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1987 single by Bryan Adams
"
Heat of the Night
" is a song written by Canadian
rock musician
Bryan Adams
and
Jim Vallance
and performed by Adams. The song became the most successful song from Adams's album
Into the Fire
in 1987. It was released as the first single from
Into the Fire
and reached number 6 on the U.S.
Billboard
Hot 100
and number 2 on the U.S.
Mainstream Rock Tracks
chart.
The song is also featured on Adams's 1988 live concert album
Live! Live! Live!
and his greatest hits albums
So Far So Good
and
Anthology
.
The song is very popular among Bryan Adams fans and it won Canadian Music Publisher's Association Rock Song Of The Year Award. According to Billboard magazine, it was the 84th most-listened-to song of the year.
It was also notable for being the first song to be released as a
cassette single
in North America.
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Background
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The song was partly inspired by the film noir classic
The Third Man
, starring the actor-director
Orson Welles
. The darkness of the lyrics was further influenced by a trip Bryan and
Jim Vallance
took to Berlin in March 1986, before the wall came down.
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Music video
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The promo was directed by
Wayne Isham
and shot in black and white; it was also one of the rare songs/videos where Bryan himself plays lead guitar, instead of
Keith Scott
to whom he usually leaves the solo work.
A shot from recording sessions is used as the cover of Adams's album
Into the Fire
.
Chart positions
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Year-end chart (1987)
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US Top Pop Singles (
Billboard
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84
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