History Music / BryanAdams

* CanadaEh

* "Rain King" by Music/CountingCrows changes two words in the third line of the chorus with each verse:
** First verse:
--->''She's been crying. And I've been sinking.''
** Second verse:
--->''She's been lying. And I've been thinking.''
** Third verse, sung with more anguish:
--->''She's been dying. And I've been drinking.''

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (with Music/TinaTurner), "All For Love" (with Music/RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}}), "Rock Steady" (with Bonnie Raitt), "I Finally Found Someone" (With Music/BarbraStreisand), "When You're Gone" (with [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]]) and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (with Ronan Keating) and "Don't Let Go" (with Music/SarahMcLachlan).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: His first recordings as part of the band "Sweeney Todd" are definitely this, where he sings in a falsetto British accent that was his attempt at singing like the band's previous singer. Similarly, his first single "Let Me Take You Dancing", which is a disco-influenced song, with some varispeed on the vocals making him sound younger than he is. From his first album onwards, he starts to reach his recognisable sound, but doesn't quite get there until his second album You Want It You Got It.

--->''But when I look back now,''
''that summer seemed to last forever.''
''And if I had the choice,''
''yeah, if there was one, I'd be there.''

--->''Standing on your mama's porch,''
''you told me that you'd wait forever.''
''Oh, and when you held my hand,''
''I knew that it was now or never.''

--->''Standing on your mama's porch,''
''you told me that it'd last forever.''
''Oh, and when you held my hand,''
''I knew that it was now or never.''
''Those were the best days of my life.''* "Rain King" by Music/CountingCrows changes two words in the third line of the chorus with each verse:

One of UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}'s most successful musicians, Bryan Guy Adams [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OC]] (born November 5, 1959) entered the music industry as a songwriter in the late 1970s before achieving solo fame in TheEighties. Initially marketed as a "Canadian [[Music/BruceSpringsteen Springsteen]]", Adams developed his own distinctive [[ArenaRock melodic rock]] beginning with his second album, ''You Want It, You Got It''.

* DoubleEntendre: ''18 'til I Die'' is essentially "Double Entendre: The Album".
** "Summer Of '69" is a deliberate and notable one (although WordOfGod is divided on this. Bryan said it was intentional, his co-writer said it wasn't).

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: He confirmed in an interview that "Summer of '69" actually ''is'' [[FreudWasRight named in reference to the sex act]] and that anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves. His co-writer, Jim Vallance, however claims otherwise. (It's possible that Vallance was thinking of the year and Adams wasn't, considering that Vallance was 17 at the summer of 1969, but Adams was only 9.)

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (with Music/TinaTurner), "All For Love" (with Music/RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}} ), "Rock Steady" (with Bonnie Raitt), "I Finally Found Someone" (With BarbraStreisand), "When You're Gone" (with [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]]) and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (with Ronan Keating) and "Don't Let Go" (with Music/SarahMcLachlan).

* TitleOnlyChorus: "You Want It, You Got It", "Long Gone"

* DearNegativeReader: He actually threatened to sue Allmusic if they didn't take their article about him down.

* NoExportForYou: "Io Vivo In Te", (the unplugged version of I'm Ready dubbed into Italian), was only released as a single in Italy and wasn't available elsewhere, though its success means it is not hard to find from Italian sellers on eBay. Similarly, the Spanish version of "Everything I Do" titled "(Todo Que Lo Hago) Lo Hago Por Ti", was only released in Mexico and Colombia as a promo single, and a bonus track to some copies of the album.
** "When You're Gone" [Feat. Mel C] was not released as a single in the US. When it came round to the US release of Anthology, he wanted to release it there to promote the comp, but as Mel C was now obscure to a US audience, he rerecorded it with Creator/PamelaAnderson. Since the original version with Mel C had been one of Adams' hits everywhere else, it appeared on non-US releases of Anthology, and the Pamela Anderson version was kept a US exclusive.

* EpicRocking: While they are not very rock, his ballads "Let's Make a Night to Remember", "Do I Have to Say the Words" and "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" all clock in at over 6 minutes each.

* EpicRocking: While it's not very rock, his ballad "Let's Make a Night to Remember" clocks in at over 6 minutes.

One of UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}'s most successful musicians, Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) entered the music industry as a songwriter in the late 1970s before achieving solo fame in TheEighties. Initially marketed as a "Canadian [[Music/BruceSpringsteen Springsteen]]", Adams developed his own distinctive [[ArenaRock melodic rock]] beginning with his second album, ''You Want It, You Got It''.

** "When You're Gone" [Feat. Mel C] was not released as a single in the US. When it came round to the US release of Anthology, he wanted to release it there to promote the comp, but as Mel C was now obscure to a US audience, he rerecorded it with PamelaAnderson. Since the original version with Mel C had been one of Adams' hits everywhere else, it appeared on non-US releases of Anthology, and the Pamela Anderson version was kept a US exclusive.

''Everywhere I go - the kids wanna rock!"''

One of UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}'s most successful musicians, Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) entered the music industry as a songwriter in the late 1970s before achieving solo fame in TheEighties. Initially marketed as a "Canadian [[Music/BruceSpringsteen Springsteen]]", Adams developed his own distinctive [[ArenaRock melodic rock]] beginning with his second album, "You Want It, You Got It".

In 1984, Adams became a global superstar with the release of his most successful album, ''Reckless'', which produced a number of hit singles, including the anthemic "Summer of 69" and the PowerBallad "Heaven".

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (With TinaTurner), "All For Love" (With RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}} ), "Rock Steady" (With Bonnie Raitt), "I Finally Found Someone" (With BarbraStreisand), "When You're Gone" (With [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]]) and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (With Ronan Keating) and "Don't Let Go" (with SarahMcLachnan).

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (With TinaTurner), "All For Love" (With RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}} ), "Rock Steady" (With Bonnie Raitt), "I Finally Found Someone" (With BarbraStreisand), "When You're Gone" (With [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]]) and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (With Ronan Keating).

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (With TinaTurner), "All For Love" (With RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}} ), "Rock Steady" (With Gretchen Peters), "I Finally Found Someone" (With BarbraStreisand), "When You're Gone" (With [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]]) and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (With Ronan Keating).

* TitleTrack: "You Want It, You Got It", "Cuts Like A Knife", "Into The Fire", "18 Til I Die", "On A Day Like Today" and "Room Service". Averted with "Reckless" and "So Far So Good", as they were both omitted from the albums they gave their names to (though released years later).

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (With TinaTurner), "All For Love" (With RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}} ), "Rock Steady" (With Gretchen Peters), "I Finally Found Someone" (With BarbraStreisand), "When You're Gone" (With [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]] and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (With Ronan Keating).

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (With TinaTurner), "All For Love" (With RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}} ), "Rock Steady" (With Gretchen Peters), "I Finally Found Someone" (With BarbraStreisand), "When You're Gone" (With [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]] and "The Way You Make Me Feel" (With RonanKeating)

* VocalTagTeam: Adams is fond of duets, for example: "It's Only Love" (With TinaTurner), "All For Love" (With RodStewart and Music/{{Sting}} ), "Rock Steady" (With Gretchen Peters) and "When You're Gone" (With [[Music/SpiceGirls Melanie C]] )