With two million copies sold, it was a modest success, by Adams’ high standards anyway. #1 and first million-selling single.ġ987’s Into the Fire was a more-serious effort with deeper lyrics than Adams’ previous releases. Reckless (1984) would be sell over 12 million copies worldwide and include the hits “Run to You,” “Somebody” and “Heaven,” which was only released as a single thanks to pressure from radio. The album also won him his first JUNO award, for Male Vocalist of the Year, although he was too busy touring in the U.S. That album’s first single, the ballad “Straight from the Heart,” became Adams’ first U.S. “Fits Ya Good,” from 1981’s You Want It, You Got It, made a stir on the radio, but it wasn’t until 1983, with the release of Cuts Like a Knife, that Adams would hit the mainstream. It is around this time that Adams formed a songwriting partnership with Prism drummer Jim Vallance that would soon produce hits for the likes of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, KISS and Joe Cocker.Īdams signed to A&M Records, which released his self-titled debut album in 1980.
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