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Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)
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Wikipedia article
"'Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)'" is a 1993 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album 'Adrenalize'. The song reached No. 1 on the 'Billboard' Album Rock charts, and #34 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100.Whitburn, Joel (2004). 'The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 170. This was the fourth single from the 'Adrenalize' album.
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".
Video
The music video was directed by Matt Mahurin,[https://web.archive.org/web/20080319234211/http://www.deflepparduk.com/defvideo4.html ((( Def Leppard UK.com ))) :: Def Video 4 Adrenalize] 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.
The video peaked at number 3 on the US MTV Top 20 Countdown.
Track listing
CD: Bludgeon Riffola / 862 027-2 (AUSTRALIA) / Limited Edition Digipak
# "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"# "She's Too Tough"
# "Elected" (Live) (Alice Cooper cover)
# "Let's Get Rocked" (Live)
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References
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