Heartbreak Hotel in an attempted robbery in El Paso, Texas. On August 25, 1955, the "El Paso Times" reported Krolik's death under the headline "Story Of Person Who Walked Lonely Street". Axton and Durden give different accounts of how the song was written. Durden's account is that he had already written the song and performed it with his band the Swing Billys before he presented it to Axton. Axton's account is that Durden had written only a few lines of the song and asked her to help him finish it. She says that the report of the suicide "stunned" her, and she
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."