Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad

"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" is a 1992 single by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize. In the United States, the song reached #7 on the Mainstream Rock charts, and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Acoustic Hippies from Hell, credited on the B-side tracks, was the name used by Def Leppard and the Hothouse Flowers performing together.

"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Adrenalize
B-side	"From the Inside" "You Can't Always Get What You Want" "Little Wing"
Released	11 September 1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Genre	Pop rock, hard rock
Length	5:20
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Joe Elliott Phil Collen Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s)	Mike Shipley Def Leppard
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Make Love Like a Man" (1992) "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" (1992) "Heaven Is" (1993)

Track listing

CD: Bludgeon Riffola / LEPCD 8 (UK) / 864 151-2 (INT)

1. "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
2. "From the Inside" (The Acoustic Hippies from Hell)
3. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Rolling Stones cover) (The Acoustic Hippies from Hell)
4. "Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix cover) (The Acoustic Hippies from Hell)

12": Bludgeon Riffola / LEPXP 8 (UK) / INT 864 149-1 / Picture Disc

This 12" single picture disc has a stretched Adrenalize graphic in the cover. On the back side of the picture disc has the picture of Vivian Campbell. The back cardboard has the 12" single information and a band picture. Pictures by Ross Halfin. Artwork and Design by Andie Airfix at Satori.

1. "Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad"
2. "From the Inside" (The Acoustic Hippies from Hell)
3. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (The Acoustic Hippies from Hell)

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[1]	44
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[2]	7
Ireland (IRMA)[3]	24
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4]	49
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	16
US Billboard Hot 100[6]	12
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[7]	7

Year-end charts (1992)	Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8]	68
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	80

References

1. "Australian-charts.com – Def Leppard – Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1890." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
3. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
4. "Charts.nz – Def Leppard – Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
6. "Def Leppard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
7. "Def Leppard Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
8. "The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 56 no. 25. 19 December 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
9. "Billboard Top 100 – 1992". Retrieved 30 July 2010.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics