That's How Strong Our Love Is
Recording Artist: Bryan Adams
Writers: Jim Vallance
Bryan Adams
Date Written:
July-August 2012
Album:
Shine A Light (2019)
Audio:
 
Bryan Adams - vocal, guitar
Jennifer Lopez - vocal
Johan Carlsson - programming, piano, bass, guitar
B Jamie Edwards - piano
Nils-Petter Ankarblom & Mattias Bylund - string arrangement
Mattias Bylund - string synthesiser
Mattias Johansson - violin
David Bukovinszky - cello
 
Produced by Johan Carlsson and Bryan Adams. Recorded by Johan Carlsson at MXM Studios, Los Angeles. BA vocals recorded by Jim Vallance at the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, Canada. J.Lo vocals recorded by Trevor Muzzy, Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles. Strings recorded by Mattias Bylund in Studio Borgen, Partille, Sweden. Mixed by Serban Ghenea at Mixstar Studios, Virginia Beach, USA. Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine.
Comments:

Bryan recorded two very different versions of this song:

1. a duet with Jennifer Lopez (see audio above).

2. a rock ballad with Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums (unreleased).

Personally, I much prefer the unreleased version.

Speaking of which ...

In April 2016 Bryan and I were in Los Angeles for meetings with Garry Marshall and members of the production team for "Pretty Woman: The Musical". Around the same time we heard that Adam Sandler was looking for songs for his upcoming Netflix film, "Sandy Wexler", co-starring Jennifer Hudson. We were confident we had the perfect song for Jennifer, and we invited Adam to our hotel to have a listen.

It was the first time I'd met him, and here's what I can say: If you've ever seen any of Adam Sandler's films, he's not acting! That's who he is!

Adam is the nicest, sweetest, most humble, soft-spoken human. A lovely guy.

He listened intently, eyes closed, as we played him a recording of the rock ballad version of song. He would occasionally mumble his approval or quietly say, "Yeah, I like that" when he heard a lyric that resonated.

At the end of our meeting Adam said he loved the song and he'd like to include it in his film. I was thrilled.

The next day Netflix's lawyers got involved and unfortunately everything went south from there. Long story short, Netflix refused to take our song unless we gave up our publishing rights, and we refused to comply. Sad to say, our song didn't go in the film.
Lyrics: They said we wouldn't make it
They said it couldn't last
But look who's talkin' now
We had the last laugh

Ya, we’ve seen some fire
And we’ve felt some pain
We’ve been thru the toughest times
And we'd do it all again

It’s you and me against the world

That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
I wanna tell everybody it's true - yes I do

That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
I wanna tell everybody about you - yes I do

Nobody believed
That we'd last this long
Nobody believed it
But we proved them wrong

And all the trouble and strife
That life sometimes brings
If we can get through this
We can get through anything

It's you and me against the world

That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is
I wanna tell everybody its true - yes I do

That's how strong our love is
There's nothing i wouldn't give
To spend my life with you
Yes it's true

You could be a million miles away
But I know it's gonna be just fine
I know it's gonna be just fine

I think about you night and day
There's nothin’ that could change my mind
No - nothin’s gonna change my mind

That's how strong our love is
That's how strong our love is ...