This Time
Recording Artist: Bryan Adams
Writers: Jim Vallance
Bryan Adams
Date Written: April 1982 / Vancouver Canada
Albums: Cuts Like A Knife (A&M Records, 1983)
So Far So Good (A&M Records, 1993)
Anthology (A&M Records, 2005)
Charts: #24 - Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart / October 1983 (12 weeks on the chart)
#21 - Billboard Top Tracks Chart / 1983 (10 weeks on the chart)
#41 - UK Chart / March 1986 (7 weeks on the chart)
#28 - The Record (Canada) / September 5, 1983 (3 weeks on the chart)
Awards: 1984 - Procan Award (Performing Rights Organization of Canada) for Canadian radio airplay
2007 - SOCAN Classics Award for more than 100,000 radio performances in Canada
Audio:
 
Bryan Adams: rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocal
Keith Scott: slide guitar
Tommy Mandel: organ, Casio
Dave Taylor: bass
Mickey Curry: drums
Jim Vallance: percussion
Backing vocals: Bryan Adams, Keith Scott, Lou Gramm
 
Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams.  Recorded by Bob Clearmountain, August 1982, at Little Mountain Sound (Vancouver) and the Power Station (New York).  Mixed by Bob Clearmountain at the Power Station (New York) and Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec.
Comments:
I go back and forth on this song ... sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't.  I'm not even sure why.  It has a great guitar riff (Bryan's idea), a good middle eight, a decent chorus.  It all seems to work ... but for me there's something about this song that just doesn't resonate.
Lyrics:
I think about her all the time
She's my fantasy
An image burnin' in my mind
Callin' out to me

While my imagination's runnin' wild
Yeah - things are getting clearer

This time everything is all right
No way she's gonna get away
This time everything is easy
Any day - I'm gonna make her mine

I've thought of every word I'd say
Give or take a few
But she turns and slowly walks away
What do I have to do?

Hey - turn up your radio
Oh - there's somethin' I want you to know

This time everything is all right
No way she's gonna get away
This time everything is easy
Any day - I'm gonna make her mine

Well it's hard to take cause she's miles away
And I've waited a long time
But the feelin's right and darlin' one of these nights
Yeah - I'm gonna let you know

This time everything is all right
No way she's gonna get away
This time everything is easy
Any day - I'm gonna make her mine