Bryan Adams issues a call for peace on his new single, What If There Were No Sides At All.

According to a press release, the single is “aimed at geo-political induced strife” and in an accompanying statement, Bryan explains the track was written “in response to worldwide conflicts, lack of constructive peace talks, and the billions of dollars spent by governments to fund these endless and aimless wars”.

“The song is not in response to any particular war, but to all conflicts and human struggle to get along,” he says.

An accompanying music video, co-directed by the rocker, shows Bryan carrying a flag emblazoned with the Peace Sign – a symbol first designed for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in 1958 – while walking through a dystopian warscape. 

“The locations are not specific to any one place,” he adds, “and are meant to be representative of conflict wherever it breaks out in the world.”

A statement on the official Bryan Adams website elaborates: “This is an anti-war peace song. The locations are generic but are meant to represent conflicts in the world. The aim of this song is to provoke thought and perhaps even encourage governments to sit down and talk peace. 

“At the moment there is only escalating division and death – a result of the billions of dollars spent by governments to fund these endless wars. #peacenow.”

Listen to What If There Were No Sides At All below.