Song · Bryan Adams and Tina Turner
“It's Only Love” by Bryan Adams and Tina Turner
“It's Only Love” by Bryan Adams and Tina Turner appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1985 and 2001. Its best result is #13 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #99 alternative song of 1985 and #7,444 alternative song of all time.
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Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance wrote "It's Only Love", and it closed out the run of singles from Reckless, Adams' 1984 album: the sixth and last of them, out in October 1985, with Tina Turner sharing the mic. Adams has called it a privilege. He had gone to see Turner in clubs in his late teens, before she hit the big time, was only 24 when they sang it, and ranks it as his most memorable collaboration.
The session hit a snag first. Vallance watched Turner's opening pass at the vocal fall flat, until someone suggested she take the melody up a third, close to a harmony line, and that did it. The song earned a Grammy nod in the rock duo-or-group category, and the video picked up best stage performance at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 13 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1985 | 30 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 479 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
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