(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 soundtrack and Waking Up the Neighbours
B-side	"She's Only Happy When She's Dancing" (live)
Released	June 18, 1991
Format	7" single CD single
Recorded	March 1991
Genre	Soft rock
Length	6:32
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Bryan Adams Michael Kamen Robert Lange
Producer(s)	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 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. Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song for 1991. 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.

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 but lost to "Beauty & the Beast". Subsequently, the song has been covered by hundreds of singers and artists around the world.

The song is performed in the key of D ♭ major

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 at the studio Adams was working at in 1990, and apparently written in less than an hour.

Music videos

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

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)	1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	1
Denmark (IFPI)	1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)	1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	1
France (SNEP)	1
Germany (Official German Charts)	1
Ireland (IRMA)	1
Italy (FIMI)	1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	1
Norway (VG-lista)	1
Spain (AFYVE)	1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	1
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
UK Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
Dutch Top 40	1

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
UK Singles Chart	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	37

All-time charts

Chart	Position
UK Singles Chart	17
US Billboard Hot 100	18

Sales and certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)	2× Platinum	140,000
Austria (IFPI Austria)	Platinum	50,000
Canada (Music Canada)	2× Platinum	200,000
France (SNEP)	Gold	508,000
Germany (BVMI)	Platinum	500,000
Sweden (GLF)	Platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2× Platinum	1,750,000
United States (RIAA)	3× Platinum	4,100,000
*sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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. 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, and reached number 12 in the Republic of Ireland However, The Manic Street Preachers song received most of the UK radio airplay.

Brandy version

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

American recording artist 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

1. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – 4:10
2. "U Don't Know Me" – 4:29
3. "Have You Ever?" (Soul Shank Remix) – 5:40

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from Never Say Never liner notes.

• Composer – Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, R.J. Lange
• Production – David Foster
• Acoustic guitar – Dean Parks
• Electric guitar – Michael Thompson
• Programming – Felipe Elgueta
• Mixing – Tom Bender
• Recording – Al Schmitt

Charts

Chart	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	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) July 4, 1991 – September 5, 1991	Succeeded by "Hay Wrap" by The Saw Doctors
Preceded by "Any Dream Will Do" by Jason Donovan	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 "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" by Crystal Waters	Eurochart Hot 100 July 27, 1991 – November 23, 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 August 16, 1991 – October 4, 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) October 3, 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