Heaven, Summer Of ’69, (Everything I Do) I Do It For You, Please Forgive Me, All For Love, …, at times titles of songs speak by themselves. The catalog of Bryan Adams is perfect for streaming with several of his hits being absolute obvious picks for many playlists. Which of his tracks performs the best?

Method

As detailed in the Fixing Log article, Spotify represents 157 million of the 272 million users of streaming platforms, while YouTube is pretty much the only video platform generating some revenue for the industry. Below is the equivalence set on the aforementioned article:

Audio Stream 1500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream 11,750 views equal 1 album unit

Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = 272/157 * Spotify streams / 1500 + YouTube views / 11750

Results

Total: 1,488,458 EAS

Most streamed tracks (EAS)

1. Summer of ’69 [Reckless] – 355,000
2. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You [Waking Up the Neighbours] – 186,000
3. Heaven [Reckless] – 176,000
4. Please Forgive Me [Orphan] – 87,000
5. All for Love [Orphan] – 64,000
6. Run to You [Reckless] – 53,000
7. Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? [18 til I Die] – 49,000
8. Here I Am [Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron] – 47,000
9. When You’re Gone [On a Day Like Today] – 44,000
10. Christmas Time [Orphan] – 39,000
11. Straight from the Heart [Cuts Like a Knife] – 27,000
12. I Finally Found Someone [Orphan] – 22,000
13. After All [Orphan] – 14,000
14. It’s Only Love [Reckless] – 13,000
15. You Belong to Me [Get Up] – 12,000
16. I’ll Always Be Right There [18 til I Die] – 12,000
17. Can’t Stop This Thing We Started [Waking Up the Neighbours] – 11,000
18. Somebody [Reckless] – 11,000
19. Cuts Like a Knife [Cuts Like a Knife] – 11,000
20. The Only Thing That Looks Good on Me Is You [18 til I Die] – 10,000
21. Sound the Bugle [Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron] – 9,000
22. Cloud Number Nine [On a Day Like Today] – 9,000
23. Let’s Make a Night to Remember [18 til I Die] – 8,000
24. Do I Have to Say the Words? [Waking Up the Neighbours] – 8,000