Two Steps Behind

"Two Steps Behind"
Single by Def Leppard
from the album Retro Active and Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture
B-side
Released24 August 1993 (1993-08-24)
Recorded
  • 1989 (Joe's demo/original electric version)
  • April 1992 (acoustic version)
  • 7–11 June 1993 (new parts to electric version)
GenreRock
Length
  • 4:58 (Joe's demo)
  • 4:11 (Adrenalize acoustic B-side version)
  • 4:16 (acoustic version/Retro Active/Last Action Hero Soundtrack mix)
  • 4:29 (electric version)
LabelBludgeon Riffola
Songwriter(s)Joe Elliott
Producer(s)
Def Leppard singles chronology
"I Wanna Touch U"
(1993)
"Two Steps Behind"
(1993)
"Desert Song"
(1993)
Music video
"Two Steps Behind" on YouTube

"Two Steps Behind" is a song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their 1993 compilation album Retro Active and the soundtrack to the film Last Action Hero. It reached number five on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, numbers 12 and 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100, and number 32 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video was directed by Wayne Isham. In the 1993 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Awards, the song was voted "Song of the Year" and "Best Song from a Movie Soundtrack".[1]

  1. ^ Metal Edge, June 1994