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{{About|the Bryan Adams album|The Detroit Emeralds album|You Want It, You Got It}}
{{About|the Bryan Adams album|The Detroit Emeralds album|You Want It, You Got It}}
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{{Infobox album| <!-- WikiProject Albums infobox -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = You Want It, You Got It
| name = You Want It, You Got It
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Bryan Adams]]
| artist = [[Bryan Adams]]
| Cover = Bryan_Adams_YWIYGI.jpg
| cover = Bryan_Adams_YWIYGI.jpg
| Released = 21 July, 1981
| alt =
| released = July 28, 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1981/FMQB-1981-07-24.pdf|title=FMQB|page=34}}</ref>
| Recorded = 1981 at [[Le Studio]], [[Morin Heights]], [[Quebec]]
| recorded = 1981
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[hard rock]]
| Length = 38:33
| venue =
| studio = [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] (New York, US) <br> [[Le Studio]] ([[Morin-Heights]], Canada)
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| Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| Producer = Bryan Adams, [[Bob Clearmountain]]
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[hard rock]]
| length = 38:33
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| Last album = ''[[Bryan Adams (album)|Bryan Adams]]''<br />(1980)
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| label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
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| This album = '''''You Want It, You Got It'''''<br />(1981)
| producer = Bryan Adams, [[Bob Clearmountain]]
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| Next album = ''[[Cuts Like a Knife]]''<br />(1983)
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| prev_title = [[Bryan Adams (album)|Bryan Adams]]
| prev_year = 1980
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| next_title = [[Cuts Like a Knife]]
| next_year = 1983
}}
}}


{{Album ratings
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{citation |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r127 |title=You Want It, You Got It - Bryan Adams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113033713/https://www.allmusic.com/album/r127 |archive-date=2012-01-13 |access-date=2018-05-10 }}.</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r127 |title=You Want It, You Got It – Bryan Adams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113033713/https://www.allmusic.com/album/r127 |archive-date=2012-01-13 |access-date=2018-05-10 }}.</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}} <ref>{{Cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan | authorlink = |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = 6 | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=rolling+stone+bryan+adams+album+guide&source=bl&ots=BiMjqn0O-5&sig=LN1aRK1zjOtp8lqbcW5RHwhCiI0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i1msUJvnL9TD0AHsiICwDw&sqi=2&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=rolling%20stone%20bryan%20adams%20album%20guide&f=false}}</ref>
| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book| last = Brackett | first = Nathan |author2=Christian Hoard | title = The Rolling Stone Album Guide | publisher = Simon and Schuster | year = 2004 | location = New York City, New York | page = [https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n19 6] | isbn = 0-7432-0169-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac| url-access = registration | quote = rolling stone bryan adams album guide. }}</ref>
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'''''You Want It, You Got It''''' is the second studio album by [[Canadian]] singer-songwriter [[Bryan Adams]], released on July 28, 1981 by [[A&M Records]].
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'''''You Want It, You Got It''''' is the second studio album by [[Canadian]] singer-songwriter [[Bryan Adams]], released on 21 July 1981 by [[A&M Records]]. This was the album that established the sound that Adams has retained throughout his recording career. Unlike the debut album where Adams and Vallance played most of the instruments themselves, ''You Want It You Got It'' was recorded live in the studio. It was recorded at [[Le Studio]] [[Morin Heights, Quebec]] over a two-week period during the spring of 1981 and was mixed in [[New York City]]. The album was originally to be titled "Bryan Adams Hasn't Heard Of You Either" (due to critics' indifference to his first album and singles) but Adams' sense of humour didn't make it past the gate keepers at the record company, who opted for the safer title.


==Background and recording==
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== Overview ==
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The first single "Lonely Nights" became a hit in upstate New York long before it broke anywhere else. This was partially due to a couple of late night DJs working in Rochester, Albany and Syracuse. Within a few months the album had been picked up across the United States and Adams was soon on tour doing clubs and noon hour concerts for radio stations, as well as support to such acts as [[The Kinks]] and [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]. The song eventually peaked at number 3 on the Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, Bryan's largest hit on that chart until "Run to You" in 1985, while reaching number 84 on the Hot 100. Two further singles 'Coming Home' and 'Fits Ya Good' were very well received, the latter becoming Adams' debut Top 40 hit in Canada (peaking at number 30) and reaching number 15 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, although it did not reach the Hot 100.


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This was the album that created Adams' signature sound, which he has maintained throughout his recording career. Unlike Adams' debut album where he and [[Jim Vallance]] played most of the instruments themselves, ''You Want It You Got It'' was recorded live in the studio. The album was recorded at [[Le Studio]] in [[Morin-Heights]], [[Quebec]] over a two-week period during the spring of 1981 and was mixed at [[Power Station (recording studio)|The Power Station]] in [[New York City]]. The album was originally to be titled ''Bryan Adams Hasn't Heard Of You Either'' (due to critics' indifference to his first album and singles) but Adams' sense of humour didn't make it past the gatekeepers at the record company, who opted for the safer title.
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In later years, many of the songs were recorded by other artists. Some examples are [[Head First (Uriah Heep album)|"Lonely Nights"]] by [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], "Jealousy" by Prism, "Tonight" by Randy Meisner, and "Fits Ya Good" by Tove Naess, to name a few.

==Release and reception==
The first single "Lonely Nights" became a hit in upstate New York long before it broke anywhere else. This was partially due to a couple of late night DJs working in Rochester, Albany and Syracuse. ''[[Record World]]'' said of "Lonely Nights" that Adams' "raspy tenor stretches with convincing emotion on the chorus flights and his hellbent guitar solo will attract the attention of AOR rockers."<ref name=rw>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=August 15, 1981|page=24|accessdate=2023-03-01|title=Single Picks|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-08-15.pdf}}</ref>

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Within a few months the album had been picked up across the United States and Adams was soon on tour doing clubs and noon hour concerts for radio stations, as well as support to such acts as [[the Kinks]] and [[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]. The song eventually peaked at number 3 on the [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|''Billboard'' Rock Tracks]] chart, while peaking at number 84 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. Two further singles, "Coming Home" and "Fits Ya Good", met with positive reviews by critics, the latter becoming Adams' first top 40 hit in Canada, peaking at number 30, and at number 15 on the ''Billboard'' Rock Tracks chart.

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Several songs from the album have been recorded by other artists, including "Lonely Nights" by [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], "Jealousy" by PRiSM, "Tonight" by Randy Meisner, and "Fits Ya Good" by Tove Naess. The first recording of "Lonely Nights" was released by Ian Lloyd in 1980 on the album 3WC (Third World Civilization).


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| all_writing = [[Bryan Adams]] and [[Jim Vallance]], except where noted
| all_writing = [[Bryan Adams]] and [[Jim Vallance]], except where noted
| title1 = Lonely Nights
| title1 = Lonely Nights
| length1 = 3:46
| length1 = 3:46
| title2 = One Good Reason
| title2 = One Good Reason
| length2 = 4:22
| length2 = 4:22
| title3 = Don't Look Now
| title3 = Don't Look Now
| length3 = 3:06
| length3 = 3:06
| title4 =Coming Home
| title4 = Coming Home
| length4 = 3:34
| length4 = 3:34
| title5 = Fits Ya Good
| title5 = Fits Ya Good
| length5 = 4:35
| length5 = 4:35
}}
}}
{{track listing
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Jealousy
| title6 = Jealousy
| note6 = Adams, [[Lindsay Mitchell]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Adams|[[Lindsay Mitchell]]}}
| length6 = 3:49
| length6 = 3:49
| title7 = Tonight
| title7 = Tonight
| length7 = 4:58
| length7 = 4:58
| title8 =You Want It, You Got It
| title8 = You Want It, You Got It
| note8 = Adams
| writer8 = Adams
| length8 = 3:49
| length8 = 3:49
| title9 = Last Chance
| title9 = Last Chance
| note9 = Adams
| writer9 = Adams
| length9 = 3:17
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = No One Makes It Right
| title10 = No One Makes It Right
| note10 = Adams
| writer10 = Adams
| length10 = 3:17
| length10 = 3:17
}}
}}
{{track listing

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| headline = Japan 2012 SHM-CD Bonus Track
{{tracklist
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| headline = Japan 2012 SHM-CD Bonus Track
| collapsed = yes
| title11 = Fits Ya Good
| title11 = Fits Ya Good
| note11 = From ''[[Live at the Budokan (Bryan Adams album)|Live at the Budokan]]''
| note11 = From ''[[Live at the Budokan (Bryan Adams album)|Live at the Budokan]]''
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
* [[Bryan Adams]] - guitars, piano, vocals, producer
* [[Bryan Adams]] – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, guitars
* [[Mickey Curry]] - drums
* [[Tommy Mandel]] – keyboards
* [[Jamie Glaser]] - guitars
* [[Jamie Glaser]] – guitar solos (5, 6, 8)
* [[Tommy Mandel]] - keyboards, organ, synthesizer
* [[G. E. Smith]] – guitar fills (6)
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* Brian Stanley – bass
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* [[Jimmy Maelen]] - percussion
* [[G.E. Smith]] - guitars
* [[Mickey Curry]] – drums
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* [[Jimmy Maelen]] – percussion
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* Brian Stanley - bass
* Jonathan Gerber - saxophone
* John Gerber – saxophones
* [[Cindy Bullens]] - background vocals
* [[Cindy Bullens]] – backing vocals (10)

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* [[Bob Clearmountain]] - producer, mixing, engineer
==Production==
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* [[Bob Ludwig]] - mastering
* Bryan Adams – producer
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* Bob Clearmountain – producer, recording, mixing
* Gary Rindfuss – recording assistant
* Paul Northfield – technical assistant
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* [[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering
* [[Masterdisk]] (New York City, New York) – mastering location
* Chuck Beeson – art direction
* Melanie Nissen – design
* [[Lynn Goldsmith]] – photography
* [[Bruce Allen (manager)|Bruce Allen]] – management

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== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
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|+ Chart positions for<br>''You Want It You Got It''
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"|Chart (1982)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row" | Canadian Albums ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])<ref name=rpmalb>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2&q1=bryan+adams&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50|title=RPM Magazine Archives > Top Albums/CDs > Bryan Adams|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=September 12, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024081239/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=v2a76h62to0aart05gg0u3agj2&q1=bryan+adams&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50|archive-date=October 24, 2012}}</ref>
| align="center" | 50
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|118|artist=Bryan Adams|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2022}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col" style="width:11em;"|Chart (1985)
!scope="col"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|UK|78|artist=Bryan Adams|album=You Want It You Got It|rowheader=true|access-date=November 8, 2022}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Bryan Adams|title=You Want It You Got It|award=Gold|certyear=1982|relyear=1981|access-date=14 September 2019}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 23:21, 16 November 2024

This article is about the Bryan Adams album. For The Detroit Emeralds album, see You Want It, You Got It.
You Want It, You Got It
Studio album by
Bryan Adams
ReleasedJuly 28, 1981[1]
Recorded1981
StudioPower Station (New York, US)
Le Studio (Morin-Heights, Canada)
GenreRock, hard rock
Length38:33
LabelA&M
ProducerBryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain
Bryan Adams chronology
Bryan Adams
(1980) 		You Want It, You Got It
(1981) 		Cuts Like a Knife
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

You Want It, You Got It is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams, released on July 28, 1981 by A&M Records.

Background and recording

[edit]

This was the album that created Adams' signature sound, which he has maintained throughout his recording career. Unlike Adams' debut album where he and Jim Vallance played most of the instruments themselves, You Want It You Got It was recorded live in the studio. The album was recorded at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec over a two-week period during the spring of 1981 and was mixed at The Power Station in New York City. The album was originally to be titled Bryan Adams Hasn't Heard Of You Either (due to critics' indifference to his first album and singles) but Adams' sense of humour didn't make it past the gatekeepers at the record company, who opted for the safer title.

Release and reception

[edit]

The first single "Lonely Nights" became a hit in upstate New York long before it broke anywhere else. This was partially due to a couple of late night DJs working in Rochester, Albany and Syracuse. Record World said of "Lonely Nights" that Adams' "raspy tenor stretches with convincing emotion on the chorus flights and his hellbent guitar solo will attract the attention of AOR rockers."[4]

Within a few months the album had been picked up across the United States and Adams was soon on tour doing clubs and noon hour concerts for radio stations, as well as support to such acts as the Kinks and Foreigner. The song eventually peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart, while peaking at number 84 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two further singles, "Coming Home" and "Fits Ya Good", met with positive reviews by critics, the latter becoming Adams' first top 40 hit in Canada, peaking at number 30, and at number 15 on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart.

Several songs from the album have been recorded by other artists, including "Lonely Nights" by Uriah Heep, "Jealousy" by PRiSM, "Tonight" by Randy Meisner, and "Fits Ya Good" by Tove Naess. The first recording of "Lonely Nights" was released by Ian Lloyd in 1980 on the album 3WC (Third World Civilization).

Track listing

[edit]

All tracks are written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Lonely Nights"3:46
2."One Good Reason"4:22
3."Don't Look Now"3:06
4."Coming Home"3:34
5."Fits Ya Good"4:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Jealousy"
3:49
7."Tonight" 4:58
8."You Want It, You Got It"Adams3:49
9."Last Chance"Adams3:17
10."No One Makes It Right"Adams3:17
Japan 2012 SHM-CD Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
11."Fits Ya Good" (From Live at the Budokan)3:55

Personnel

[edit]

Production

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  • Bryan Adams – producer
  • Bob Clearmountain – producer, recording, mixing
  • Gary Rindfuss – recording assistant
  • Paul Northfield – technical assistant
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Masterdisk (New York City, New York) – mastering location
  • Chuck Beeson – art direction
  • Melanie Nissen – design
  • Lynn Goldsmith – photography
  • Bruce Allen – management

Charts

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Chart positions for
You Want It You Got It
Chart (1982) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[5] 50
US Billboard 200[6] 118
Chart (1985) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 78

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[8] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 34.
  2. ^ You Want It, You Got It – Bryan Adams, archived from the original on 2012-01-13, retrieved 2018-05-10.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 6. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone bryan adams album guide.
  4. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. August 15, 1981. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ^ "RPM Magazine Archives > Top Albums/CDs > Bryan Adams". RPM. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  6. ^ "Bryan Adams Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  7. ^ "Bryan Adams | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Bryan Adams – You Want It You Got It". Music Canada. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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