| Back to You | |
| Cover: | Bryan_Adams_-_Back_to_You.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bryan Adams |
| Album: | MTV Unplugged |
| Length: | 4:30 |
| Label: | A&M |
| Producer: | Bob Rock |
| Prev Title: | I Finally Found Someone |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | I'm Ready |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
"Back to You" is a song by Canadian singer Bryan Adams, written by Adams and Eliot Kennedy. It was released in December 1997 as a live acoustic version for Adams' album MTV Unplugged and features students from the Juilliard School, conducted by Michael Kamen. Upon its release, the song became Adams' ninth number-one single in his home country, staying at number one on the RPM Top Singles chart for three nonconsecutive weeks, and reached the top 40 in Australia, Hungary, Iceland, and the United Kingdom. It was later included on his compilation albums The Best of Me and Anthology.
Back to You was later re-recorded in the studio for the compilation release Classic Pt. II, and also appeared on the Classic bonus disk of the So Happy It Hurts Super Deluxe Edition of album. Both Classic Pt. II and the bonus disk were released in 2022.
The B-sides are two tracks performed the same night as the album; however, "Can't Stop This Thing We Started / It Ain't a Party...If You Can't Come 'Round" is only featured on the MTV Unplugged DVD while "Hey Elvis" was previously unreleased.
Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Here is the bouncy, uptempo pop single that Adams' longtime fans have been longing for. A new tune that will be featured on the singer's forthcoming "Unplugged" collection, "Back To You" has a sweet acoustic feel and deserves to easily glide onto top 40 playlists. The chorus has instant sing-along potential, and Adams delivers every syllable with an "aw-shucks" romantic flair. At the same time, there's enough bite in the instrumentation to keep mainstream rock radio listeners happily engaged. An excellent single that leaves you hankering for more."[1]
| Chart (1997–1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[2] | 82 |
| Hungary (Mahasz)[3] | 4 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[4] | 29 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[5] | 20 |
| Chart (1998) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[6] | 9 | |
| Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7] | 11 | |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[8] | 44 | |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[9] | 78 | |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[10] | 92 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Contemporary hit radio | A&M | [11] | |
| United Kingdom | [12] |
