Song by British hard rock band Def Leppard. It served as the titular third single from their 1987 multi-platinum album of the same name. "Hysteria" peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. On VH1 Storytellers: Def Leppard, frontman Joe Elliott revealed that the song title came from drummer Rick Allen.The mellow ballad features a clean guitar melody and heavily multi-tracked vocals in its chorus. An acoustic rendition of the song was performed by Elliott and guitarist Phil Collen on the ...