

The song entered the top 20 on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top 20 for seven weeks, peaking at number 4. The song was Adams' first number one hit on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for four weeks, and reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100. " Run to You" was released as the debut single from Reckless on Octoin North America and became one of the most successful songs from the album on the American pop and rock charts it would become one of Adams' most popular and recognizable songs. The final version was mixed in New York by Bob Clearmountain on November 22, 1984. Sessions took place at Little Mountain Sound Studios where three different recordings of the song were made over the winter. "Summer of '69" was written on Januwith Jim Vallance. The track was first mixed in New York by Bob Clearmountain, with final mixing of the song completed on September 21, 1984. The recording for "Run to You" began on Maand continued through the summer at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver. "Run to You" was recorded after a tour in Asia. In August 1984, Adams returned to the studio to record the track "It's Only Love" with Tina Turner he also had written new songs and began re-recording songs which would lead to the development of such tracks as " Run to You" and " Summer of '69".


However, unhappy with the recording process, Adams decided to take a month off from the sessions that summer. In March 1984, recording sessions for Reckless began after Adams completed an extensive concert tour promoting his previous album, Cuts Like a Knife. Despite having been released on the film's soundtrack album, the song was initially not considered suitable for Reckless, only being added to the album at the last minute. The song was recorded at the Power Station in New York on June 6–7, 1983 and was mixed on Jwith Bob Clearmountain co-producing and engineering. The first song recorded was "Heaven", which had been co-written by Adams and Jim Vallance for the film A Night in Heaven. The Reckless 30th Anniversary Tour also took place in November 2014, consisting of eleven exclusive arena shows in the UK. On 12 December 2009 the syndicated radio program In the Studio celebrated the 25th anniversary of the album.Ī 30th Anniversary edition of the album, featuring previously unreleased material and a brand new 5.1 surround mix, was released on 10 November 2014 in both four and two-disc editions. The album was recorded at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver, Canada. 49 on Kerrang!s "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" in 1989, and 99th Greatest Rock Album of All Time by Classic Rock and was also named the number 12 Greatest Canadian Album of All Time by Bob Mersereau in his book The Top 100 Canadian Albums. All six singles made the top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, which had been accomplished previously only by Michael Jackson's Thriller and Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA. Six singles were released from the album: " Run to You", " Somebody", " Heaven", " Summer of '69", " One Night Love Affair", and " It's Only Love". The album reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 and reached high positions on album charts worldwide. It was the first Canadian album to sell more than a million copies within Canada. The album has reached 12 million album sales worldwide. Released on 5 November 1984 by A&M Records, the album was co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, and is considered Adams' most successful solo album. Reckless is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.
