We dig Bryan Adams around this place. Not as much as we dig Rick Springfield, of course, but Adams is pretty dang cool in his own right. I’ve seen him live three times: back in 1985 when he first hit it big with his Reckless album, then again in ’92 for the “Waking Up the World” tour, and most recently on an acoustic tour that became an excellent live collection called Bare Bones (I can’t remember what year that was, though — guess I’m getting old!). And of course his ode to nostalgia, “Summer of ’69” is a personal favorite that I’ve featured on this blog before.

Although Adams is best known for work he did 20 or 30 years ago, he, like my main man Rick, has been writing and recording new material more or less continuously since his heyday. He just recently announced that a new album called Get Up will be hitting the streets in October, and he’s already released the first single from it, “You Belong to Me.” It’s a fun little number with an old-fashioned rock-a-billy jangle that reminds me of some of George Harrison’s later work. (Which makes sense, since it was produced by ELO’s Jeff Lynne, who also worked on Harrison’s Cloud Nine and the Travelin’ Wilburys project.)

Anyhow, I think this selection is just perfect for listening to with the car windows down as you head home from work on a late-summer Friday night. And the video is pretty sexy, too, although you probably shouldn’t look at that while you’re driving…  Enjoy!