Can't Stop This Thing We Started

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"Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
Can't Stop This Thing We Started cover.jpg
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Waking Up the Neighbours
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 2, 1991 (1991-09-02) [1]
Genre Rock [2]
Length4:29
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Robert Lange
  • Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
(1991)
"Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
(1991)
"There Will Never Be Another Tonight"
(1991)

"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was written by Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and was released in September 1991 by A&M Records as the second single from Adams' sixth studio album, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991). The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 while topping the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart for three non-consecutive weeks. The track received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1992 for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, Solo, winning neither. [3] It served as the 2009 British Columbia Liberal Party campaign theme song.

Contents

Track listings

A. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" — 4:29
B. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" — 6:38
A. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
B. "It's Only Love" (live)
  1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
  2. "It's Only Love" (live)
  3. "Hearts on Fire" (live)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [40] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [41] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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