Def Leppard "No Matter What"

[Ragin]

This was picking up so much steam!!!! BUT, the leaders for the song have been dropping it down in the rotation, first Minneapolis, now Detroit. Looks to me like this will fall short of the top20, though I really hope somehow it does better than that.

[Johnser]

Only up 1 notch this week, hopefully it isn't starting to peter out.

[reception]

It was the sure shot on the Rick Dees Hot AC countdown this week.

[Ragin]

Cool. Some more stations are picking this up too. But it hasn't been on the jump list in SUCH a long time I was having doubts as to whether this was still gaining or not. Perhaps it's just a very slow riser.

[Ragin]

#24 but it lost it's bullet.

So is this officially done then?

[Hervard]

johnser said:

soulster said:

I downloaded this song from iTunes and I love it! 
Is it really a Boyzone remake? I sure would like to hear their version of it! Haha!

Not quite! LOL!  It's actually a remake of a Badfinger song. 

When I first heard the song, the DJ said that it was coming up after the commercial break and they said that it was "Def Leppard with their remake of "No Matter What". The only song that came to mind was the song from early 1991 by George Lamond and Brenda K. Starr. I seriously doubted that they'd be remaking THAT song. (maybe Joe Elliott and Pat Benatar would do OK with that song)

[Johnser]

c670769 said:

#24 but it lost it's bullet.

So is this officially done then?

Not necessarily. Songs on Hot AC and AC can lose their bullets and not drop, see "Heaven".

[jdcfan]

I heard this on the radio today and it sounds really good. In my opinion, this should be at least top 20. This song sounds perfect for the format... I can't understand why it isn't doing better.

[reception]

Highest debut of the week at #32 on the Rick Dees Hot AC countdown this week.

[jdcfan]

I finally had a chance to listen to this a little more closely and I must say that vocals sound heavily processed/tuned. I don't know a whole lot about the Def Leppard lineup, but it sounds like the lead vocalist doesn't actually have the range to sing this in the key it's in.

I still like this, but the vocals really aren't great.

[Ragin]

jdcfan said:

I finally had a chance to listen to this a little more closely and I must say that vocals sound heavily processed/tuned.  I don't know a whole lot about the Def Leppard lineup, but it sounds like the lead vocalist doesn't actually have the range to sing this in the key it's in.

I still like this, but the vocals really aren't great.

I think that's just Def Leppard. In other words, you have heavy harmonies and a lot of backup vocals included. The whole band sings and it gives them their distinctive sound. Aside from that, it's entirely possible they needed some studio magic, as Joe Elliott's voice is not what it used to be.