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)
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (remix)
Single by Def Leppard
from the album High 'n' Dry
B-side "Me and My Wine" (remix)
ReleasedJune 1984 [2]
Recorded
  • March–June 1981 (original)
  • February 1984 (synth overdubs)
Studio Battery (London)
Genre
Length4:34
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Too Late for Love"
(1983)		"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (remix)
(1984)		"Animal"
(1987)

"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" is a song by English rock band Def Leppard. A power ballad, [3] it was the second single from their 1981 album High 'n' Dry . The song was written by three of the band's members, Steve Clark, Pete Willis and Joe Elliott.

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Musical style

"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" has been described as glam metal, [4] [5] hard rock, [3] and soft rock. [6] Record World said that "Joe Elliot's dramatic vocals and the estranged guitar cries plod over a sledge-hammer beat." [7]

Production

High 'n' Dry was released in the US in summer 1981. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" was commercially released in the US on 13 November, with "Me and My Wine" (a non-album track) and "You Got Me Runnin'" included as B-sides. It did not appear on the US charts, but its music video was picked up by the recently launched television channel MTV and received heavy rotation. [8] The popularity of the video and the exposure the band received caused a resurgence in sales of High 'n' Dry, which subsequently sold over two million copies. It was released in Mexico as "Llevarlo en la Desilusión" with "Yo y mi Vino" ("Me and My Wine"), featuring the cover art from the single "Too Late for Love".

High 'n' Dry was re-issued in May 1984 with two new tracks, one of which was a synthesizer-heavy remix of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak". With a newly-filmed video featuring Phil Collen on guitar, the remix was released as a single and peaked at 61 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The original version of the song was later included on three of their compilation albums: Vault: Def Leppard Greatest Hits (1980–1995) (1995) Best of Def Leppard (2004) and Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection (2005). The latter compilation ends with the instrumental "Switch 625", as it does in High 'n' Dry. Steve Huey of AllMusic has characterised the song as an "unabashedly dramatic rock ballad." [9]

Music video

The first music video was directed by Doug Smith, and is a live recording of Def Leppard performing the song at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, England on 22 July 1981. It was originally filmed (along with clips for "Let It Go" and "High 'n' Dry") as part of Don Kirshner's Rock Concert television series on the US network ABC. [10] The second music video, directed by David Mallet, was shot in February 1984 in Jacob's Biscuit Factory in Lake, Dublin, Ireland and features replacement guitarist Phil Collen playing Pete Willis's part. [11] The original version of the second video featuring the remix is only available on the VHS and LaserDisc versions of the band's video compilation release Historia . DVD reissues of Historia, and the band's subsequent video compilations Best of the Videos and Rock of Ages - The DVD Collection replace the remix soundtrack with the original High 'n' Dry LP recording.

Track listing

7" Mercury / 818 779-7 (US)
  1. "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (remix)
  2. "Me & My Wine" (remix)

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1984–1985)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [12] 61

Mariah Carey version

"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
Mariah Carey - Bringin' On the Heartbreak (European CD single cover).jpg
European CD single cover
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Charmbracelet
B-side "Miss You"
ReleasedJune 2, 2003
Recorded2002
Genre
Length4:30
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Steve Clark
  • Pete Willis
  • Joe Elliott
Producer(s)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"I Know What You Want"
(2003)		"Bringin' On the Heartbreak"
(2003)		"U Make Me Wanna"
(2004)
Music video
"Bringin' On the Heartbreak" 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]

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