"Can't Stop This Thing We Started" is a song by Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...

. The song was the second single from Adams' 1991-album Waking Up the Neighbours

Waking Up the Neighbours

Waking Up the Neighbours is an album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Adams released in 1991 and his sixth studio album. The album was recorded at Battery Studios in England, and at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, mixed at Mayfair Studios in England, and mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk...

, a successor of the massive hit single "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

" I Do It for You" is a power ballad performed by Bryan Adams and co-written with Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, featured on the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and on Adams' album Waking Up the Neighbours...

". A rock song in contrast to "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

(Everything I Do) I Do It for You

" I Do It for You" is a power ballad performed by Bryan Adams and co-written with Michael Kamen and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, featured on the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and on Adams' album Waking Up the Neighbours...

", it peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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, behind Prince

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Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

's "Cream

Cream (song)

"Cream" is a song by Prince and The New Power Generation, from the 1991 album Diamonds and Pearls. Prince states that he wrote the song while standing in front of a mirror....

". This track received two nominations at the Grammy Awards of 1992

Grammy Awards of 1992

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 for Best Rock Song

Grammy Award for Best Rock Song

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 and Best Rock Performance, Solo

Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo

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, winning none. It is the 2009 British Columbia Liberal Party

British Columbia Liberal Party

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 campaign Theme song.

Track listings

These are the major formats and track listings of single releases for "Can't Stop This Thing We Started":
7" single, Cassette - U.S.

1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" — 4:29
2. "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (full length version) — 6:38

7" single - Europe

1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started"
2. "It's Only Love" (live)

CD maxi, 12" maxi

1. "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" — 4:59
2. "It's Only Love" (live) — 3:36
3. "Hearts on Fire" (live) — 4:20

Peak positions

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	9
Austrian Singles Chart	14
Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays....	1
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	2
French SNEP Singles Chart	10
German Singles Chart	14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	7
Norwegian Singles Chart	7
Swedish Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	8
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	12
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	2

End of year charts

End of year chart (1991)	Position
Dutch Top 40	62
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	59

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
Canada	Gold	February 13, 1992	50,000
U.S.	Gold	November 8, 1991	500,000