Bryan Adams - Cuts Like A Knife (LP Version) HQ

"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 Cuts Like a Knife (1983). It peaked at #6 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart and #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has appeared on all of Adams' compilation albums with the exception of The Best of Me.

The song reached the top twenty on the Canadian singles chart and remained in the top twenty for seven weeks. "Cuts Like a Knife" was Adams' highest charting single in Canada while previous single "Straight from the Heart" peaked at ten on the Hot 100. "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 and filmed in an empty indoor swimming pool in Hollywood. The pool had been drained and out-of-use for several years. It would also be the location for Adams platinum album party. The woman in this video is model Raquel Pena. According to her, 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!"