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Too Late for Love (Def Leppard song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Too Late for Love
| cover = Deflep-toolate-us.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Def Leppard
| album = Pyromania
| released = 25 November 1983
| recorded = 1982
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 4:30
| label = Mercury
| writer =
| producer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange
| prev_title = Foolin'
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix)
| next_year = 1984
| misc =
}}
"'Too Late for Love'" is a 1983 power ballad by English band Def Leppard from their Diamond album 'Pyromania'. When released as a single, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock charts.
Music video
The music video, filmed in December 1983, was taken from a Christmas music special called 'Supersonic'. According to the text commentary in the video 'Historia', the performance was filmed after hanging out with Elton John and Meat Loaf over some champagne. The video, however, featured an edited version of the song with many sections of the song taken out including the guitar section starting at 3:28 in the original and ending at 3:38. The total length of the edited version is 3:23 while the original song is 4:30.
Track listing
# "Too Late for Love"
# "Foolin'"
# "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)"
Personnel
Def Leppard
*Joe Elliott lead vocals*Steve Clark lead guitar
*Pete Willis rhythm guitar
*Phil Collen - backing vocals
*Rick Savage bass guitar, backing vocals
*Rick Allen drums
Charts
References
Category:Def Leppard songs
Category:1983 singles
Category:Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Category:Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Category:1980s ballads
Category:1983 songs
Category:Songs written by Joe Elliott
Category:Songs written by Steve Clark
Category:Songs written by Rick Savage
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:Songs written by Pete Willis
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