Please Forgive Me
Bryan Adams | Artist Essentials
First released: 1993 (year verified)
Original 1993 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The measured opening lets the vocal intensify gradually as the accompaniment fills out.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1993 (year verified)
The new studio song appeared in 1993, including on So Far So Good; the later Anthology package and 1994 annual year are not first releases.
Recording: Original 1993 studio recording
Credit: Bryan Adams
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: So Far So Good
Please Forgive Me - original track date
The individual recording retains an October 1993 date on the later Anthology package. Its 1993 So Far So Good association is corroborated by the artist discography; Anthology is not the original album. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Bryan Adams - official original album programs
Original studio tracklists, explicit 1983 Cuts Like a Knife, 1984 Reckless and 1987 Into the Fire releases. Separate 2022 Classic rerecordings and live albums are identified. Bonus tracks do not inherit original album years. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
In the yearly lists
These are listening-list appearances, separate from the first-release date.
The original solo hit is dated 1993 in individual track metadata and appears on So Far So Good that year. The retained 1994 annual year and the later Classic rerecording do not replace it.
Please Forgive Me - original track date
The individual recording retains an October 1993 date on the later Anthology package. Its 1993 So Far So Good association is corroborated by the artist discography; Anthology is not the original album. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Bryan Adams - official original album programs
Original studio tracklists, explicit 1983 Cuts Like a Knife, 1984 Reckless and 1987 Into the Fire releases. Separate 2022 Classic rerecordings and live albums are identified. Bonus tracks do not inherit original album years. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams developed his early career in the Vancouver group Sweeney Todd before establishing a long songwriting partnership with Jim Vallance. A&M released his solo debut in 1980, followed by the breakthrough albums Cuts Like a Knife and Reckless. His later work with producer Mutt Lange included Waking Up the Neighbours. Alongside recording and touring, Adams built a second career in photography. His original solo albums remain distinct from his group recordings, collaborations and later rerecorded versions.
Artist background sources
Bryan Adams - Canadian Music Hall of Fame biography
Career with Sweeney Todd, songwriting partnership with Jim Vallance, A&M solo debut in 1980, 1983 and 1984 breakthrough albums, work with Mutt Lange and a parallel photography career. Later superlatives and stale latest-release language are not adopted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Bryan Adams - official original album programs
Original studio tracklists, explicit 1983 Cuts Like a Knife, 1984 Reckless and 1987 Into the Fire releases. Separate 2022 Classic rerecordings and live albums are identified. Bonus tracks do not inherit original album years. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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