Too Late for Love (Def Leppard song)

This article is about the Def Leppard song. For other songs with the same title, see Too Late for Love (disambiguation).

"Too Late for Love"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Pyromania
Released	25 November 1983
Recorded	1982 Park Gates Studios Battle, Sussex, England Battery Studios London, England
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	4:30
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Joe Elliott, Pete Willis, Steve Clark, Rick Savage, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Foolin'" (1983) "Too Late for Love" (1983) ""Bringin' On the Heartbreak" (Remix)" (1984)

"Too Late for Love" is a 1983 power ballad by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their Diamond album Pyromania. When released as a single, it reached #9 on the Mainstream Rock charts.

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

1. "Too Late for Love"
2. "Foolin'"
3. "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

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)	86
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)	9

External links

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