Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife

"Cuts Like a Knife" is a song by Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams. It was released in May 1983 as the second single from his third studio album of the same name (1983). It peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart and number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has appeared on all of Adams' compilation albums with the exception of The Best of Me.

"Cuts Like a Knife" was released in 1983, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and number 6 on the Hot Rock Tracks chart. The song reached number 12 on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top twenty for seven weeks. "Cuts Like a Knife" was Adams' highest charting single to date in Canada while the previous single "Straight from the Heart" was the higher charting song on the US Hot 100 peaking at number 10. "Cuts Like a Knife" won the Procan Award (Performing Rights Organization of Canada) for Canadian radio airplay in 1983 and was nominated for a Juno Award for Single of the Year in 1984.

The music video for "Cuts Like a Knife" was directed by Irish director Steve Barron,[6] who filmed it inside an empty indoor swimming pool in Hollywood. The pool had been drained and out-of-use for several years.[1] It would also become the location for Adams's platinum album party. The music video for "Cuts Like a Knife" was in heavy rotation on MTV during 1983 and was one of that year's most popular.[1]

The woman seen in the video is a Penthouse magazine model named Raquel Pena. She later stated that she was chosen at the audition because "Steve Barron wanted someone with really long legs, and I wore a black bathing suit that he liked. I wore the same suit in the video. That's how low budget it was!"