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Cuts Like A Knife | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Bryan Adams | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Jim Vallance Bryan Adams |
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| Date Written: | April 1982 / Vancouver Canada | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Cuts
Like A Knife (A&M Records, 1983) Live Live Live (A&M Records, 1988) So Far So Good (A&M Records, 1993) Bryan Adams Unplugged (A&M Records, 1997) Anthology (A&M Records, 2005) Icon (Universal, 2010) Bare Bones (2010) Ultimate (Polydor, 2017) |
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| Spotify Streams: | As of August 2025: • 6,357,571,751 Total Album Streams: • 291,692,566 Streams as a Featured Track |
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| Charts: | #6 - Billboard Top Tracks Chart / 1983 (24 weeks on the chart) #12 - The Record (Canada) / May 2, 1983 (11 weeks on the chart) #15 - Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart / August 1983 (14 weeks on the chart) |
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| Awards: |
1983 - Gold Album Award (Canada) 1983 - Platinum Album Award (Canada) 1983 - Gold Album Award (USA) 1983 - Platinum Album Award (USA) 1984 - Juno Award Nomination (Canada) for Single of the Year 1984 - Juno Award (Canada) for Composer of the Year 2004 - Gold Album Award (Australia) 2007 - SOCAN Classics Award for 100,000 radio performances in Canada |
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From the album "Cuts Like A Knife" (1983) Bryan Adams: rhythm guitar, vocal Keith Scott: rhythm guitar, lead guitar Tommy Mandel: organ Dave Taylor: bass Mickey Curry: drums Backing vocals: Bryan Adams, Bruce Adams, Keith Scott, Jim Wesley, Dave Taylor, M. Simpson, K. Davies, L. Frenette |
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Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams. Recorded by Bob Clearmountain, August 1982, at Little Mountain Sound (Vancouver) and the Power Station (New York). Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at the Power Station (New York) and Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec. |
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the album "Bryan Adams Unplugged" (1997) Bryan Adams: guitar, vocal Keith Scott: guitar Tommy Mandel: keyboards Patrick Leonard: keyboards Dave Taylor: bass Mickey Curry: drums |
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From
the album "Bare Bones" (2010) Bryan Adams: acoustic guitar, vocal |
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Produced by Bryan Adams. Recorded by Ben Dobie at the Anderson Center for the Performing Arts in Binghamton, New York, June 14, 2010. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This, Los Angeles California. |
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| Cover Versions: | Ben Gallaher, MESSER, Bruce Springsteen (live performance) |
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You can "google" Bruce's perfomance on YouTube, or try clicking on the photo > > > There's a long tradition in pop music ... songs that employ "na-na-na" choruses: "Hey Jude" by The Beatles, "Na-Na, Hey-Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye" by Steam, "Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin" by Journey, and "Drops Of Jupiter" by Train, to name a few. Adams and I tapped into that tradition for the out-choruses of "Cuts Like A Knife". I remember being in the audience at one of Bryan's concerts in Wembley, England, watching tens of thousands of people sing along with the "na-na-na" chorus at the end of "Cuts Like A Knife". |
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"I think that I'm one of the world's best mumblers, I can mumble some of the best lyrics, but putting them together is another story. I think that's where Jim is really good -- he can piece a story together. It's just a good thing to have the tape rolling when you're recording me. The best example was when we wrote "Cuts Like A Knife", which was just literally a mumble. We looked at each other, rolled the tape back, and it sounded like "cuts like a knife", so we started singing that." Bryan and I jammed on the chord progression for a while with Bryan singing "it cuts like a knife" over and over. Eventually I responded with "but it feels so right", and the rest of the song followed from there. |
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| Lyrics: | Drivin'
home this evenin' I coulda sworn we had it all worked out You had this boy believin' Way beyond the shadow of a doubt Then I heard it on the street I heard you mighta found somebody new Well who is he baby - who is he And tell me what he means to you I took it all for granted But how was I to know That you'd be letting go Now it cuts like a knife But it feels so right It cuts like a knife But it feels so right There's times I've 'bin mistaken There's times I thought I'd 'bin misunderstood So wait a minute darlin' Can't you see we did the best we could This wouldn't be the first time Things have gone astray Now you've thrown it all away And it cuts like a knife But it feels so right It cuts like a knife But it feels so right Na na na ... |
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