Bringin' On the Heartbreak

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"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
Def Leppard Bringin' on the Heartbreak single cover.jpg
Single by Def Leppard
from the album High 'n' Dry
B-side "Me and My Wine"
Released
  • 13 November 1981 (US)
  • 22 January 1982 (UK) [1]
RecordedMarch–June 1981
Studio Battery (London)
Genre
Length4:34
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Let It Go"
(1981)		"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
(1981)		"Photograph"
(1983)
Music videos
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Version 1) on YouTube

Charts

Weekly chart performance
Chart (2003)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [33] 55
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [34] 11
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [35] 40
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 28
US Dance Club Songs ( Billboard ) [37]
Remixes		5
US Adult Contemporary ( Radio & Records ) [38] 25

Release history

List of release dates and formats for "Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
RegionDateFormatLabel(s)Ref.
United StatesJune 2, 2003 Contemporary hit radio [39]
Adult contemporary radio
Hot adult contemporary radio
ItalyOctober 6, 2003 Digital download Def Jam
BelgiumOctober 10, 2003CD
PolandOctober 27, 2003 Universal Music Polska [42]
United StatesJanuary 22, 2021 Digital download Def Jam

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