Think about it … you're 17, you’re a budding musician and there's new music being released by the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter and the Band. I remember when we wrote the lyric I was thinking about all of the things that had happened to me during the summer of 1969: first girlfriends, first bands, lots of great music on the radio. We were both in the room when "Summer of '69" was written, yet we have very different recollections about what inspired the song. "Somebody" was one of those songs where we jammed for a few hours until something happened.īryan has often mentioned the sexual references in “Summer of '69.” Can you tell me the real story?īryan and I were talking about it recently. It was a dreadful film, but we got a decent song out of it! "Heaven" was written for the soundtrack of a film called A Night in Heaven. They didn't like the song, so Bryan recorded it himself. "Run to You" was written for our producer friend Bruce Fairbairn. I’d like to get your thoughts on a few tracks from Reckless. We repeated the routine every day for months. Then we'd spend time fleshing out the idea or we'd jam some more until another idea materialized. We'd jam for hours until one of us played or sang something interesting. Usually, Bryan would play guitar and I'd play bass or piano. We'd start by deciding if we were going to write a fast song or a slow song and then we'd set up a "drum loop" for inspiration. He would arrive at noon, we'd have a sandwich and a cup of tea and then we'd go downstairs and get to work. What were those songwriting sessions like?īryan and I had a daily routine. Some days were more productive than others, but we always put in the time and did the work. Bryan and I got together in my basement studio every day for a year.
He released three more albums since then, "MTV Unplugged" (1997), "On a Day Like Today" (1998) and most recently the songs for the DreamWorks animated movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) in which Adams earned his second Golden Globe nomination for "Best Song".īryan Adams was awarded the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia for his contributions to popular music and philanthropic work through his own foundation, which helps improve education for people around the world.GUITAR WORLD: When you think back to the Reckless album, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? "I Finally Found Someone" became a top ten single and won Adams his third Academy Award nomination. Later that year, he wrote and sang the single "I Finally Found Someone", a duet with Barbra Streisand for her movie, The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996). In 1996, Adams released the album "18 Til I Die", which has garnered him another two Grammy nominations. He became one of two non-American singers to have four number one hits and the most successful Canadian singer ever. He released the single "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" from the movie Don Juan DeMarco (1994), which became his fourth #1 single and his second Academy Award nomination. That same year, he sang the single "All for Love" with Rod Stewart and Sting from the movie The Three Musketeers (1993), which became a #1 single reaching across Europe and North America. In 1993, Adams released a greatest hits album, titled "So Far So Good", which spawned a #1 single, "Please Forgive Me". He won one for best song written specifically for a motion picture or television ("(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"). "Waking Up the Neighbours" sold four million albums in the United States and garnered him six Grammy nominations (a record for a Canadian). The song was also Adams' first Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe nomination as the song was written for the movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). The song sold more than three million copies in the United States, becoming the second best selling single, second only to "We Are the World". However, he released the album "Waking Up the Neighbours" (1991) which included the single "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". The album yielded a top ten single "Heat of the Night", another Grammy nomination and another platinum album to his name. In 1987, he released his fifth album "Into the Fire", a more social conscious album. The album also sold four million copies at the time. However, it was his fourth album "Reckless" (1984), which is referred to as one of the best albums of the decade that made him an international superstar and gave him his first Grammy nomination. The album made him popular throughout the United States. Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams rose to fame with the release of his third album, "Cuts Like a Knife" (1983).