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Can't Stop This Thing We Started

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"Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Waking Up the Neighbours
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1991 (1991-09-02)[1]
GenreRock[2]
Length4:29
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Robert Lange
  • Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
(1991) 		"Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
(1991) 		"There Will Never Be Another Tonight"
(1991)

"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was written by Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and was released in September 1991 by A&M Records as the second single from Adams' sixth studio album, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991). The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 while topping the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart for three non-consecutive weeks. The track received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1992 for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, Solo, winning neither.[3] It served as the 2009 British Columbia Liberal Party campaign theme song.

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[36] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[37] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. August 31, 1991. p. 19.
  2. ^ "Bryan Adams' 'Waking Up the Neighbours' Album Review – by Jacob Wingate-Bishop". Splendid Fred Magazine. June 1, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
  3. ^ Rock On The Net: 34th Annual Grammy Awards - 1992
  4. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  5. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  6. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1660." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 1691." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 42. October 19, 1991. p. 39. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  10. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 42. October 19, 1991. p. 41. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  11. ^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  12. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (in French). Les classement single.
  13. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Can't Stop This Thing". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  15. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bryan Adams" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  16. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  17. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Top 40 Singles.
  18. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". VG-lista.
  19. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 9, no. 2. January 11, 1992. p. 18. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  20. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Singles Top 100.
  21. ^ "Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Swiss Singles Chart.
  22. ^ "Bryan Adams: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
  23. ^ "Bryan Adams Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  24. ^ "Bryan Adams Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  25. ^ "Bryan Adams Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
  26. ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  27. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  28. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1991" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  29. ^ "RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1991". RPM. July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2017 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  30. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 1991" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. December 21, 1991. p. 21. Retrieved January 17, 2020 – via World Radio History.
  31. ^ "EHR Year-End Top 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. December 21, 1991. p. 20. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  32. ^ "Single top 100 over 1991" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
  33. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1991" (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  34. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1991". Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved September 15, 2009.
  35. ^ "The Year in Music 1991: Top Album Rock Tracks". Billboard. Vol. 103, no. 51. December 21, 1991. p. 41.
  36. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Music Canada.
  37. ^ "American single certifications – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Recording Industry Association of America.
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