Def Leppard Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection The Story So Far – The Best Of The Early Years 79–81 Drastic Symphonies
EPs	The Def Leppard E.P. The Lost Session
Singles	"Wasted" "Hello America" "Let It Go" "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" "Photograph" "Rock of Ages" "Foolin'" "Too Late for Love" "Animal" "Women" "Pour Some Sugar on Me" "Hysteria" "Armageddon It" "Love Bites" "Rocket" "Let's Get Rocked" "Make Love Like a Man" "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" "Heaven Is" "Tonight" "Two Steps Behind" "Desert Song" “Miss You in a Heartbeat” "Action" "When Love & Hate Collide" "Slang" "Work It Out" "All I Want Is Everything" "Breathe a Sigh" "Promises" "Paper Sun" "Goodbye" "Day After Day" "Now" "Four Letter Word" "Long, Long Way to Go" "No Matter What" "Rock On" "20th Century Boy" "Nine Lives" "C'mon C'mon" "Undefeated" "It's All About Believin" "Love and Affection"
Other songs	"High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)" "Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)"
Videography	Historia Live: In the Round, in Your Face Visualize Video Archive Best of the Videos Rock of Ages: The DVD Collection Mirror Ball – Live & More Viva! Hysteria And There Will Be a Next Time... Live from Detroit
Concert tours	Adrenalize World Tour Slang World Tour Viva! Hysteria Kiss 40th Anniversary World Tour World Tour 2015 Def Leppard & Journey 2018 Tour The Stadium Tour The World Tour
Related	Discography Members Songs Awards and nominations Cybernauts Man Raze Down 'n' Outz Gogmagog Jeff Rich Frank Noon
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