"Miss You in a Heartbeat" is a 1994 song by English

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band

Def Leppard Def Leppard are 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), a ...

. The song was released as a single from their album ''

Retro Active ''Retro Active'' is a compilation album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993. The album features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's recording sessions from 1984 to 1993. The al ...

''.

Background

Three versions of the song appear on ''Retro Active''; the acoustic version (4:04), which was released as the single, the electric version (4:56), which was one of the bonus tracks for the Japanese pressing of ''

Adrenalize ''Adrenalize'' is the fifth studio album by English rock band Def Leppard, released on 31 March 1992 through Mercury Records. It is the first album by the band recorded without guitarist Steve Clark who died in 1991 and the only one recorded ...

'' along with "She's Too Tough", before both were remixed for ''Retro Active'', and the piano version which is featured as a hidden track on the ''Retro Active'' album. It is played after the electric version of "

Two Steps Behind "Two Steps Behind" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their album ''Retro Active'' and the soundtrack to the film ''Last Action Hero''. It reached number five on the US ''Billboard'' Album Rock Tracks chart, number 12 on th ...

". The single peaked at number 39 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was Def Leppard's last American top 40 single to date. Although "Miss You in a Heartbeat" was written by Def Leppard guitarist

Phil Collen Philip Kenneth Collen (born 8 December 1957) is an English musician who is best known as the co-lead guitarist for the rock band Def Leppard, joining the band in 1982 during the recording of the ''Pyromania'' album. Prior to joining Def Leppa ...

, it was initially recorded and released by The Law on their 1991 self-titled debut.

Track listing

;Cassette single: Bludgeon Riffola / Polygram / Mercury / 858 080-4 (USA) # "Miss You in a Heartbeat" # "Let's Get Rocked (Live)" ;CD single: Bludgeon Riffola/ Nippon Phonogram/ PHCR-8302 (JAP) # "Miss You in a Heartbeat" (Band Acoustic Version) # "Two Steps Behind" (Joe's Demo) # "She's Too Tough" (Joe's Demo) # "Miss You in a Heartbeat" (Acoustic Version) Note: In Germany, the CD single was also double packed with the ''In the Clubs... In Your Face'' EP in 1994 as a

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Charts

References

Def Leppard songs 1993 songs Songs written by Phil Collen Rock ballads Mercury Records singles {{1990s-rock-song-stub