Room Service (song)

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"Room Service"
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Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Room Service
ReleasedMarch 28, 2005
Genre Rock
Length2:53
Label Universal
Songwriter(s) Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy
Producer(s) Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Flying"
(2004)
"Room Service"
(2005)
"This Side of Paradise"
(2005)

"Room Service" is a single by Canadian rock singer/songwriter and guitarist Bryan Adams, it was his third single from his ninth studio album Room Service , released in 2005.

Contents

Track listings

CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Room Service (single mix)" Adams, Kennedy 3:06
2."Room Service (acoustic)"Adams, Kennedy2:53
3."Open Road (acoustic)"Adams, Kennedy3:35

Chart positions

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Canada Hot AC Top 30 ( Radio & Records ) [1] 27
Germany (Official German Charts) [2] 74

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References

  1. "R&R Canada Hot AC Top 30" (PDF). Radio & Records . No. 1604. April 29, 2005. p. 50. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
  2. "Bryan Adams – Room Service" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.