Heartfelt And True: "Everything I Do" Cover

March 10, 2026 00:03:40
Heartfelt And True: "Everything I Do" Cover
Heart Banter by David Gittlin
Heartfelt And True: "Everything I Do" Cover

Mar 10 2026 | 00:03:40

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Show Notes

A movie studio commissioned a composer to write "Everything I Do" for Kevin Costner's Film, "Prince of Thieves." Bryan Adams, with his producer Mutt Lange, wrote the lyrics, bridge, arrangement, and outro. Adams used a line from the movie for the song title.

The studio did not like the instrumentation in the finished product. They buried it midway in the credits, not anticipating what a huge hit the song would become.

"Everything I Do" is one of the most successful singles of all time, selling over 3 million copies. It was #1 for 16 weeks in England and seven weeks in the United States.

Please enjoy my cover with background instrumentation by Giovanni Egusquiza. 

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[00:00:12] Look into my eyes, you will see what you mean to me. [00:00:25] Search your heart, search your soul? [00:00:32] When you find you search no more. [00:00:38] Don't tell me it's not worth trying for? [00:00:45] Can't tell me it's not worth trying for? [00:00:50] You know it's true. [00:00:54] Everything I do, I do it for you? [00:01:04] Look into your heart, you will find there's nothing there to hide? [00:01:16] Take me as I am, take my life? [00:01:23] I would give it all, I would sacrifice? [00:01:30] Don't tell me it's not worth fighting for? [00:01:36] I can't help it? There's nothing I want more? [00:01:42] You know it's true? [00:01:45] Everything I do, I do it for you? [00:01:55] There's no love like your love? And no other could give more love? [00:02:08] There's nowhere unless you're there all the time on the way? [00:02:46] You can't tell me it's not worth trying for? [00:02:53] I can't help it? There's nothing I want more? [00:02:58] Yeah. I would fight for you? [00:03:02] I would like for you. [00:03:05] Walk the wild feel, yeah, die for you? [00:03:14] You know it's true, Everything I do? [00:03:20] Whoa. [00:03:24] Do it for you.

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