Can't Stop This Thing We Started

"Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album Waking Up the Neighbours
B-side	"It's Only Love" "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
Released	October 9, 1991
Format	CD single 7" single cassette
Recorded	1990
Genre	Pop rock country rock hard rock
Length	4:29
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Bryan Adams Robert Lange
Producer(s)	Lange 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 and songwriter Bryan Adams. The song was written by Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and was the second single from Adams' 1991 album Waking Up the Neighbours, a successor of the massive hit single "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". A rock song in contrast to "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, only behind "Cream" by Prince and The New Power Generation. This track received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1992 for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance, Solo, winning neither.^[1] It served as the 2009 British Columbia Liberal Party campaign theme song.

Track listings

These are the major formats and track listings of single releases for "Can't Stop This Thing We Started":^[2]

7" single, Cassette - U.S.

1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" — 4:29
2. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (full length version) — 6:38

7" single - Europe

1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
2. "It's Only Love" (live)

CD maxi, 12" maxi

1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" — 4:59
2. "It's Only Love" (live) — 3:36
3. "Hearts on Fire" (live) — 4:20

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1991) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[3] 9 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 14 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[5] 4 Canada (RPM) 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 10 France (SNEP)[7] 10 Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 14 Ireland (IRMA) 4 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 5 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 7 Norway (VG-lista)[11] 7 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[12] 3 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 8 United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[14] 12 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 2

End-of-year charts End-of-year chart (1991) Position Dutch Top 40[16] 62 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[17] 59 Certifications Country Certification Date Sales certified[18] Canada[19] Gold February 13, 1992 50,000 U.S.[20] Gold November 8, 1991 500,000

References

1. Rock On The Net: 34th Annual Grammy Awards - 1992
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4. "Austriancharts.at – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
5. Belgian peak
6. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
7. "Lescharts.com – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started" (in French). Les classement single.
8. "Musicline.de – Bryan Adams Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
9. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bryan Adams search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
10. "Charts.org.nz – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Top 40 Singles.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". VG-lista.
12. "Swedishcharts.com – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Singles Top 100.
13. "Swisscharts.com – Bryan Adams – Can't Stop This Thing We Started". Swiss Singles Chart.
14. ""Can't Stop This Thin We Started", UK Singles Chart". chartstats. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
15. "Bryan Adams singles, Billboard charts". allmusic. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
16. "Single top 100 over 1991" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
17. "Billboard Top 100 - 1991". Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
18. "Certification for every country in the world" (PDF). IFPI. Archived from the original (pdf) on 23 October 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
19. "Canada certifications, database". cria. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
20. "U.S. certifications". riaa. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2010.