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"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Song
B-side"She's Only Happy When She's Dancing" (Live in Belgium 1989)

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams. Written by Adams, Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, featured on two albums simultaneously on its release, the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and on Adams' sixth studio solo album Waking Up the Neighbours (1991). The song 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 Canadian Singles Chart in Adams's native Canada.[1][2] Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1991.[3] At the time of its seven-week stint in America, it was the longest running #1 since The Police's "Every Breath You Take" spent eight weeks at #1 during the summer of 1983. It was a number one hit on many charts and went on to sell more than 15 million copies worldwide, making it Adams' most successful song and one of the best-selling singles of all time.[4]

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,[5] and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song but lost to "Beauty and the Beast".[6] Subsequently, the song has been covered by hundreds of singers and artists around the world.

Background

The musicians on the original recording are Adams on lead vocals and guitar, Bill Payne (piano), Mickey Curry (drums), Larry Klein (bass), Keith Scott (guitar) and Mutt Lange (keyboards and background vocals). The song was written in London[which?] at the studio Adams was working at in 1990, and he and Lange wrote it in 45 minutes.[7][8] The song is performed in the key of D ♭ major.

Music videos

The official music video for the song was directed by Julien Temple.[9] A video was also commissioned for a live version of the song, directed by Andy Morahan.[10]

Charts and certifications

Fatima Mansions version

The Irish band Fatima Mansions released a heavily altered cover of the song as part of an NME tribute album in aid of the charity, the Spastics Society.[43] The single was a double A-side with the Manic Street Preachers' version of "Suicide Is Painless". The single entered the UK top ten in 1992,[43] and reached number 12 in the Republic of Ireland[44] However, The Manic Street Preachers song received most of the UK radio airplay.[43][45]

Brandy version

"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Song

American singer Brandy rerecorded "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" for the standard version of second studio album Never Say Never (1998). Producer David Foster reworked the arrangement of the original song, with Dean Parks playing the acoustic guitar.

In 1999, her cover version was released as the album's final single on a double A-side with "U Don't Know Me" on the Oceanic music market, where it reached the top 30 of New Zealand's RIANZ singles chart.

Track listings

  • Australian CD single[46]
  1. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – 4:10
  2. "U Don't Know Me" – 4:29
  3. "Have You Ever?" (Soul Skank Remix) – 5:40

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from Never Say Never liner notes.[47]

Charts

Chart Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[48] 28

References

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  2. ^ "RPM, Volume 54, August 31, 1991". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  3. ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1991
  4. ^ Pareles, Jon (March 8, 1994). "Review/Pop; Bryan Adams, More Mr. Nice Guy". The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
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  6. ^ "The 64th Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". oscarguy.com. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  7. ^ Wilde, John (September 12, 2015). "Bryan Adams: Everything I Do was at No 1 for four months... but I wrote it in 45 minutes". Daily Mail. MailOnline. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  8. ^ "Bryan Adams Songwriting Interview - Writing His Classic Hits". Songwriter Universe.
  9. ^ Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - Bryan Adams - "(Everything I do) I do it for you [version 1: concept]"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  10. ^ Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - Bryan Adams - "(Everything I do) I do it for you [version 2: live]"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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  12. ^ "Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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  14. ^ "(Everything I do) I do it for you in Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  15. ^ "(Everything I do) I do it for you in Canadian Top Singles Chart". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  16. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  17. ^ "Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (in French). Les classement single.
  18. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  19. ^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: A". Hit Parade Italia. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bryan Adams" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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  22. ^ "Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You". VG-lista.
  23. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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  25. ^ "Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It for You". Swiss Singles Chart.
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  28. ^ 1991 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved 10 February 2016)
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  30. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1991". Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  31. ^ Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010. {{cite book}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  32. ^ "Accreditation Awards". Australian Fun Countdowns. April 7, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  33. ^ "Austrian single certifications – Bryan Adams – Everything I Do ..." (in German). IFPI Austria.
  34. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Music Canada.
  35. ^ "Les Singles en Or :". Infodisc.fr (in French). Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  36. ^ "French single certifications – Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  37. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Bryan Adams; '(Everything I Do) I Do It For You')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  38. ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2011.
  39. ^ Myers, Justin (February 10, 2016). "These are the UK's 20 biggest selling love ballads of all time". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  40. ^ "British single certifications – Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You". British Phonographic Industry. Select singles in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type (Everything I Do) I Do It For You in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  41. ^ Sandiford-Waller, Theda (November 9, 1996). "Hot 100 Singles Spotlight". Billboard. 108 (45). BPI Communications Inc.: 83. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  42. ^ "American single certifications – Adams, Bryan – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Recording Industry Association of America.
  43. ^ a b c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 196. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  44. ^ Fatima Mansions[failed verification], " EVERYTHING I DO". Irish Charts. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  45. ^ Nick Dale, "Fatima Mansions" in Peter Buckley (ed.) The Rough Guide To Rock.London; Rough Guides, 2003 ISBN 1843531054 (p. 364).
  46. ^ "Brandy (2)– (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (Australian CD Single)". Discogs. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  47. ^ Never Say Never (Media notes). Atlantic Records. 1998.
  48. ^ "Brandy – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
Preceded by Irish Singles Chart number-one single (first run)
July 4, 1991 – September 5, 1991 		Succeeded by
"Hay Wrap" by The Saw Doctors
Preceded by UK number-one single
July 7, 1991 – October 26, 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 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
July 27, 1991 – September 7, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dutch Top 40 number-one single
August 10, 1991 – October 19, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Eurochart Hot 100
July 27, 1991 – November 23, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one single
August 3 – September 21, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Cash Box Top 100 Singles
August 3, 1991 – September 7, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by RPM number-one single (Canada)
August 3, 1991 – September 28, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by RIANZ number-one single
August 16, 1991 – October 4, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Irish Singles Chart number-one single (second run)
October 3, 1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by French SNEP number-one single
October 12, 1991 – November 30, 1991 		Succeeded by
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