Waking Up the Neighbours

Waking Up the Neighbours is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on September 24, 1991. The album was recorded at Battery Studios in London and The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, mixed at Mayfair Studios in London, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk in New York City.

Waking Up the Neighbours
A man yelling into a megaphone
Studio album by
Bryan Adams
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1991
RecordedMarch 1990 – June 1991
StudioBattery Studios, England; the Warehouse Studios, Canada
GenreRock
Length74:52
LabelA&M
ProducerBryan Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Bryan Adams chronology
Into the Fire
(1987)		 Waking Up the Neighbours
(1991)		 So Far So Good
(1993)
Singles from Waking Up the Neighbours
  1. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
    Released: June 17, 1991[1]
  2. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
    Released: September 2, 1991[2]
  3. "There Will Never Be Another Tonight"
    Released: November 11, 1991[3]
  4. "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven"
    Released: February 10, 1992[4]
  5. "All I Want Is You"
    Released: July 6, 1992 (UK)[5]
  6. "Do I Have to Say the Words?"
    Released: July 1992 (US)[6]

The album received critical acclaim and reached the number one position on the album charts in at least eight countries, becoming Adams' second best-selling album worldwide.[7] Its first single, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", stayed at number one on the UK Singles Chart for a record sixteen consecutive weeks.[8] The album was also notable in Canada for creating controversy concerning the system of Canadian content.[9]

Music

Background and recording

The performance of Adams' 1987 album Into the Fire was felt as somewhat of a disappointment.[10] Although it reached No. 7[11] on the Billboard album chart and No. 2 in his native Canada,[12] it fell short of the massive commercial success enjoyed by his fourth album Reckless released in 1984.[10] Into the Fire was also Adams' last album recorded together with his longtime collaborator Jim Vallance; their songwriting partnership ended in August 1989.

An attempt to record a new album was made in 1988 with Steve Lillywhite producing, but nothing from these sessions was released. Over a year after that, Adams joined forces with Robert John "Mutt" Lange, previously known for his work with AC/DC, The Cars, Foreigner, and Def Leppard to start work on Adams' next album, recording at Battery Studios in England and the Warehouse Studios in Canada. Recording began in March 1990, and along with mixing, finished in June 1991.[13] According to Adams, Lange changed his way of thinking about the songwriting process making him work meticulously on each song. As a result, the recording process went on for more than a year, and the release of album, originally scheduled for the fall of 1990, had to be postponed several times. Lange is credited on all 15 tracks of the album including four songs whose demos were originally recorded with Vallance.[10]

Release and promotion
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[14]
Calgary HeraldC[15]
Chicago Tribune[16]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[17]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[18]
Los Angeles Times[19]
NME4/10[20]
Rolling Stone[21]

Waking Up the Neighbours was released after a number of delays in September 1991. The album peaked at number six on the Billboard 200.[22] The album was released in September and album and single topped the charts in many countries with "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" spending record-breaking 16 weeks at number one on UK Singles Chart and topped the charts in 17 countries.[9] It also made record-breaking sales of 4 million copies in the US.[23] Canadian content regulations were revised in 1991 to allow radio stations to credit airplay of this album towards their legal requirements to play Canadian music.[9] The album has become Adams second best-selling album worldwide.[7] Adams won a Grammy Award in 1992 for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television for "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You".

Singles

Released prior to the release of the album, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" was the most successful single off the album, and has become one of the most successful songs of all time, having spent seven weeks at number one in the United States' Billboard Hot 100, sixteen consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, 11 weeks on the Dutch Top 40 and nine weeks at number one on the Canadian singles chart in Canada.[13][8][22] The song won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television at the 1992 Grammy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song of 1991.[24]

The song came about when Adams was approached to write something by the producers of the then-upcoming Kevin Costner film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and was asked to work on a theme song. He was provided a tape of orchestration written by the composer of the film score, Michael Kamen.[13] With this, he and Lange used a section of Michael's orchestration and created "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", which was then placed deep into the closing credits of the film when it opened on June 14, 1991.[13] The song went to number 1 in the United Kingdom the week before the film's British release and went on to top the charts in 16 countries and sold over 10 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the biggest selling singles of all time.[25] The song was nominated for an Academy Award but lost to "Beauty and the Beast" from the eponymous film; it won a Grammy Award for Best Song from a Motion Picture. Years later when the BBC asked Bryan (about the recent acoustic live version from his Bare Bones CD), "Do you ever get bored of hearing your record-breaking hit 'Everything I Do'?" Bryan said:

"Of course not. What a silly question."[26]

Julien Temple directed the music video for "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"; it was shot in Sheffield, England over May 17–18, 1991.[27]

"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" was the second single from the album. A rock song in contrast to "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Prince's "Cream".[22] "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1992 for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, Solo, winning none.[7]

"There Will Never Be Another Tonight" was the third single from the album. The title came from a fragment Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance wrote in late 1980s. Originally titled "Buddy Holly Idea" because of its resemblance to Buddy Holly's song "Peggy Sue", it was developed into a song by Lange and Adams.

"Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" was the fourth single released from Waking up the Neighbours. Written by Lange and Adams, the song was the first song written for the album. "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 14 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.[28][29] In the UK, it reached number 8.[8]

"All I Want Is You", "Do I Have to Say the Words?" (number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100) and "Touch the Hand" were also released as singles but didn't get the heavy rotation as the first four singles released.[22]

Canadian content controversy

The album caused controversy in Canada concerning the system of Canadian Content. Although Adams was one of Canada's biggest recording stars at the time, the specific nature of his collaboration with non-Canadians, coupled with his decision to primarily record the album outside Canada, meant that the album and all its songs were not considered Canadian content for purposes of Canadian radio airplay.[9] Under the system then in place, a piece of recorded music had to meet any two of the following four criteria in order to qualify as Canadian content:

  • 1) the artist was Canadian
  • 2) the track was completely recorded in Canada
  • 3) the music was entirely written by a Canadian (or Canadians)
  • 4) the lyrics were entirely written by a Canadian (or Canadians)

As Adams co-wrote both the music and the lyrics with Mutt Lange, who is from Zambia, and he did not primarily record the album in Canada, he only fulfilled one of the criteria. It was noted that if Adams had written all the lyrics, and Lange all the music (or vice versa), the collaboration would have counted as Canadian content. As a result, under CRTC regulations none of the album's songs was considered Canadian content.[30]

In protest, Adams briefly threatened to boycott Canada's annual Juno Awards, where his album had been almost completely ignored by the awards committee. He did end up winning the Entertainer of the Year Award (voted on by the public) and Producer of the Year Award.[30]

Adams publicly criticised the CRTC policy, calling it "a disgrace, a shame...stupidity". He continued his attack with:

"You'd never hear Elton John being declared un-British [...] It's time to abolish the CRTC. Not everyone agrees."[9]

As a result of the controversy, in September of that year, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced that Canadian content rules would be changed. The new regulation allows non-Canadians to contribute up to 50% of the finished content to each of both the music and the lyrics of a recorded piece, and still qualify for Canadian content status—provided the recording artist is Canadian, or the song is recorded in Canada.[9] Accordingly, the Adams/Lange songs, and the Adams/Lange/Vallance songs on the album now count as Canadian content, as Jim Vallance is also Canadian. However, the Adams/Lange/Kamen co-written "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" still does not count as Canadian content, as two of the three writers are non-Canadians, and the track was not recorded in Canada.

Waking Up the Nation tour

Before releasing the album, Adams had already started a tour promoting it, and on June 8, 1991, he held large concerts in Europe co-headlining with ZZ Top. Shortly after the tour started, "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" was released as the debut single for the album. The single became a worldwide hit.[31] Adams further supported the new album with his tour Waking Up the World, which started in October 1991 and ran through to the end of December 1993. On October 4, 1991, the world tour started in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On December 18, 1991, Adams played his two first-ever shows in Reykjavík, Iceland. After his tour in Europe, as well as a concert at Wembley Stadium attended by more than 72,000 people, Adams left for the United States, where he performed at the Ritz Theatre on January 10.[27] That concert sold out in less than 20 minutes.[27] In attendance were Ben E. King and Nona Hendrix.[27]

The Canadian leg of the 'Waking Up the World' Tour kicked off in Sydney, Nova Scotia on 12 January 1992, and wrapped up with a standing room only concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 31 January. In February 1992, he toured New Zealand and Australia for seven dates, kicking off with a press conference in Sydney. On February 21 the tour headed to Japan for close to a dozen shows in six cities. Bryan taped an interview with MuchMusic's Terry Dave Mulligan in Calgary, Alberta and the air date was scheduled for mid-March.[27] The tour continued through several European countries in June 1992, including Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia, and in July 1992, Bryan performed for the first time in Hungary and Turkey. September through December 1992 saw the tour in the U.S. The Asian tour headed to Thailand, Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong in February, 1993, before returning to the U.S. during March through May.[27][31]

Adams' visit to South Africa during his Waking Up the World tour, following the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners from prison and the unbanning of black political parties, has been left relatively undocumented. Adams' concert at Cape Town's Green Point stadium during the tour was called one of his most emotional and memorable performances.

Coca-Cola was one of the official partners and sponsors of the tour, and the beverage company released a commercial promoting the tour. It featured the song "House Arrest" with Adams and his band playing the song in a neighborhood and also featured actress Neve Campbell.

Dates
List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
Date City Country Venue
Europe
October 24, 1991 Belfast Northern Ireland Dundonald Ice Rink
October 26, 1991 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena
October 28, 1991 Aberdeen Scotland AE & CC
October 29, 1991 Glasgow SEC Centre
November 1, 1991 Sheffield England Sheffield Arena
November 2, 1991
November 4, 1991 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
November 6, 1991 London Wembley Stadium
November 7, 1991
November 8, 1991
November 9, 1991 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
November 11, 1991 Ghent Belgium Flanders Expo
November 13, 1991 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
November 14, 1991
November 16, 1991 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
November 17, 1991 Oslo Norway Oslo Spektrum
November 18, 1991 Copenhagen Denmark Valby-Hallen
November 20, 1991 Helsinki Finland Ice Rink
November 22, 1991 Stockholm Sweden Avicii Arena
November 24, 1991 Cologne Germany Sporthalle (Cologne)
November 25, 1991 Munich Olympiahalle
November 26, 1991 Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
November 28, 1991 Würzburg S.Oliver Arena
November 29, 1991 Hanover Eilenriedehalle
November 30, 1991 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt
December 2, 1991 Paris France Élysée Montmartre
December 3, 1991 Saarbrücken Germany Saarlandhalle
December 4, 1991 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
December 5, 1991 Neuchâtel District Patinoire du Littoral
December 6, 1991 Milan Italy Palatrussardi
December 9, 1991 Barcelona Spain Palacio de los Deportes de Barcelona
December 10, 1991 Madrid Pabellon de Deportes Del Real Madrid
December 11, 1991 Bilbao Pabellón Municipal de Deportes La Casilla
December 13, 1991 Lisbon Portugal Estádio José Alvalade
December 14, 1991 Porto Exonor-Pavillion 1
December 17, 1991 (two shows) Reykjavík Iceland Laugadalla Hollin
North America
January 10, 1992 New York City United States Ritz Theater
January 12, 1992 Sydney Canada Centre 200
January 14, 1992 Halifax Civic Center
January 16, 1992 Ottawa Civic Center
January 17, 1992 Montreal Forum
January 18, 1992 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens
January 20, 1992 London London Ice House
January 21, 1992 Kingston Memorial Arena
January 22, 1992 Quebec City Colisée de Québec
January 24, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie Sault Memorial Gardens
January 27, 1992 Saskatoon SaskTel Centre[
January 28, 1992 Edmonton Northlands Coliseum
January 29, 1992 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome
January 31, 1992 Vancouver P.N.E.
Oceania
February 8, 1992 Auckland New Zealand Mount Smart Stadium
February 10, 1992 Sydney Australia Sydney Entertainment Centre
February 11, 1992
February 13, 1992 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre
February 15, 1992 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre
February 16, 1992 Melbourne Melbourne Park
February 17, 1992
Asia
February 21, 1992 Sendai Japan Kamei Arena Sendai
February 23, 1992 Yokohama Yokohama Arena
February 25, 1992 Nagoya Nippon Gaishi Hall
February 27, 1992 Hiroshima Sunplaza Hall
February 28, 1992 Osaka Osaka-jō Hall
February 29, 1992
March 2, 1992 Tokyo Yoyogi National Gymnasium
March 3, 1992
March 4, 1992
March 6, 1992
March 7, 1992
North America
March 15, 1992 Cincinnati United States Fifth Third Arena
March 17, 1992 Cleveland Richfield Coliseum
March 18, 1992 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
March 20, 1992 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
March 21, 1992 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills
March 22, 1992
March 24, 1992 Worcester DCU Center
March 25, 1992 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
March 27, 1992 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena
March 28, 1992 Buffalo Buffalo Auditorium
March 31, 1992 Providence Unknown Venue
April 1, 1992 Landover Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)
April 3, 1992 Philadelphia Spectrum
April 4, 1992 Landover Capitol Center
April 5, 1992 Roanoke Civic Center
April 7, 1992 Hampton Hampton Coliseum
April 9, 1992 Charlotte Charlotte Coliseum
April 10, 1992 Atlanta Omni
April 11, 1992 Orlando Controlplex Arena
April 12, 1992 Miami Miami Arena
April 14, 1992 Pensacola Civic Center
April 16, 1992 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
April 17, 1992 Houston Summit
April 18, 1992 Dallas Reunion Center
April 22, 1992 Oklahoma City Myriad
April 24, 1992 Nashville Municipal Auditorium
April 25, 1992 Memphis Memphis Pyramid
April 26, 1992 Little Rock Barton Coliseum
April 28, 1992 Rosemont Allstate Arena
April 29, 1992 Omaha Civi Auditorium
May 1, 1992 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
May 2, 1992 Kansas City Hy-Vee Arena
May 3, 1992 Minneapolis Target Center
May 5, 1992 Denver Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre
May 6, 1992 Salt Lake City Vivint Arena
May 8, 1992 Spokane Spokane Coliseum
May 10, 1992 Portland Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, Oregon)
May 13, 1992 Phoenix Veterans Memorial Coliseum
May 15, 1992 Inglewood Kia Forum
May 16, 1992 Daly City Cow Palace
Europe
May 30, 1992 Athens Greece Pau Stadium
June 1, 1992 Rome Italy Palaghiaccio-Palamarino
June 2, 1992 Bologna Arena Parco Nord
June 4, 1992 Paris France Palais Omnisports De Bercy
June 6, 1992 Nuremberg Germany Frankenhalle
June 7, 1992 Nürburg Nürburgring
June 9, 1992 Kiel Wunderino Arena
June 10, 1992 Berlin Waldbuhne
June 11, 1992 Munich Olympiahalle
June 13, 1992 Hannover Sportpark Garbsen
June 15, 1992 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands Brabanthallen
June 16, 1992 Heerenveen Thialf Stadium
June 18, 1992 Dortmund Germany Westfalenhallen
June 20, 1992 Copenhagen Denmark Valby Idrætspark
June 21, 1992 Arhaus Vejlby-Risskov Idrætscenter
June 24, 1992 Stockholm Sweden Maritime museum
June 27, 1992 Oslo Norway Isle of Calf Festival
June 28, 1992 Turku Finland Ruisrock Festival
June 30, 1992 Warsaw Poland Unknown Venue
July 2, 1992 Belfort France Base Nautiques De Maulsaucy
July 4, 1992 Torhout Belgium Rock Werchter
July 5, 1992 Werchter
July 7, 1992 Manchester England Maine Road
July 11, 1992 Glascow Scotland Celtic Park
July 12, 1992 Gateshead England International Stadium
July 14, 1992 Ipswich Portman Road
July 18, 1992 London Wembley Stadium
July 19, 1992 Cardiff Wales Cardiff Arms Park
July 21, 1992 Lyon France Theatre Antique De Vienne
July 22, 1992 Nyon Switzerland Paléo Festival
July 24, 1992 Zurich Fussballstadion Hardtur
July 25, 1992 Vienna Austria Ernst-Happel-Stadion
July 26, 1992 Budapest Hungary Bozsik József Stadion
Middle East
July 28, 1992 Istanbul Turkey BJK İnönü Stadium
July 29, 1992 Tel Aviv Israel Unknown Venue
Europe
July 31, 1992 Antibes France Amphitheatre
August 2, 1992 Thurles Ireland Semple Stadium
North America
August 10, 1992 New York City United States Madison Square Garden
August 14, 1992 St. John's Canada Quidi Vidi Park
August 16, 1992 Moncton Parlee Beach Provincial Park
August 20, 1992 London JW Little Stadium
August 22, 1992 Barrie Park Place
August 23, 1992 Montreal Agora Du Parc Des Iles
August 25, 1992 Ottawa Ottawa SuperEX
August 29, 1992 Dugald Birds Hill Provincial Park
August 30, 1992 Craven Big Valley Park
September 5, 1992 Big Valley Big Valley Park
September 6, 1992 Osoyoos Desert Park
September 9, 1992 Los Angeles United States UCLA Pauley Pavilion
September 17, 1992 Calgary Canada King Edward Hotel
October 3, 1992 Quincy United States Music in the Gorge
October 4, 1992 Boise ExtraMile Arena
October 5, 1992 Pocatello Holt Arena
October 8, 1992 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
October 10, 1992 Universal City Universal Amphitheatre
October 11, 1992
October 14, 1992 Fresno The Big Fresno Fair
October 16, 1992 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre
October 17, 1992 Concord Concord Pavilion
October 18, 1992 Sacramento Cal Expo Theatre
October 23, 1992 Mexico City Mexico Auditorio Nacional
October 24, 1992
November 12, 1992 Green Bay United States Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena
November 14, 1992 Milwaukee UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
November 15, 1992 La Crosse La Crosse Center
November 17, 1992 Madison Alliant Energy Center
November 18, 1992 Muncie Ball State University
November 19, 1992 East Lansing Breslin Student Events Center
November 21, 1992 Dayton Nutter Center
November 22, 1992 Allendale Grand Valley State University
November 25, 1992 Erie Civic Center
November 27, 1992 Hartford Civic Center
November 28, 1992 Providence Civic Center
November 29, 1992 Binghamton Visions Veterans Memorial Arena
December 1, 1992 Portland Cross Insurance Arena
December 2, 1992 Utica Memorial Arena
December 4, 1992 Atlantic City Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City
December 5, 1992 Albany MVP Arena
December 6, 1992 Hershey Hersheypark Arena
December 8, 1992 Bethlehem Beacon Theatre
December 9, 1992 Johnstown War Memorial Arena
December 11, 1992 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium
December 12, 1992 Morgantown West Virginia University
December 31, 1992 Honolulu Neal S. Blaisdell Center
Asia
January 29, 1993 Taipei Taiwan Municipal Stadium
February 4, 1993 Bangkok Thailand Indoor Stadium Huamark
February 6, 1993 Singapore Indoor Stadium
February 8, 1993 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan
February 10, 1993 Hong Kong Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
February 11, 1993
February 13, 1993 Manila Philippines Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas
February 14, 1993
North America
March 2, 1993 New York City United States Rainforest Benefit
April 3, 1993 Kennewick Toyota Center
April 4, 1993 Pullman Beasley Coliseum
April 6, 1993 Casper Ford Wyoming Center
April 8, 1993 Bismarck Civic Center
April 9, 1993 Fargo Fargodome
April 10, 1993 Rochester Mayo Civic Center
April 12, 1993 Normal Illinois State University
April 13, 1993 Toledo Savage Arena
April 14, 1993 Battle Creek Kellogg Center
April 16, 1993 Annapolis United States Naval Academy
April 17, 1993 Williamsport Lycoming College
April 18, 1993 Newark University of Delaware
April 20, 1993 Tallahassee Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
April 21, 1993 Montgomery Garrett Coliseum
April 22, 1993 Gainesville O'Connell Center
April 24, 1993 Ames Farm Aid
April 25, 1993 Columbia Hearnes Center
April 27, 1993 Topeka Expo Center
April 28, 1993 Springfield Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Mosque
April 30, 1993 Atlanta Cadence Bank Amphitheatre
May 1, 1993 Charlotte Carowinds
May 2, 1993 Raleigh Coastal Credit Union Music Park
Europe
July 9, 1993 Imst Austria Sportplatz
July 10, 1993 Frauenfeld Switzerland Openair Frauenfeld
North America
October 24, 1993 Mexico City Mexico Auditorio Nacional
Asia
December 29, 1993 Jakarta Indonesia Hilton Convention Center
December 31, 1993 Singapore Indoor Stadium
January 3, 1994 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur
January 5, 1994 Hong Kong Hong Kong Coliseum
January 8, 1994 Mumbai India Brabourne Stadium
January 10, 1994 Dubai United Arab Emirates Al Ahly Sports Hall
January 12, 1994
January 14, 1994 Bangkok Thailand Indoor Stadium Huamark
January 16, 1994 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Phan Din Phoung
January 18, 1994 Taipei Taiwan Municipal Stadium
January 20, 1994 Manila Philippines Tanghalang Francisco Balagtas

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Bryan Adams and Robert Lange, except where noted.

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Is Your Mama Gonna Miss Ya?" 4:41
2."Hey Honey – I'm Packin' You In!"Adams, Lange, Victoria Russell, Keith Scott3:59
3."Can't Stop This Thing We Started" 4:29
4."Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" 5:48
5."Not Guilty" 4:12
6."Vanishing" 5:03
7."House Arrest"Adams, Lange, Vallance3:58
8."Do I Have to Say the Words?"Adams, Lange, Vallance6:11
9."There Will Never Be Another Tonight"Adams, Lange, Vallance4:40
10."All I Want Is You" 5:20
11."Depend on Me"Adams, Lange, Vallance5:07
12."(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"Adams, Lange, Michael Kamen6:34
13."If You Wanna Leave Me (Can I Come Too?)" 4:43
14."Touch the Hand" 4:05
15."Don't Drop That Bomb on Me" 6:00
Total length:74:52

Personnel

Production
  • Bryan Adams – producer
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer
  • Nigel Green – recording
  • Ken Lomas – additional recording
  • Yan Memmi – assistant engineer
  • Ron Obvious – technical engineer
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Avril Mackintosh – mix assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Richard Frankel – package design
  • Andrew Catlin – design concept, photography
  • Bruce Allen – management

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[63] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[64] Platinum 50,000*
Belgium (BEA)[65] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[66] Diamond 1,200,000[67]
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[68] Gold 10,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[69] Platinum 82,230[69]
France (SNEP)[70] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[71] Platinum 500,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[72] Gold 100,000^
Mexico — 120,000[73]
Netherlands (NVPI)[74] Platinum 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[75] Platinum 15,000^
Portugal (AFP)[76] 6× Platinum 240,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[77] Platinum 120,000[67]
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[78] 4× Platinum 200,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[79] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[80] 4× Platinum 4,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[81] 3× Platinum 3,000,000*
Worldwide — 16,000,000
[82]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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