It's Only Love (Bryan Adams song)

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It's Only Love (Bryan Adams song) - Wikipedia

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"It's Only Love"

Single by Bryan Adams with Tina Turner

from the album Reckless

B-side

"The Only Love"

Released

October 25, 1985 (UK)^[1]
November 4, 1985 (US)^[2]

Recorded

1984

Genre

Hard rock

Length

3:15

Bob Clearmountain
Adams

Bryan Adams singles chronology

"One Night Love Affair"
(1985)

"It's Only Love"
(1985)

"Diana"
(1985)

Tina Turner singles chronology

"One of the Living"
(1985)

"It's Only Love"
(1985)

"Typical Male"
(1986)

Music video

"It's Only Love" on YouTube

"It's Only Love" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams, featuring American singer Tina Turner. Released as a single on October 25, 1985, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the accompanying video won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance.^[3] It was the sixth and final single from Adams' album Reckless (1984) and was included on Tina Turner's live album Tina Live in Europe (1988), as well as being added to both artists' greatest hits compilations: Adams' Anthology (2005) and Turner's All the Best (2004). It reached number 15 in January 1986 on the Billboard Hot 100^[4] in the United States and number 29 in the United Kingdom. The 12-inch single included the 1985 live version that would later appear on the album Tina Live in Europe (1988).

Adams told Songfacts that this was his most memorable collaboration of all the ones he has done. He explained: "Working with Tina Turner was amazing. I used to go to see her in the clubs when I was in my late teens/early 20s before she hit the big time. It was incredible to watch her." He added: "It was such a privilege to have sung with her, especially since I was only 24 at the time."^[5]

Music video

The video is a live clip from Tina Turner's 1985 Private Dancer Tour. It begins with Turner in her trademark black leather minidress and jean jacket, introducing Bryan Adams. He then joins her on stage for a live performance of the song. The video won Best Stage Performance in a Video at the 1986 MTV Awards.

It was the first music video ever to use Skycam.^[6]

Personnel

Bryan Adams – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Tina Turner – lead and backing vocals
Tommy Mandel – keyboards
Keith Scott – lead guitar
Dave Taylor – bass
Mickey Curry – drums

Charts

Chart (1985–1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[7]	57
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[8]	30
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[9]	22
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[10]	14
Ireland (IRMA)^[11]	18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[12]	20
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[13]	21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[14]	37
Spain Radio (PROMUSICAE)^[15]	34
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[16]	16
UK Singles (OCC)^[17]	29
US Billboard Hot 100^[18]	15
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)^[19]	7
West Germany (GfK)^[20]	44
US Cash Box Top 100^[21]	14

Cover versions

H.E.R. and Keith Urban performed the song at the 2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in honor of Tina Turner.^[22]

References

^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. October 19, 1985. p. 22. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 37.
^ "Jewels for the Queen: Tina Turner's Lifetime of Grammy Gold". PopMatters. February 9, 2018.
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2002-10-05. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
^ "It's Only Love". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
^ https://www.tina-turner.nl/blog/documentary-video-killed-radio-star-tina-turner/ ^{[dead link‍]}
^ David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australia: St Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It's Only Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It's Only Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9390." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – It's Only Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 48, 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It's Only Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^ "Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It's Only Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
^ "Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It's Only Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "Tina Turner: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^ "Tina Turner Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "Tina Turner Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bryan Adams & Tina Turner – It's Only Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
^ "Cash Box" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
^ Bloom, Madison (October 30, 2021). "Watch H.E.R. and Mickey Guyton Play Tina Turner Hits at Rock Hall 2021". Pitchfork.

v t e Bryan Adams
Discography Videography Awards and nominations Backing band
Studio albums	Bryan Adams You Want It You Got It Cuts Like a Knife Reckless Into the Fire Waking Up the Neighbours 18 til I Die On a Day Like Today Room Service 11 Tracks of My Years Get Up Shine a Light Pretty Woman – The Musical So Happy It Hurts Classic / Classic Pt. II
Live albums	Live! Live! Live! Unplugged Live at the Budokan Bare Bones Live at Sydney Opera House Wembley 1996 Live
Soundtrack albums	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Colour Me Kubrick
Compilation albums	So Far So Good The Best of Me Anthology Ultimate
Singles	"Let Me Take You Dancing" "Straight from the Heart" "Cuts Like a Knife" "This Time" "I'm Ready" "Run to You" "Somebody" "Heaven" "Summer of '69" "One Night Love Affair" "It's Only Love" "Diana" "Christmas Time" "Heat of the Night" "Hearts on Fire" "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" "Do I Have to Say the Words?" "Please Forgive Me" "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" "Let's Make a Night to Remember" "Star" "18 til I Die" "I'll Always Be Right There" "Back to You" "I'm Ready" "On a Day Like Today" "When You're Gone" "Cloud Number Nine" "The Best of Me" "Inside Out" "Here I Am" "Open Road" "Flying" "Room Service" "This Side of Paradise" "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" "Tonight We Have the Stars" "You've Been a Friend to Me" "One World, One Flame" "Joe and Mary" "So Happy It Hurts" "On the Road" "Kick Ass" "Never Gonna Rain"
Collaborations	"All for Love" "Rock Steady" "I Finally Found Someone" "Don't Give Up" "Bang the Drum" "Feels Like Home"
Videography	Unplugged Live at Slane Castle Live at the Budokan Live in Lisbon Live at Sydney Opera House Wembley 1996 Live
Tours	Ultimate Tour
Other topics	Pretty Woman: The Musical Queen Elizabeth II domestic rate stamp (Canada) "Young Lust"
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v t e Tina Turner
Studio albums	Tina Turns the Country On! Acid Queen Rough Love Explosion Private Dancer Break Every Rule Foreign Affair Wildest Dreams Twenty Four Seven
Live albums	Tina Live in Europe VH1 Divas Live '99 Tina Live
Soundtracks	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome What's Love Got to Do with It
Compilation albums	Simply the Best The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties All the Best Tina! Love Songs Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Singles	"Baby, Get It On" "Whole Lotta Love" "Acid Queen" "Under My Thumb" "Sometimes When We Touch" "Night Time Is the Right Time" "Back Stabbers" "Let's Stay Together" "Help!" "What's Love Got to Do with It" "Better Be Good to Me" "Private Dancer" "I Can't Stand the Rain" "Show Some Respect" "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" "One of the Living" "Typical Male" "Back Where You Started" "Two People" "Girls" "What You Get Is What You See" "Break Every Rule" "Paradise Is Here" "Afterglow" "Nutbush City Limits" "Addicted to Love" "Tonight" "A Change Is Gonna Come" "634-5789" "The Best" "I Don't Wanna Lose You" "Steamy Windows" "Look Me in the Heart" "Foreign Affair" "Be Tender with Me Baby" "Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)" "Way of the World" "Love Thing" "I Want You Near Me" "(Simply) The Best" "I Don't Wanna Fight" "Disco Inferno" "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" "Proud Mary" "GoldenEye" "Whatever You Want" "On Silent Wings" "Missing You" "Something Beautiful Remains" "In Your Wildest Dreams" "When the Heartache Is Over" "Whatever You Need" "Don't Leave Me This Way" "Open Arms" "Complicated Disaster"
Guest singles	"Boxtop" "Ball of Confusion" "Tonight" "It's Only Love" "Tearing Us Apart" "It Takes Two" "Cose della vita - Can't Stop Thinking of You" "Teach Me Again"
Videography	One Last Time Live in Concert All the Best: The Live Collection Tina Live
Tours	Private Dancer Tour Break Every Rule World Tour Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour What's Love? Tour Wildest Dreams Tour Twenty Four Seven Tour Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour
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