It's Only Love (Bryan Adams song)

"It's Only Love"
Single by Bryan Adams with Tina Turner
from the album Reckless
B-side"The Only Love"
ReleasedOctober 25, 1985 (1985-10-25) (UK)[1]
November 4, 1985 (US)[2]
Recorded1984
GenreHard rock
Length3:15
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"One Night Love Affair"
(1985)
"It's Only Love"
(1985)
"Diana"
(1985)
Tina Turner singles chronology
"One of the Living"
(1985)
"It's Only Love"
(1985)
"Typical Male"
(1986)
Music video
"It's Only Love" on YouTube

"It's Only Love" is a song by Canadian singer and songwriter Bryan Adams, featuring American singer Tina Turner. Released as a single on October 25, 1985, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and the accompanying video won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Stage Performance.[3] It was the sixth and final single from Adams' album Reckless (1984) and was included on Tina Turner's live album Tina Live in Europe (1988), as well as being added to both artists' greatest hits compilations: Adams' Anthology (2005) and Turner's All the Best (2004). It reached number 15 in January 1986 on the Billboard Hot 100[4] in the United States and number 29 in the United Kingdom. The 12-inch single included the 1985 live version that would later appear on the album Tina Live in Europe (1988).

Adams told Songfacts that this was his most memorable collaboration of all the ones he has done. He explained: "Working with Tina Turner was amazing. I used to go to see her in the clubs when I was in my late teens/early 20s before she hit the big time. It was incredible to watch her." He added: "It was such a privilege to have sung with her, especially since I was only 24 at the time."[5]

  1. ^ "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. October 19, 1985. p. 22. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "FMQB" (PDF). p. 37.
  3. ^ "Jewels for the Queen: Tina Turner's Lifetime of Grammy Gold". PopMatters. February 9, 2018.
  4. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2002-10-05. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
  5. ^ "It's Only Love". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-09.