"Dangerous" was a song released in 1985 on the highly successful album '' Lovin' Every Minute of It'' released by

Loverboy Loverboy is a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1979. Loverboy's hit singles, particularly "Turn Me Loose (Loverboy song), Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend", have become arena rock staples and are still hear ...

. The song achieved minor success when released as a single during the same year, and reached #65 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song was written by

Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...

and

Jim Vallance James Douglas Vallance (born May 31, 1952) is a Canadian songwriter, arranger and producer. He is best known as the songwriting partner of Canadian musician Bryan Adams. Vallance began his professional career as the original drummer and main song ...

, and was originally recorded by Adams, under the title "Reckless", for his hit 1984 album of the same name. However, it was ultimately left off the final track list. When Loverboy later used the song, they changed the title and chorus lyrics. The Bryan Adams' version eventually saw a release on the 30th anniversary reissue of ''Reckless''. ''

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'' said that it "captures the raw energy of Loverboy with a killer chorus

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'' called it an "oversized, megarock cruncher."

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1985 singles 1985 songs Loverboy songs Songs written by Jim Vallance Songs written by Bryan Adams {{1980s-rock-song-stub