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Def Leppard - When Love & Hate Collide

Music Video | 1995
ArtistDef Leppard
SongWhen Love & Hate Collide
AlbumVault: Greatest Hits 1980-1995
DirectorJean Pellerin, Doug Freel
EditorDavid Friedman
GenreRock
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
Release date

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Synopsis

The standard promo presents Def Leppard in a stark, studio-like setting, shifting between dark and white backgrounds as the band performs the power ballad. Joe Elliott remains the visual focus, with close-ups and group shots emphasizing the song's tension and longing. An alternate epic version adds a dramatic female character, played by Jerri Manthey, giving the emotional conflict a more narrative frame while retaining the band's performance as its central element.

Factoids & Trivia

  • Three versions of the video were released: a band-only cut, a four-minute epic version, and an eight-minute condensed epic version.
  • Jerri Manthey appears in the epic version several years before her television appearances on "Survivor."
  • Joe Elliott and Rick Savage wrote the song in 1990 during the sessions for "Adrenalize." It was recorded as a demo at Savage's home studio.
  • The original demo includes Steve Clark's final recorded guitar solo. Clark died in 1991, before the song was completed for release.
  • The band left the song off "Adrenalize," feeling that the album already contained enough ballads. It was revisited during the recording period for "Slang" and ultimately completed for the 1995 compilation "Vault."
  • Released as the album's only newly recorded song, it became a major hit in the band's home country, reaching No. 2 in the United Kingdom and No. 1 in Ireland.
  • The different video edits were later collected on Def Leppard home-video releases including "Visualize/Video Archive" and "Best of the Videos."
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