Why Bryan Adams Was Warned Against '(Everything I Do)': The Unexpected #1 Smash

Coming up… the story of Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, a song that was featured in the blockbuster movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves... despite efforts by the record company and the film studio to bury it. The label warned Bryan Adams that the song would ruin his career, and the film studio tried to hide it, tucking it away in the end credits like a guilty secret. Yet somehow, this single defied all the naysayers to become one of the most successful tracks of the Rock Era. One that I have loathed since I first heard it, but I’m listening to it with an open mind… Let’s see if I can be converted as I tell the history and listen to it from a new perspective. The ironic and remarkable journey of this smash hit is next on Professor of Rock.

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