I Thought I'd Seen Everything

"I Thought I'd Seen Everything" is a rock song written by Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy and Robert John "Mutt" Lange for Adams 10 solo album 11 (2008). The song's musical-style and production were heavily inspired by rock and pop music from the 1980s, and its lyrics chronicle a relationship. The song was released as a download only single in the UK on 17 March 2008.

The song made its North American premiere in February 2008.

Recording and production

In 1991 Robert Lange co-wrote a song with the same title for his ex-wife Stevie Vann; however according to Adams website, the title and writer are only similarities that exist between the two songs, and that this song is an entirely new composition.^[1] Adams did also work with Stevie Vann in the past.

Chart performance

Although "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" was officially released to US radio on March 1, 2008, it proved somewhat popular on Adult Contemporary radio where it peaked at the top thirty and peaked at 20. In Canada "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" was officially released to radio in March, 2008. The song reached the top fifty on the Canadian Hot 100 chart where it peaked at the top 50 on 47.

The song was released in Australia, Europe and New Zealand on March 1, 2008. "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" peaked at the top 200 at 146. "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" continued the trend of lower-charting singles which was started by Adams Room Service single Flying. "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" peaked in the top 40 in Hungary and Austria, and the top 50 in Switzerland and Germany.

Music video

Adams in the music video

The music video for "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" was directed by Andrew MacNaughtan and Bryan Adams.^[2] ^[3] The video features Adams and his band performing the song live in a studio, similar to the style of "Please Forgive Me", released in 1993. In an interview with Dominick A. Miserandino from The Celebrity Cafe Adams talked about how if felt to direct the music video:

“

It's a lot more work. But a lot of people can see me for what I am - what's real - rather than something that's an imaginary, trumped up idea of what the song should be. I mean, if I were to work with a director I'd want to work with someone that's incredibly visual. There's no point in doing anything that doesn't represent you. Right now I'm in that mode. I just want to be real, 100 percent. I don't want to candy coat it whatsoever. Here I am. Take me for what I am. Right now I'm on a tour in America just doing the whole thing by myself on an acoustic guitar.^[4]

”

Track listing

The two B-sides on the CD single are not available on all versions of the album, 11.

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Thought I'd Seen Everything"	Adams, Robert Lange	5:07
2.	"Miss America"	Adams, Kennedy	3:57
3.	"Way of the World"	Adams, Vallance, Peters	3:18

UK digital download

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Thought I'd Seen Everything (radio edit)"	Adams, Lange	3:57

Release history

Region	Date
United Kingdom	January 28, 2008 (2008-01-28)
World	March 1, 2008 (2008-03-01)

Chart

Chart (2008)	Peak position
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart^[5]	21
Hungarian Singles Chart^[6]	30
Austrian Singles Chart^[7]	41
Canadian Hot 100^[7]	47
Swiss Singles Chart^[7]	52
German Singles Chart^[7]	55
Danish Singles Chart^[7]	2
UK Singles Chart^[8]	146

References

↑ ""I Thought I'd Seen Everything"". BryanAdams.com. 2008-02-05. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
↑ "Andrew MacNaughtan". Revolver Film Company. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
↑ "Bryan Adams Tour Dates". ilikemusic.com. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
↑ "Bryan Adams interview". thecelebritycafe.com. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
↑ "Chart history - Bryan Adams". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
↑ "Hungarian Album Chart". mahasz.hu. Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
1 2 3 4 5 "Bryan Adams - I Thought I'd Seen Everything worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts.us. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
↑ "The Official UK Chart Company". theofficialcharts.com. Retrieved 2008-10-18.

Bryan Adams

Albums and singles Videos Awards Backing band Co-writers

Studio albums	Bryan Adams You Want It You Got It Cuts Like a Knife Reckless Into the Fire Waking Up the Neighbours 18 til I Die On a Day Like Today Room Service 11 Tracks of My Years Get Up!

Live albums	Live! Live! Live! MTV Unplugged Live at the Budokan Bare Bones Live at Sydney Opera House

Soundtracks	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Colour Me Kubrick

Compilations	So Far So Good The Best of Me Anthology Icon

Singles	"Let Me Take You Dancing" "Straight from the Heart" "Cuts Like a Knife" "This Time" "I'm Ready" "Run to You" "Somebody" "Heaven" "Summer of '69" "One Night Love Affair" "It's Only Love" "Heat of the Night" "Hearts on Fire" "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" "There Will Never Be Another Tonight" "Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven" "Do I Have to Say the Words?" "Please Forgive Me" "The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You" "Let's Make a Night to Remember" "I'll Always Be Right There" "Star" "18 til I Die" "Back to You" "I'm Ready" "On a Day Like Today" "When You're Gone" "Cloud Number Nine" "The Best of Me" "Cloud Number Nine (Chicane Mix)" "Inside Out" "Here I Am" "Open Road" "Flying" "Room Service" "This Side of Paradise" "Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love?" "When You're Gone" "I Thought I'd Seen Everything" "Tonight We Have the Stars" "She's Got a Way

Notable collaborations and non-album singles	"Diana" (1985) "Christmas Time" (1985) "Young Lust" (1990) "All for Love" (1993) "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" (1995) "Rock Steady" (1995) "I Finally Found Someone" (1997) "Don't Give Up" (2000) "You've Been a Friend to Me" (2009) "Bang the Drum" (2010) "One World, One Flame" (2010) "Feels Like Home" (2015)

Videography	MTV Unplugged Live at the Budokan Live in Lisbon Live at Sydney Opera House

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