![]() ![]() In 1991, he released "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from the album Waking Up the Neighbours and the song became a worldwide hit which went to number 1 in many countries, including 16 consecutive weeks in the United Kingdom, a new record. The other original tracks are “I’m A Legend Tonight”, “Nowhere To Run” and “Partners In Crime”.Adams rose to fame in Canada and the United States with his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless, which produced some of his best known songs, including "Run to You" and "Summer of '69". The album was released only outside the United States at the time but quickly became available as import. The track was written by Bryan Adams, Paul Stanley and Mikel Japp. Released a few months before “Creatures Of The Night” album, the track “Down On Your Knees” was one of the four original compositions on the Kiss Greatest Hits record “Killers” (1982). The third verse was written by Gene,” Jim Vallance said. You can see what we’re trying to say in the first two verses of the song. In other words, the opposite situation from Fred’s. “When Bryan and I wrote the new lyric for KISS, we were thinking about a young guy who WANTS to be in a famous band, and can’t wait for the chance to do a tour. That’s what the original lyric was about.” ![]() He was at a point in his life when he was burned out and discouraged, and not interested in touring. In fact, the lyric grew from some conversations I had with Fred. “I originally wrote the song for Fred Turner to sing (BTO). BTO released the song in 1979 but it was altered for Kiss three years later. As songwriter Jim Vallance recalled in interview with Rock Pages back in 2007, he originally wrote the track for the Canadian band Bachman Turner-Overdrive. “Rock and Roll Hell”Īnother track from the “Creatures Of The Night” (1982) album, “Rock and Roll Hell” was also written by Vallance, Adams and Simmons. I mean, I’m glad to hear it worked out,” Bryan Adams. To this day still very grateful for the opportunity. So I was a broke songwriter and really grateful for the opportunity. “And sat down with Jim (Vallance – Songwriter) and we came up with ‘War Machine.’ Again, I was always thinking about the live context of things, and that’s interesting you should tell me that that song is still on their live show because that’s exactly what I was thinking, that you could make this a really exciting song based on the lyrical content. But I took it back to Vancouver and started working on it.” I didn’t finish the idea when I was in LA. And I thought it was a pretty cool guitar riff. “I went down to Los Angeles and Gene had a guitar riff, and we didn’t have a song. But he asked me to come down and meet with them. ![]() You’d have to get Gene‘s version of this. The successful Canadian singer and guitarist Bryan Adams recalled in an interview with Eddie Trunk back in 2021 how he ended up co-writing the track: “I think what happened was – they had recorded ‘Rock and Roll Hell’ and asked me to come down. The track became one of the most famous songs of the record and keeps being played by Kiss live ever since. Released on Kiss’ 1982 album “Creatures Of The Night” (1982), “War Machine” was co-written by Gene Simmons, Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance. The 3 Kiss songs co-written by Canadian singer and guitarist Bryan Adams “War Machine” ![]()
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