Promises (Def Leppard song)

"Promises"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Euphoria
B-side	"Back in Your Face"
Released	May 1999 (USA) July (UK)
Format	CD
Recorded	September 1998
Genre	Hard rock, pop metal
Length	3:59
Label	Bludgeon Riffola - Mercury
Writer(s)	Phil Collen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s)	Pete Woodroffe & Def Leppard
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Breathe a Sigh" (1996) "Promises" (1999) "Paper Sun" (1999)
Part two artwork Part two of the "Promises"/"Back in Your Face" set

"Promises" is a 1999 song by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their album Euphoria. It was released as a single later that year and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #38 on the Top 40 Mainstream. Promises featured on the second discs of Best of Def Leppard and Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection, both released in 2004, and live version is featured on their latest live album Viva! Hysteria, released in October 2013.

It is also one of the few songs from that period of their career that has been performed live on successive tours other than the one directly supporting its parent album.

Track listing

CD: Bludgeon Riffola - Mercury / 562 136-2 / Part 1 / UK

This is also an Enhanced CD-ROM where the Promises music video is recorded.

1. "Promises (The Video)"
2. "Back in Your Face"
3. Album Snippets

CD: Bludgeon Riffola - Mercury / 562 137-2 / Part 2 / UK

1. "Back in Your Face"
2. "Promises"
3. "Worlds Collide"

CD: Bludgeon Riffola - Mercury / MECD 1012-2 / US

1. "Promises"
2. "Paper Sun"

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Lit Up" by Buckcherry

Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single 26 June 1999 – 10 July 1999

Succeeded by "Scar Tissue" by Red Hot Chili Peppers