Back to You (Bryan Adams song)

"Back to You" is a rock song by Canadian singer Bryan Adams, written by Adams and Eliot Kennedy. It was first released in 1997 as a live acoustic version for Adams' album MTV Unplugged and features students from the Juilliard School, conducted by Michael Kamen. Upon its release, the song became Adams' ninth number-one single in his home country, staying at number one on the RPM Top Singles chart for three nonconsecutive weeks, and reached the top 40 in Australia, Hungary, Iceland and the United Kingdom. It was later included on the compilation albums The Best of Me and Anthology.

"Back to You"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album MTV Unplugged
B-side
  • "Hey Elvis"
  • "Can't Stop This Thing We Started / It Ain't a Party...If You Can't Come 'Round"
ReleasedNovember 21, 1997
FormatCD single
RecordedSeptember 26, 1997
GenreRock
Length4:25 (Live version)
5:06 (Original demo version)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Bryan Adams and Eliot Kennedy
Producer(s)Bob Rock
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"I Finally Found Someone"
(1996)		 "Back to You"
(1997)		 "I'm Ready"
(1998)

The B-sides are two tracks performed the same night as the album, however "Can't Stop This Thing We Started / It Ain't a Party...If You Can't Come 'Round" is only featured on the MTV Unplugged DVD, while "Hey Elvis" was previously unreleased.

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Back to You"Bryan Adams, Eliot Kennedy4:30
2."Hey Elvis"Adams, Gretchen Peters3:41
3."Can't Stop This Thing We Started / It Ain't a Party...If You Can't Come 'Round"Adams, Robert John "Mutt" Lange4:40

Personnel
  • Bryan Adams – guitar, vocals
  • Keith Scott – lead guitar, vocal harmonies
  • Dave Taylor – bass, vocal harmonies
  • Micky Curry – drums, vocal harmonies
  • Danny Cummings – percussion, vocal harmonies
  • Tommy Mandel – piano
  • Michael Kamen – string arrangement and conductor

Charts

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