{"id":230660,"date":"2019-09-12T03:56:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T07:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=230660"},"modified":"2019-09-12T03:56:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T07:56:37","slug":"tories-turn-to-bryan-adams-songwriter-for-election-campaign-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/09\/12\/tories-turn-to-bryan-adams-songwriter-for-election-campaign-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"Tories turn to Bryan Adams’ songwriter for election campaign theme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Conservatives have turned to Bryan Adams’ longtime hitmaker Jim Vallance to pen their campaign song. (File Photo<\/a>: Derek Hatfield\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

TORONTO \u2014\u00a0The Conservatives have turned to Bryan Adams’ longtime hitmaker Jim Vallance to pen their campaign song.<\/p>\n

The guitar-driven tune is packed with Vallance’s trademarked pop-rock zeal, as a chorus of voices belt lyrics that include: “A brand new day, a better way, it’s time for you to get ahead.”\u00a0A bilingual version offers the second and last verses in French.<\/p>\n

Vallance’s chart-toppers include Adams’ hits “Cuts Like a Knife,”\u00a0“Run to You,”\u00a0“Summer of ’69”\u00a0and “Somebody.”\u00a0He’s also provided songs for Michael Buble, Aerosmith, Rod Stewart and KISS.<\/p>\n

The federal election campaign formally launches today, with the vote set for Oct. 21.<\/p>\n

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer kicked off his campaign in Quebec and Ontario, while Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is set to fly to British Columbia for a rally in the NDP-held riding of Vancouver-Kingsway.<\/p>\n

The NDP started off in London, Ont., while the Green Party was in British Columbia, where Elizabeth May launched her campaign in Victoria.<\/p>\n

The Liberals say they will unveil their song in the coming days. A spokeswoman for the Greens says they do not have a song at this point.<\/p>\n

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh does not have an official song, but a representative says he walks out to a track called “Differentology”\u00a0by Bunji Garlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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