Heartbreak Hotel about a man who had destroyed all his identity papers and jumped to his death from a hotel window, leaving a suicide note with the single line, "I walk a lonely street". In 2016, an article in "Rolling Stone" magazine suggested that the story in reality originated from a report about a painter and petty criminal, Alvin Krolik, whose marriage had failed and who wrote a partial autobiography including the line "This is the story of a person who walked a lonely street." Krolik's story was published in news media, and received further publicity after he was shot and killed
Bringin' On the Heartbreak May 1984 with two new tracks, one of which was a synthesizer-heavy remix of "Bringin' On the Heartbreak". Featuring Phil Collen on guitar, the remix was released as a single with a newly filmed video and peaked at 61 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100. The original version of the song was later included on three of their compilation albums: "" (1995) "Best of Def Leppard" (2004) and "" (2005). The latter compilation ends with the instrumental "Switch 625", as it does in "High 'n' Dry". Steve Huey of Allmusic has characterised the song as an "unabashedly dramatic rock ballad."