Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad

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{{Infobox song

| name = Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad

| cover = Def-Leppard-HaveUever lepcd.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Def Leppard

| album = Adrenalize

| B-side =

| released = {{start date|1992|8|31|df=y}} (UK){{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=17|date=29 August 1992}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| length = 5:20

| label = Mercury

| writer =

| producer =

| prev_title = Make Love Like a Man

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)

| next_year = 1992

}}

"Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their fifth studio album, Adrenalize (1992). In the United States, the song reached number seven on the Album Rock Tracks charts and number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the song the most successful single from the album in the US. The Acoustic Hippies from Hell, credited on the B-side tracks, was the name used by Def Leppard and the Hothouse Flowers performing together. The song was performed extensively during the Adrenalize and Slang tours but rarely after, most recently being done acoustically during the band's 2019 Vegas residency, and the 2022 Stadium Tour.

Track listings

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-inch: Bludgeon Riffola / LEPXP 8 (UK) / INT 864 149-1 / picture disc

This 12-inch 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-inch 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

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1992)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|44|artist=Def Leppard|song=Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad|rowheader=true|access-date=7 September 2020}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|7|chartid=1890|rowheader=true|access-date=7 September 2020}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|24|artist=Def Leppard|song=Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad|rowheader=true|access-date=7 September 2020}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|49|artist=Def Leppard|song=Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad|rowheader=true|access-date=7 September 2020}}
{{single chart|UK|16|date=20 September 1992|rowheader=true|access-date=7 September 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|12|artist=Def Leppard|rowheader=true|access-date=7 September 2020}}
{{single chart|Billboardmainstreamrock|7|artist=Def Leppard|rowheader=true|access-date=7 September 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1992)

!Position

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume+56-No.+25-December+19%2C+1992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992|magazine=RPM|volume=56|issue=25|page=8|date=19 December 1992|access-date=23 March 2019}}

|68

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992|access-date=30 July 2010|archive-date=8 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|url-status=dead}}

|80

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References