(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waking Up the Neighbours
B-side	"She's Only Happy When She's Dancing" (live)
Released	10 June 1991
Format	7", CD single
Recorded	March 1991
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:06 (radio edit) 6:33 (album edit)
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer	Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Certification	3× Platinum (RIAA)
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Only the Strong Survive" (1987) "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1991) "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (1991)
Music video "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" on YouTube Music sample "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a power ballad performed by Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams and co-written with Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, featured on the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and on Adams' album Waking Up the Neighbours. It was an enormous chart success internationally, particularly in the United Kingdom, where it spent sixteen consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart (the longest in British chart history), seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and nine weeks atop the RPM singles chart in Canada. It was a number one hit on many charts, making it Adams' most successful song.

Adams, Kamen and Lange won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television at the Grammy Awards of 1992, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. Subsequently, the song has been covered by numerous singers around the world.

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)	1
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)	1
Canada (RPM)	1
Denmark (IFPI)	1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	1
France (SNEP)	1
Germany (Media Control AG)	1
Ireland (IRMA)	1
Italy (FIMI)	1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	1
New Zealand (RIANZ)	1
Norway (VG-lista)	1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	1
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary	1

Certifications

Country	Certification
United States	3× Platinum

End of year charts

End of year chart (1991)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
World	1

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	37

All-Time charts

Chart	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	16

Brandy version

"I Do It for You"
Single by Brandy
from the album Never Say Never
B-side	"U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)"
Released	September 28, 1999 (New Zealand)
Format	CD single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop
Length	4:06
Label	Atlantic
Producer	David Foster
Brandy singles chronology
"U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)" (1998) "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (1999) "Never Say Never" (2000)

In 1998, American R&B singer Brandy re-recorded the song for her second studio album Never Say Never (1998). A year later, her cover version was released as the album's final single on a double A-side with "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)" on the New Zealand music market, where it reached the top 30 on the RIANZ singles chart.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "I Do It for You".

1. "I Do It for You"
2. "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)"
3. "Have You Ever?" (Soul Shank remix)

Charts

Chart	Peak position
New Zealand (RIANZ)	28

External links

• Allmusic.com article on Waking Up The Neighbours

Preceded by "Any Dream Will Do" by Jason Donovan	Irish Singles Chart number-one single (first run) 4 July 1991 – 5 September 1991	Succeeded by "Hay Wrap" by The Saw Doctors
Preceded by "Any Dream Will Do" by Jason Donovan	UK number-one single 13 July 1991 – 26 October 1991	Succeeded by "The Fly" by U2
Preceded by "Read My Lips" by Melissa	ARIA Charts number-one single July 22, 1991 – October 6, 1991	Succeeded by "Love Thy Will Be Done" by Martika
Preceded by "Unbelievable" by EMF	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single July 27, 1991 – September 7, 1991	Succeeded by "Promise of a New Day" by Paula Abdul
Preceded by "Driver's Seat" by Sniff 'n' the Tears	Dutch Top 40 number-one single August 10, 1991 – October 19, 1991	Succeeded by "James Brown Is Dead" by L.A. Style
Preceded by "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" by Crystal Waters	Eurochart Hot 100 27 July 1991 – 23 November 1991	Succeeded by "Black or White" by Michael Jackson
Preceded by "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul	Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single August 3 – September 21, 1991	Succeeded by "Time, Love and Tenderness" by Michael Bolton
Preceded by "Right Here, Right Now by Jesus Jones	Cash Box Top 100 Singles August 3, 1991 – September 7, 1991	Succeeded by "Promise of a New Day" by Paula Abdul
Preceded by "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul	RPM number-one single (Canada) August 3, 1991 – September 28, 1991	Succeeded by "The Motown Song" by Rod Stewart
Preceded by "Everybody Plays the Fool" by Aaron Neville	RIANZ number-one single 16 August 1991 – 4 October 1991	Succeeded by "All 4 Love by Color Me Badd
Preceded by "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred	Irish Singles Chart number-one single (second run) 3 October 1991	Succeeded by "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by Monty Python
Preceded by "La Zoubida" by Lagaf'	French SNEP number-one single October 12, 1991 – November 30, 1991	Succeeded by "Qui a le droit..." by Patrick Bruel