Open Road (Bryan Adams song)

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"Open Road"
Open road.jpg
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Room Service
B-side
  • "Blessing in Disguise"
  • "Friday Night in London"
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2004 (2004-09-13) [1]
Length3:28
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Here I Am"
(2002)
"Open Road"
(2004)
"Flying"
(2004)

"Open Road" is the first single from Canadian singer Bryan Adams' 10th studio album, Room Service (2004). The single reached number one in Hungary, number 17 in Switzerland, and number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video was set in a traffic jam in a car.

Contents

Music video

The music video was filmed in Toronto, Canada. [2]

Track listings

UK CD single [3]

  1. "Open Road"
  2. "Blessing in Disguise"
  3. "Friday Night in London"

European CD single [4]

  1. "Open Road"
  2. "Blessing In Disguise"

Charts

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