Sometimes, the little guy in the cool jacket makes it big. 1984 was a big year for music. Prince, Springsteen. Madonna ruled the charts. And right there with them, though less heralded these days, was a white-t-shirted Canadian rock and roller by the name of Bryan Adams with his monster album called Reckless. Scoff, you may, but let me tell you, five MILLION in sales is nothing to sneeze at, friend.

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It's a task, winnowing down the tracks to choose which one on the Reckless record will be our song of the day. This is an album that contains 5 top twenty hits, including "Summer Of 69" and perennial prom fave, "Heaven." (Sidenote: Adams wrote the tunes mostly in collaboration with JIm Vallance, who is in fact the guy in "Summer Of 69", reminiscing about his first real six string and Jimmy, Jody and the band that never really got far).

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However, there's this current alt rock artist by the name of RYAN Adams, and he's made a habit of throwing people out of his shows for yelling out requests for songs by BRYAN Adams. That is until recently, when he's taken to covering and actually even ending his show by covering his rock and roll name twin.

So in honor of the album's upcoming 30th anniversary, and to maybe make people forget that 90's Bryan Adams ever happened, cos, straight up eeeww, let us choose a song written for and rejected by Blue Oyster "More Cowbell" Cult, "Run To You", otherwise known as your-

-K-101.7 SONG OF THE DAY!!!

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(And remember, everywhere you go, the kids wanna rock...)

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