Def Leppard Is An English Rock Band Formed In 1976 In Sheffield. Since 1992 The Band Has Consisted Of Rick Savage bass Backing Vocals Joe Elliott lead Vocals Rick Allen drums Backing Vocals Phil Collen guitar Backing Vocals And Vivian Campbell guitar Backing Vocals . They Established Themselves As Part Of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal Movement Of The Early 1980s. The Band's Greatest Commercial Success Came Between The Early 1980s And The Early 1990s. Read More On Last.Fm
"Photograph" Is A 1983 Single By British Hard Rock Band Def Leppard From Their Album Pyromania. It Was Written As A Tribute To The Late Actress Marilyn Monroe As Singer Joe Elliott Often Stated Before Playing The Song Live Onstage. When Released As A Single It Reached #1 On The Billboard Top Tracks Chart And #12 On The Pop Singles Chart. In 2006 The Song Was Used In Promotional Ads For The DVD Release Of Blades Of Glory. In 2009 It Was Named The 13th Greatest Hard Rock Song Of All Time By VH1. The 1993 Live Recording Of The Song In Sheffield England Appeared In The Music Video Game Guitar Hero III Legends Of Rock As Part Of A Def Leppard Downloadable Track Pack As Did The 1993 Live Recording Of "Rock Of Ages". The Song Was Also Included In The Tracklisting Of The Rhythm Music Video Game Battle Of The Bands. In 2008 They Performed The Song With Country Star Taylor Swift On CMT Crossroads. Joe Elliott Comented On The Vault Album That This Song Was A Big Hit In The US And That He Felt Disappointed That It Didn't Become A Hit In The UK. Nationally Syndicated Sports Talk Show Host Jim Rome Commonnly Refers To "Photograph" As One Of The All Time Great Rock Songs Ever. There Are Two Versions Of The Music Video. The Uncensored Version Shows A Knife Scene At The Beginning And On The Censored Version Of The Video It Is Almost The Same Except The Knife Scene Is Replaced With A Stationary Black Cat. There Are Several Appearances By The Late Marilyn Monroe In The Video As The Song Is Actually About Her And Lead Singer Joe Elliot's Declaration That He Doesn't "want Her Photograph" But That That's All He's Got And He Must Admire Her From Afar. The Music Video Was Directed By David Mallet And Was Shot On Thursday December 2 1982 Bassist Rick Savage's 22nd Birthday In Battersea London England. It Featured The Video Debut Of Guitarist Phil Collen. The All-American Rejects Performed A Cover Version To This Song Live On VH1 Rock Honors.