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Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman

Music Video
ArtistBryan Adams
SongHave You Ever Really Loved A Woman
DirectorAnton Corbijn
ActorCecelie Thomsen
GenreBallad
IntroNo
OutroNo
NotesBryan's girlfriend Cecelie Thomsen is in the video.
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Bryan Adams performs the romantic ballad in a white suit and black domino mask, moving through a dreamlike Spanish setting that reflects the song's connection to *Don Juan DeMarco*. Scenes from the film appear in black and white, while Adams enters a bar where Paco de Lucia plays flamenco guitar and the patrons are also masked. Cecilie Thomsen and Amira Casar add to the video's mysterious, sensual atmosphere, blending cinematic imagery with a stylized performance built around love, disguise, and theatrical seduction.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed in Spain, including Casa los Pavos Reales in Malaga.
  • Cecilie Thomsen and Amira Casar appear in the video, which combines newly filmed performance footage with scenes from *Don Juan DeMarco*.
  • The masked bar sequence echoes the film's romantic fantasy and its fascination with Don Juan's theatrical persona. Bryan Adams performs in a white suit, while the surrounding figures wear black masks.
  • Paco de Lucia's flamenco guitar is a key part of the recording, giving the ballad its Spanish character. He appears in the bar performance used in the video.
  • The song was written by Bryan Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange for *Don Juan DeMarco*. Its melody serves as a recurring musical motif in the film.
  • In the movie, the song is heard three times: twice in Spanish performances by other musicians and finally in Adams' version over the closing credits.
  • The single became one of Adams' biggest international hits, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks.
  • The song received a Best Original Song Oscar nomination for the 68th Academy Awards, but lost to "Colors of the Wind" from *Pocahontas*.
  • A separate "Classic Version" video was released in 2022, filmed in Vigo, Spain.

Lyrics

To really love a woman
To understand her - you gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought - see every dream
N' give her wings - when she wants to fly
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms
Ya know ya really love a woman

When you love a woman you tell her
that she's really wanted
When you love a woman you tell her that she's the one
Cuz she needs somebody to tell her
that it's gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really
- really really ever loved a woman?
...
© Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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