Release and Reception
One of Adams' most successful albums, Into the Fire co-produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain, peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200. The album was released in March 1987 and featured the singles "Heat of the Night", and "Hearts on Fire". The hit single "Heat of the Night" was nominated for a Juno Award for Single of the Year in 1987, and became Adams' only single from Into the Fire to chart in mainland Europe. This doesn't mean the album was unsuccessful since the album sold over two million copies worldwide at its time of release while Adams' previous album, Reckless, had sold over 12 million and only in that context can Into the Fire be viewed as a commercial failure. As Adams said:
"I have to laugh when the press say that LP didn't do well because it did as well as Cuts Like a Knife, but I suppose the perception was it wasn't Reckless II! Who cares? There were some songs that were slightly different than what we had written before ... some were, let's say, slightly more exploratory than we'd written in the past. Vallance was up for the songwriting challenge of not repeating Reckless."
"Heat of the Night" was the debut single from Into the Fire and was released in the summer of 1987. It was released worldwide in March 1987. The song reached the top ten on the mainstream Rock Tracks at number 2 and it charted on the Billboard Hot 100 where it peaked at number 6. "Heat of the Night" reached the top ten on the Canadian album chart and remained in the top ten for five weeks. It attained the highest Canadian chart position Adams had reached and was Adams' first top ten single in Canada. "Heat of the Night" was released the following month in the UK and peaked in the top 50 on the UK Singles Chart at 50.
"Hearts on Fire" was the second single from Into the Fire. The song become a minor hit at its time of release. The song peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard mainstream rock tracks.
"Victim of Love" and "Only the Strong Survive" would be the two follow-up singles to "Hearts on Fire". These singles became minor hits with "Only the Strong Survive" charting in Canada at number 47. The last single from the album Another Day peaked at number 33 on the Billboard mainstream rock tracks and was the last single to be released from the album.
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