Two Steps Behind by Def Leppard

"Two Steps Behind" is a 1993 song by English hard rock band Def Leppard from their album Retro Active and Last Action Hero Soundtrack. It reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Though the band did manage to chart a few more songs in the following years, this is generally considered to be the band's last major hit in the US. In the 1993 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Awards, the song was voted "Song of the Year" and "Best Song From a Movie Soundtrack.". Def Leppard have recorded two different versions of the song - an electric version and an acoustic version - the widely released one was the acoustic version which featured on the greatest hits Vault. The widely released acoustic version differs from the original B-Side, as it featured the addition of strings by Michael Kamen, for usage on the Last Action Hero soundtrack. Eduardo Rivadavia, reviewing Retro Active for Allmusic.com, called "Two Steps Behind" along with "Miss You In A Heartbeat" "solid, but hardly groundbreaking ballads" and one of the album picks. Def Leppard's acoustic version also features on the CMT Crossroads DVD with Taylor Swift as a bonus feature. Along with the song "Let's Get Rocked" from their 1992 album Adrenalize, this is one of only two songs by the band released after the 1980s that is still regularly performed live on nearly all of the bands' tours.