Here I Am (Bryan Adams song)

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"Here I Am"
Bryan Adams - Here I Am.jpg
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
ReleasedJune 2002 (2002-06)
Recorded2002
Length4:06
Label A&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Flyte Tyme Productions
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Don't Give Up"
(2000)
"Here I Am"
(2002)
"Open Road"
(2004)

"Here I Am" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian singer Bryan Adams. The song was written and recorded in 2002 for the movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and was both released on the official soundtrack and as a single. "Here I Am" reached number one in the Czech Republic and Portugal, number five in the United Kingdom and on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and the top 20 in at least 10 other European countries. The song won an ASCAP Award and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Adams also recorded the song in French, called "Me voilà".

Contents

Music video

The music video, directed by Mike Lipscombe and produced by Michael J. Pierce, is set in the American Southwest, featuring Adams and several women living in the wilderness trying to survive from thirst, snakes, etc. They are all portrayed as giants roaming on the landscape. As a reference to the movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron , a herd of horses is shown running through a desert.

Bryan Adams' performance and the actor performances were filmed in a green screen studio in Hollywood, California. The background for the video was filmed in Monument Valley, Utah, from a helicopter. The sequences with the horses were filmed at ranch in Santa Clarita, California, against a large green screen so that the action of the horses could be manipulated in post-production. The total production period was six days, an extremely aggressive turnaround for a project that was all green screen and visual effects. This was necessary to premier the music video at the Hollywood screening of the film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

Track listing

Maxi-CD [1]

  1. "Here I Am" (End Title) – 4:46
  2. "You Can't Take Me" (alternate version) – 3:52
  3. "Cloud Number Nine" (recorded in Live at Slane Castle, Ireland, August 26, 2000) – 4:06
  4. "Here I Am" (instrumental) – 4:05

Double CD set version

  1. "Here I Am (Soundtrack version)
  2. "Cloud Number 9 (Live From Slane Castle version)
  3. "I'm Ready (Live At Slane Castle version)
  4. "Here I Am ((End Title) Fade End)
  5. "Here I Am (Instrumental version)
  6. "You Can't Take Me (Alternate version)
  7. "Here I Am (Video version)

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
EuropeJune 2002CD A&M [ citation needed ]
United KingdomJuly 8, 2002
  • CD
  • cassette
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