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One Night Love Affair is a song performed by Bryan Adams on his 1984 album Reckless. It was written by Adams and Jim Vallance in Vancouver, Canada in September of 1983. The song was recorded in April 1984, at Little Mountain Sound, Vancouver and was mixed by producer Bob Clearmountain in September 1984, at the Power Station in New York.
[edit] Themes
The song is about a one night stand. The lyrics describe the encounter and the subsequent parting of ways of the protagonists, who, the song suggests, are concealing deeper feelings.
[edit] Live Performance
According to writer Jim Vallance, when the song was first played to Adams' guitarist Keith Scott, Adams and Vallance replaced the line "if the night was made for love, it ain't for keeps" with the line "if the night was made for love, it ain't for Keith". Scott found this very funny, and whenever Adams plays the song live, he looks at Scott and sings the "Keith" lyric.
[edit] Personnel
- Bryan Adams - Rhythm guitar, vocals
- Keith Scott - Rhythm guitar, lead guitar
- Jim Vallance - Percussion
- Tommy Mandel - Keyboards
- Dave Taylor - Bass guitar
- Pat Steward - Drums
[edit] References
- Much of the information on this page comes from the page on Jim Vallance's website devoted to the song, [1]
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