"Cuts Like a Knife", which was released in January 1983, was Adams's breakout album. "Straight from the Heart" was the first single released from the album; it reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 20 on the Canadian RPM Top 40 chart, and number 1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart. In September 1983, Bonnie Tyler released her version for the studio album "Faster Than the Speed of Night". The second single, "Cuts Like a Knife", rose to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 6 on the US Album Rock Tracks Chart, and number 12 on the Canadian RPM Top 40 Chart. The third single, "This Time", was also a Top 30 hit in the US and Canada. Overseas, the latter two singles were both Top 20 hits in New Zealand, but there was little success in any other countries, aside from "Straight From the Heart" and "This Time" reaching the Top 50 in the UK. Three other tracks, "Take Me Back", "I'm Ready" and "The Only One", also received substantial airplay on North American rock radio stations, each making the US Album Rock Tracks chart. The album peaked at number eight on both the "Billboard" 200 album chart and in Canada, achieving three times platinum status in Canada, platinum status in the United States and gold status in Australia. In August, Adams began recording his third album at Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound Studios.