February-March 2018 / Brooklyn

Bryan Adams - vocal, bass
Jim Vallance - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, tambourine, backing vocals
Pat Steward - drums

Produced by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams. Bass and drums recorded by Adam Greenholtz at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada. Guitars and vocals recorded in Jim's room at the AKA Hotel, New York. Mixed by Adam Greenholtz at The Warehouse Studio. Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine.

"I Could Get Used To This" appears in the Broadway production of "Pretty Woman: The Musical", which ran for a year (2018-19) at the Netherlander Theatre in New York. The song was specifically written for the "Pretty Woman" show.

In the original film version of "Pretty Woman" (directed by Garry Marshall) Julia Roberts is in a bathtub at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, wearing Walkman headphones and loudly singing along to the song "Kiss" by Prince.

For the Broadway "stage" version of "Pretty Woman", director Jerry Mitchell wanted to try something different. He briefly considered "Summer of 69" in place of "Kiss", but in the end, he asked us to write a brand new, original song for the bathtub scene ... something with nonsense lyrics, where Vivian could simply sing hoo, hoo -- or ya, ya -- or something like that.

With such a clear instruction, the song nearly wrote itself!

The bathtub scene is short, so we only wrote one verse, about 40 seconds of music and lyric. Everyone loved the song and asked for a full-length version for possible inclusion on the "Pretty Woman" cast album recording. So, we simply doubled the verse and chorus and added a drum break to connect the two sections. Instant song ... except the track still comes in under the two-minute mark.

Samantha Barks and the Pretty Woman orchestra recorded the song at the Power Station studio in New York, but it wasn't included on the cast album. Bryan also recorded the song, and that's the version that appears on his "Shine A Light" album.

Regarding short songs ...

It's worth noting that every song on "Meet The Beatles" (The Beatles 1963 debut album) are approximatey two minutes in ength, as are most of the songs on Elvis Costello's debut album, with several being under two minutes.

Meet The Beatles - Side One

1. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 2:24
2. "I Saw Her Standing There" – 2:50
3. "This Boy" – 2:11
4. "It Won't Be Long" – 2:11
5. "All I've Got to Do" – 2:05
6. "All My Loving" – 2:04

Meet The Beatles - Side Two

1. "Don't Bother Me" – 2:28
2. "Little Child" – 1:46
3. "Till There Was You" – 2:12
4. "Hold Me Tight" – 2:30
5. "I Wanna Be Your Man" – 1:59
6. "Not a Second Time" – 2:03

My Aim Is True - Side One

1. "Welcome to the Working Week" – 1:22
2. "Miracle Man" – 3:31
3. "No Dancing" – 2:39
4. "Blame It on Cain" – 2:49
5. "Alison" – 2:54
6. "Sneaky Feelings" – 2:09

My Aim Is True - Side Two

1. "(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes" – 2:47
2. "Less Than Zero" – 3:15
3. "Mystery Dance" – 1:38
4. "Pay It Back" – 2:33
5. "I'm Not Angry" – 2:57
6. "Waiting for the End of the World" – 3:22