BRYAN ADAMS - HERE I AM

HERE I AM

BRYAN ADAMS

SONGWRITERS: BRYAN ADAMS; HANS ZIMMER & GRETCHEN PETERS

WHERE: LIVE AT PARTY IN THE PARK

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON

LABEL: A & M

GENRE: SOUNDTRACK

YEAR: 2002

"Here I Am" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian artist Bryan Adams. The song was written and recorded in 2002 for the movie Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and was both released on the official soundtrack and as a single. The single reached number-one in Taiwan, Azerbaijan, Portugal and hit number 5 in both the US and the UK. The song won na ASCAP Award and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Adams also recorded a French version called "Me voilà".

The music video is set in the American Southwest featuring Adams and several women living in the wilderness trying to survive from the thirst, snakes etc. They are all portrayed as giants roaming on the landscape. Also there is a reference to the movie, as a herd of horses is running through the desert. The video was directed by Mike Lipscombe and produced by Michael J. Pierce. Bryan Adams' performance, along with all the actor performances were filmed in a green screen studio in Hollywood, California. The background for the video was filmed in Monument Valley, Utah from a helicopter. The sequences with the horses were filmed at ranch in Santa Clarita, against a large green screen so that the action of the horses could be manipulated in post-production. The total production period, from start to finish, was six days, which is an extremely aggressive turnaround for a project that was all green screen and visual effects. This was necessary to premier the music video at the Hollywood screening of the film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

Bryan Guy Adams OC OBC(born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, photographer, philanthropist and activist.

Adams rose to fame in Canada and the United States with his 1983 album Cuts Like a Knife and turned into a global star with his 1984 album Reckless, which produced some of his best known songs, including "Run to You" and "Summer of '69". In 1991, he released "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from the album Waking Up the Neighbours The song was written for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and the song became a worldwide hit which went to number 1 in many countries, including 16 consecutive weeks in the United Kingdom, a new record as well as 72 weeks in the top 20. Adams also had the U.S. BillboardHot 100 number-one singles "Heaven", "All for Love" and "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"

For his contributions to music, Adams has garnered many awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations, 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television in 1992. He has also won MTV, ASCAP, American Music awards, three Ivor Novello Awards for song composition and has been nominated five times for Golden Globe Awards and three times for Academy Awards for his songwriting for films.

Here I am, this is me

There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be

Here I am, it's just me and you

Tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world, it's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day, it's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

Here I am

Here I am

Here we are, we've just begun

And after all this time, our time has come

Yeah here we are, still going strong

Right here in the place where we belong

It's a new world, it's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day, it's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

Here I am

Yeah, here I am

Here I am

Waiting for you!

Here I am, this is me

There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be

Here I am, it's just me and you

Tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world, it's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day, it's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

(waiting, waiting, waiting)

It's a new world, it's a new start

It's alive with the beating of young hearts

It's a new day, it's a new plan

I've been waiting for you

(waiting, waiting, waiting)

Here I am

(Here I am)

Here I am

(Here I am)

Here I am

(Here I am)

Right next to you

(Here I am)

And suddenly the world is all brand new

Here I am

(Here I am)

Here I am

(Here I am)

I'm gonna stay

Now there's nothing standing in our way

Here I am

Here I am, this is me.