"This Time" is a hit song by

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rock star

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 ...

, appearing as the third track on his 1983 album, ''

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'', and released as the third single from that album. The single went to number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number 21 on the Top Rock Tracks chart during the fall of 1983. It also peaked at number 32 on the Canadian Singles chart. It reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart in 1986. Additional backing vocals are done by

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Music Video

The video was produced by

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and directed by

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, with cinematography by László Kovács. It was specifically created for

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, which was then immensely growing in popularity. It features Adams pulling up to a dusty motel in rural

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, and checking into room #19. Adams stands in or near the lonely motel room, recalling a past relationship with a woman whose legs are only shown. Adams is also shown remembering pacing around the desert and frustratedly riding his motorcycle near railroad tracks, seemingly implying numerous lonely times when he failed to secure a stable relationship with the woman. The motel is presented as a place where he and the woman had previously stayed at some point, leading him to get lost in memories of the past. Near the end of the video, Adams decides he can no longer take the bittersweet memories of the woman at the motel, grabs his stuff, and rushes to his truck to drive off. However, unbeknownst to him, the woman has found him at the motel, let the air out of his tires, and let herself into the back of his truck. When he opens the truck to throw his bag in the back, he sees the woman's legs, and happily joins her, while the nosy female motel clerk looks on excitedly through the window of her office.

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* {{Authority control 1983 singles Bryan Adams songs Songs written by Jim Vallance Songs written by Bryan Adams Music videos directed by Steve Barron A&M Records singles Song recordings produced by Bob Clearmountain 1983 songs