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"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Adrenalize
B-side	"She's Too Tough" "Elected" (live) "Let's Get Rocked" (Live)
Released	4 December 1992 (Australia)
Recorded	1991–1992
Genre	Pop rock hard rock
Length	4:31
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Steve Clark Phil Collen Joe Elliott Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s)	Mike Shipley Def Leppard
Def Leppard singles chronology
"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" (1992) "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" (1992) "Heaven Is" (1993)

"Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" is a 1993 single by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Adrenalize. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Album Rock charts, and #34 on the Billboard Hot 100. This was the fourth single from the Adrenalize album.

Background

Phil Collen, according to a statement on the Rock of Ages and Best Of compilations albums, says that this song was written at Wisseloord Studios while Def Leppard was recording the album Hysteria. It was written by Collen and Steve Clark. This song was not included on Hysteria, since the band thought it was very similar to the song "Hysteria".

Video

The music video was directed by Matt Mahurin, and features Def Leppard managers Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein as a business man and baseball player, respectively. Filming took place on 26 October 1992. The outdoors footage was captured near Central Park in New York City.

A censored version blurs the naked couple on the close up scene.

The video peaked at number 3 on the US MTV Top 20 Countdown.

Track listing

CD: Bludgeon Riffola / 862 027-2 (Australia) / limited edition digipak

1. "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)"
2. "She's Too Tough"
3. "Elected" (live) (Alice Cooper cover)
4. "Let's Get Rocked" (live)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 170.
2. ((( Def Leppard UK.com ))) :: Def Video 4 Adrenalize
3. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 77.
4. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1027." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
5. "Def Leppard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
6. "Def Leppard Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
7. "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1993". RPM. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

• Def Leppard songs
• 1993 singles
• Songs written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange
• 1992 songs
• Songs written by Steve Clark
• Songs written by Phil Collen
• Songs written by Joe Elliott
• Mercury Records singles
• Rock ballads
• British pop rock songs