It's Only Love - Live At Hammersmith Odeon/1985

Adams wrote this song with Jim Vallance, a songwriter he collaborated with on many of his early songs. It's a duet with Tina Turner, and it helped propel her comeback. Adams performed the song with Turner when he was a supporting act on her Private Dancer tour. When Songfacts asked Adams to name his most memorable collaboration, he replied, "Working with Tina Turner was amazing. I used to go to see her in the clubs when I was in my late teens/early 20s before she hit the big time. It was incredible to watch her. Amazingly when we toured together years later, I never saw Tina walk through a performance, she always put on a great show, and was gracious and grateful to her audience. It was such a privilege to have sung with her, especially since I was only 24 at the time."

This song takes a nontraditional approach to healing from heartache, reminding us that it's only love, and life goes on. Refreshing words for anyone worn down by songs that remind us that love is his towering emotion that rules our lives.

The day before Tina Turner arrived in Vancouver for a concert, her people told Adams she wanted to meet him, so after her show, he went backstage. Turner told him she loved the song and agreed to record her part for "It's Only Love" the next day. Adams likened the experience to a whirlwind passing through. "I remember when she left the studio... I looked back into the control room, and I saw the engineers just sort of stood there and I went in and said, 'I hope you got that on tape,'" he recalled to Absolute Radio presenter Leona Graham. "And they all sort of looked at me and said 'yeah, we got it.' It was almost like a tornado had come through the studio and just blown everything apart. It was one of the best moments for me ever recording, for sure."