Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)

"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Adrenalize
B-side	"She's Too Tough" "Elected" (live) "Let's Get Rocked" (Live)
Released	1992
Length	4:31
Label	Mercury Bludgeon Riffola
Songwriters	Steve Clark Phil Collen Joe Elliott Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producers	Mike Shipley Def Leppard
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" (1992) "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" (1992) "Heaven Is" (1993)
Music video
"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" on YouTube

"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard, released as the fourth single from their fifth studio album, Adrenalize . The song reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks charts and number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. ^[1]

Background

Phil Collen, according to a statement on the Rock of Ages and Best Of compilations albums, says that this song was written at Wisseloord Studios while Def Leppard was recording the album Hysteria . It was written by Collen and Steve Clark. This song was not included on Hysteria, since the band thought it was very similar to the song "Hysteria".

Music video

The music video was directed by Matt Mahurin, ^[2] and features Def Leppard managers Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein as a business man and baseball player, respectively. Filming took place on 26 October 1992. The outdoors footage was captured near Central Park in New York City. A censored version blurs the naked couple on the close up scene.

Track listing

CD: Bludgeon Riffola / 862 027-2 (Australia) / limited edition digipak

1. "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
2. "She's Too Tough"
3. "Elected" (live) (Alice Cooper cover)
4. "Let's Get Rocked" (live)

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992–1993) Peak position Australia (ARIA) [3] 55 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] 11 US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 34 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [6] 1 US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [7] 22

Year-end charts Chart (1993) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM) [8] 94 US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard) [9] 37

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	1992	7-inch vinyl cassette	Mercury
Australia	21 March 1993	CD cassette	Bludgeon Riffola	[10]

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 170.
2. ((( Def Leppard UK.com ))) :: Def Video 4 Adrenalize
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 77.
4. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1027". RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
5. "Def Leppard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard .
6. "Def Leppard Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard .
7. "Def Leppard Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard .
8. "The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1993". RPM . Retrieved 4 April 2025– via Library and Archives Canada.
9. "The Year in Music: Top Album Rock Tracks". Billboard . Vol. 105, no. 52. 25 December 1993. p. YE-39.
10. "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 21/03/93: Singles". The ARIA Report . No. 163. 21 March 1993. p. 18.