Victim Of Love | |||||||||||||
Recording Artist: | Bryan Adams | ||||||||||||
Writers: | Jim Vallance Bryan Adams |
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Date Written: | March-April 1986 / London England, Vancouver Canada | ||||||||||||
Albums: | Into The Fire (A&M Records, 1987) | ||||||||||||
Charts: | #32 - Billboard "Hot 100" Singles Chart / October 1987 (12 weeks on the chart) #10- Billboard Album Rock Tracks Chart / 1987 (9 weeks on the chart) #68 - UK Chart / July 1987 (2 weeks on the chart) |
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Bryan Adams: rhythm guitar, vocal Jim Vallance: keyboards, percussion Ian Stanley: keyboards Keith Scott: lead guitar Dave Pickell: piano Dave Taylor: bass Mickey Curry: drums |
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Produced by Bob Clearmountain and Bryan Adams. Associate producer Jim Vallance. Recorded by Bob Clearmountain, September 1986, at Cliffhanger Studios, West Vancouver. Mixed by Bob Clearmountain, January 1987, at AIR Studios, London. |
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I rented a flat in a 200-year-old building near Kensington Palace (it had originally been built to house palace staff). Bryan stayed at Vickis house. Every day wed meet at Zomba Studios and write for 10 or 12 hours. Despite the rigorous schedule, only a few songs were completed during our stay there. This was our tenth year writing together. Things hadn't quite started unraveling yet (that happened in the 11th year), but there's no doubt our creative partnership was running out of steam. For me, "Victim Of Love" is the high point on an otherwise dark and uninspired album. Where previous songs like "Summer Of '69" and "Heaven" had, in their final recorded form, exceeded my expectations, "Victim Of Love" is one of the few songs on "Into The Fire" that even comes close. |
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At one point we took a break from writing and flew to Berlin for a few days of distraction. This was a year or two before the wall came down. It was a remarkable experience crossing over to East Berlin at "Checkpoint Charlie". A gray, drizzly day to begin with, the journey from west-to-east was like going from colour to black-and-white, with drab Soviet-era architecture and exhaust-spewing Russian "Lada" cars everywhere. Most surprising of all, many of the buildings in East Berlin (museums, churches, embassies) were still riddled with bullet holes from 1945! |
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Lyrics: | Livin' on your own can be a lonely game A face in the crowd, no one knows your name It's a table for one and a broken heart to go She's the kind of lover that you always dreamed Would come to stay and never wanna leave But that's all changed - she's dealt the final blow Heaven knows what you were thinkin' of Don't blame yourself you're just a victim of love It doesn't matter who was right or wrong When the fire is over - when the magic's gone You pick up the pieces and do the best you can It knocks you down but you try it again You get a little older it's a cryin' shame Sometimes things don't work out like you plan Who's gonna help you when you've had enough It ain't no secret you're a victim of love Heaven know what you were thinkin' of Don't blame yourself you're just a victim of love One goodbye was really all it took Now you thumb through the pages of your little black book But somehow all the numbers look the same You've been thinkin' how to get around it But there ain't nothin' you can do about it Nothin' ventured - nothin' gained Ain't nothin' you can't rise above Call it what you want but you're a victim of love Who's gonna help you when you've had enough Ain't no secret you're a victim of love |
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