Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard) ĭecade-end charts Chart (1990–1999)Ĭanada (Canadian Artists Digital Songs) The song was placed 18th in a survey of the favourite songs of British readers of the Guinness Book of Records. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to ' Beauty and the Beast.' As recently as July 2020, it placed at number 13 on YouTube's 'Most Listened to Rock Countdown', a monthly tally of the most viewed and listened to songs of the rock genre, both in current release and from the past this was the second highest song by Adams' after 'Please Forgive Me' at number 10. Awards and accolades Īdams, Kamen, and Lange won a Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1992. A video was also commissioned for a live version of the song, directed by Andy Morahan. The video was filmed in a forest with the derelict silk mill near Holford in the Quantock Hills and on a beach with geological cliff formations near Kilve, Somerset.

It shows Adams and his band performing the song in a forest with a silk mill in the background, and Adams alone performing on a rocky beachside, intercut with scenes from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. The official music video for the song was directed by Julien Temple.

In most of the countries which hit ascended to number one, it was the number one song for the year 1991, exceptions being Germany (number two), Austria (number two) and Switzerland (number three). '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' also spent nine weeks atop the singles chart in Adams's native Canada, eleven weeks atop the Australian Singles Chart, and twelve weeks atop the Sweden Singles Chart. It also held the number one spot on the US Adult Contemporary Chart for eight consecutive weeks, the longest run atop that chart since 1979, and was the number one song of the year on that chart. Billboard ranked it as the number-one pop song for 1991. In the United States, the power ballad spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, which combines radio airplay and sales, the longest running number one song since 1983, and seventeen consecutive weeks at number one on the sales-only chart, which at the time set the all-time record for consecutive weeks at one. It also topped the Europe-wide sales chart for eighteen continuous weeks, still an all-time record, and topped the European-wide radio airplay chart for ten weeks. In the United Kingdom, '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' had the longest unbroken run at number one, spending sixteen consecutive weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart from July 7, 1991, to October 27 when it dropped to number four. The song is performed in the key of C ♯ major. The song was written in London, UK at the studio Adams was working at in 1990, and he and Lange wrote it in 45 minutes, recording it the following March, and releasing it three months later. The song was based on the film's love theme by Kamen, 'Maid Marian'. The musicians on the original recording are Adams on lead vocals, backing vocals and rhythm guitar, Bill Payne (piano), Mickey Curry (drums), Larry Klein (bass), Keith Scott (lead guitar and backing vocals), Robbie King (organ), and Mutt Lange (synthesizers). The song has been covered by hundreds of singers and artists around the world. It went on to sell more than 15 million copies worldwide, making it Adams's most successful song, and one of the best-selling singles of all time. In the United States, it topped the Billboard Hot 100, which combines radio airplay and sales, for seven weeks, but stayed at number one for seventeen consecutive weeks on the sales-only chart. It also topped the Europe-wide sales chart for eighteen continuous weeks. It is particularly notable for its success in the United Kingdom, where it spent sixteen consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart, the longest uninterrupted run ever on that chart as of 2023. The song was an enormous chart success internationally, reaching the number-one position on the music charts of at least nineteen countries, notable exceptions in the Western World being Italy (number three) and Spain (number four). The single was released on June 17, 1991. Written by Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John 'Mutt' Lange, the power ballad was the lead single for both the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Adams's sixth studio album, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991). ' (Everything I Do) I Do It for You' is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.

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