"My Heart Will Go On"
Single by Céline Dion
from the album Let's Talk About Love and Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture
Released	December 8, 1997
Format	CD single, 12" single, 3" single, Cassette single
Recorded	Wallyworld, The Hit Factory
Genre	Pop/Ballad
Length	4:40
Label	Columbia, Epic
Writer(s)	James Horner, Will Jennings
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff, James Horner, Simon Franglen
Certification	Diamond (France) 4x Platinum (Germany) 3x Platinum (Belgium) 2x Platinum (Australia, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom) Platinum (Greece) Gold (Austria, United States)
Peak chart positions
#1 (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, United World Chart) #14 (Canada) #34 (Japan, New Zealand)
Céline Dion singles chronology
"The Reason" (1997)	"My Heart Will Go On" (1997)	"Immortality" (1998)
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"My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. With music by James Horner and lyrics by Will Jennings, it was recorded by Céline Dion. Originally released in 1997 on Dion's album Let's Talk About Love, it went to number one all over the world, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. My Heart Will Go On was released in Australia and Germany on December 8, 1997, and in the rest of the world in January and February of 1998. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion Angélil, OC, OQ, (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter. ... 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In March 2007, the United World Chart ranked "My Heart Will Go On" as the fourteenth most successful song in music history. Referring to that same list, "My Heart Will Go On" is also the second most successful song released by a solo female musician behind Whitney Houston's cover of "I Will Always Love You." ^[1] The United World Chart is a nationwide chart issued every week by Media Traffic, using both sales (digital and physical) and airplay to determine the most popular albums and singles in the world. The United World Chart uses the same system as the Billboard Hot 100, in which the tracking... For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... I Will Always Love You is a song written and originally performed by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton first released as a single in 1974. ...

History

Horner had originally composed the song as an instrumental motif that is used in several scenes during Titanic. He then wanted to make a full vocal song out of it, for use in the end credits of the film. Director James Cameron did not want such a song, but Horner went ahead anyway and got Jennings to write the lyrics. Dion was Horner's first choice to sing it, but when she heard the song, she did not want to record it. It was her manager and husband, René Angélil, who convinced her to record a demo version, which was something she hadn't done for many years. Horner waited until Cameron was in an appropriate mood before presenting him with the song. James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a three-time Academy Award winning director, producer and screenwriter. ... René Angélil (born January 16, 1942 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian of Lebanese and Syrian ancestry. ...

Dion in the "My Heart Will Go On" music video (1997).

After playing it several times, Cameron declared his approval, although worried that he might be criticised for "going commercial at the end of the movie." Image File history File links MHWGOphoto10. ... Image File history File links MHWGOphoto10. ...

The song heard on the radio and included on Dion's album was recorded in one take, without instrumental accompaniment. Horner, Dion, and later Sony Music decided to use this first recording because "Dion's voice was perfect." Two oddities in this song occur when Dion sings "my heart will go ond and on" and "and I know thatch the heart does go on." Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. ...

The music video was directed by Bille Woodruff and released at the end of 1997. It was included later on the All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video DVD. Bille Woodruff is a film and music video director, noted for his films Honey, starring Jessica Alba, and Beauty Shop, starring Queen Latifah. ... All the Way. ...

In addition to Dion's Let's Talk About Love and the Titanic soundtrack, "My Heart Will Go On" appears on several other albums, including three of Dion's later albums, Au Cœur Du Stade, All the Way... A Decade of Song, and A New Day... Live in Las Vegas. Titanic is the soundtrack to the movie by the same name composed by James Horner. ... Au CÅ“ur Du Stade (meaning At the Heart of the Stadium) is Céline Dions fourth live album, twentieth French album and twenty fifth in total. ... All the Way. ... A New Day. ...

At the height of the song's popularity, some radio stations in the U.S. and the UK played an edited version of the song, that had dramatic moments of dialog from the Jack and Rose lead characters in the film inserted in between Dion's vocal lines. It was included later on Back to Titanic. Jack Dawson (1892 — 15 April 1912) is the fictional hero of James Camerons 1997 blockbuster Titanic. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Back to Titanic is the second soundtrack album released for the movie, which contains a mixture of previously unreleased recordings and newly-recorded performances of the songs in the film. ...

In France, "My Heart Will Go On" was released as a double A-side single with "The Reason." The Reason is a single from Céline Dions Lets Talk About Love album. ...

Chart success

"My Heart Will Go On" is considered to be one of Céline Dion's biggest hits and is one of the best-selling singles in history. The song reached number 1 all over the world and and on the United World Chart. Although in the U.S. it stayed at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 2 weeks, it spent 10 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It was also number 1 for two weeks on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. Only a limited number of copies were released - 687,000 - which were sold out in a few weeks. The single was eventually certified gold in the US. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Hot 100 Singles Sales (also known as Singles Sales) is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ...

In Germany, "My Heart Will Go On" sold over 2 million copies and was certified 4x platinum. It also sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom (1,312,551) and France (1,197,000) and became 2x platinum and diamond single respectively. Other certifications include: 3x platinum in Belgium (150,000), 2x platinum in Australia (140,000), Netherlands (150,000), Norway (40,000), Switzerland (100,000), platinum in Greece (40,000) and gold in Austria (25,000). "My Heart Will Go On" was released twice in Japan. Regular edition from January 1998 sold 205,300 and was certified 2x platinum (200,000). Remixes edition from June 1998 sold 111,920 and was certified separately gold (100,000) due the fact that maxi-singles are treated as an album.

In Canada, the single was released as an import only and peaked at number 14; nevertheless, it still became one of the highest charting import singles. In New Zealand, "My Heart Will Go On" was released as a radio single, and without a commercial release it did not chart higher than number 34. The song also peaked at 34th position on the Japanese Oricon chart. Oricon ), also known as Oricon Style, is a Japanese company which provides music industry-related information. ...

Accolades

"My Heart Will Go On" won the 1997 Academy Award for Best Original Song. It dominated the Grammy Awards of 1999, winning Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television. "My Heart Will Go On" won also the Golden Globe Award in 1998. Other awards include: Billboard Music Award for the Soundtrack Single of the Year, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for the Favourite Song from a Movie, Billboard Latin Award for the First English-language Song to Top Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks Chart, Japan Record Award for the Special Achievement, and Japanese Gold Disc Award for the Song of the Year. The 70th Academy Awards were noted for their high ratings and the 11 wins racked up by the Best Picture, Titanic. ... The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ... The 41st Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999. ... The Record of the Year is an award created by record producer Jonathan King voted for by the UK public. ... The Song of the Year is one of the two most prestigious awards in the Grammies, if not in all of the music industry. ... The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1966. ... The Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media has been awarded since 1988. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The Billboard Music Awards, sponsored by Billboard magazine and held annually in December, is one of four major United States contemporary music awards shows presented each year (the others being the American Music Awards, the Grammy Awards and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ...

Appeared on 'the hits' 50 Greatest Love Songs at #3 in 2006. In a 2006 poll for a Channel 5 program Britain's Favourite Break-up Songs, "My Heart Will Go On" was voted tenth. It has been named one of the Songs of the Century. It is one of the best-selling singles ever in the UK. It was, worldwide, the best selling single of 1998. It was ranked at #14 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs, celebrating the 100 greatest songs in American film history. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Five (often referred as five, as per the logo), formerly, and more commonly known as Channel 5, is the British fifth and final national analogue terrestrial TV channel. ... The Songs of the Century list is part of an education project by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. ... This is a summary of 1998 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. ... Part of the AFI 100 Years. ...

Due to the song's large popularity when it was released, it is considered to be Céline Dion's signature song. Today, along with two other songs from film soundtracks Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" from The Bodyguard and Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, it is considered one of the biggest love ballads of the 1990s. A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established singer, or band, is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... I Will Always Love You is a song written and originally performed by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton first released as a single in 1974. ... For other uses, see The Bodyguard (disambiguation). ... Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born 5 November 1959) is a Canadian rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and photographer. ... (Everything I Do) I Do It for You is a song co-written and performed by Bryan Adams, featured on Waking up the Neighbours and on the soundtrack for the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991. ... Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves was a 1991 film directed by Kevin Reynolds. ...

Covers

• A cover version of this song was later recorded by Neil Diamond for an album of film tracks.

• Sarah Brightman recorded an Italian version of the song on her album Eden under the name of "Il Mio Cuore Va."

• In 1998, Sandy from Sandy & Junior made a cover and a Portuguese version of the song.

• New Found Glory also recorded a cover, on their From the Screen to Your Stereo EP.

• Kenny G recorded an instrumental cover version.

• There is also a send-up (or parody) of this song through the popular radio rugby league program Continuous Call Team as a dedication to one of the inept "presenters" Darryl Brohman tentatively titled "The Big Maaan Is Gone."

• German Pop star Sarah Connor sampled the song in her single "Living to Love You."

• Eric D. Snider once directed a spoof of Titanic complete with a spoof of "My Heart Will Go On."

• "Weird Al" Yankovic has a concert-only parody of "My Heart Will Go On" entitled "Free Delivery."

• Sally Yeh also covered this song in Cantonese.

• Neal Schon guitarist of Journey also recorded a cover of this song on his album Voice.

• James Galway recorded an instrumental cover version on his album Love Song.

• Michael Ball recorded a cover version of this song on his album The Movies.

• On the hit show American Idol Kimberley Locke sang this song in season two and Diana Degarmo sang this in season three.

• Dougie Poynter, the bass player for the British band McFly, covered the song.

• The song's popularity and over the top airplay also spawned a running gag on Saturday Night Live which included a wicked impression of Dion by castmember Ana Gasteyer, who later appeared onstage at a Dion concert "in character" with Dion herself.

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Influence

After the song had become a huge worldwide hit, many movie studios and record labels tried to duplicate its impact. Although many soundtrack singles had become hits before "My Heart Will Go On," a string of similar songs followed afterwards, such as Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" from Armageddon and Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" from Pearl Harbor. Each followed in the footsteps of the "Titanic" theme, a love ballad for a tragedy. Although those two songs became hits, they did not achieve the success of "My Heart Will Go On." However a version of the song done by The Libertines has also surfaced online, with Scarbrough Steve as the vocalist. I Dont Want to Miss a Thing is a hit single by American rock band Aerosmith. ... For other films with this name, see Armageddon (disambiguation). ... There Youll Be was a hit single by American country singer Faith Hill. ... Pearl Harbor is a war film released in the summer of 2001 by Touchstone Pictures. ...

Horner himself repeated the formula of making a song from his film themes with movies such as A Beautiful Mind, Bicentennial Man and The Perfect Storm. A Beautiful Mind is a Academy Award-winning film inspired by the Nobel Prize (Economics) winning mathematician John Nash and his experiences of schizophrenia. ... Bicentennial Man is a 1999 film starring Robin Williams based on the well-known novella of the same name by Isaac Asimov. ... The Perfect Storm is a 2000 live-action film adapted from the book of the same title by Sebastian Junger. ...

Formats and track listings

Official versions

1. "My Heart Will Go On" (Richie Jones Mix) 4:15
2. "My Heart Will Go On" (Richie Jones Love Go On Mix) 4:58
3. "My Heart Will Go On" (Richie Jones Go On Beats) 5:10
4. "My Heart Will Go On" (Riche Jones Unsinkable Club Mix) 10:04
5. "My Heart Will Go On" (Tony Moran Mix) 4:21
6. "My Heart Will Go On" (Tony Moran's Anthem Vocal) 9:41
7. "My Heart Will Go On" (Soul Solution Bonus Beats) 3:31
8. "My Heart Will Go On" (Soul Solution) 4:18
9. "My Heart Will Go On" (Soul Solution Percapella) 4:16
10. "My Heart Will Go On" (Soul Solution Drama at Sea) 8:54
11. "My Heart Will Go On" (Matt & Vito's Penny Whistle Dub) 3:23
12. "My Heart Will Go On" (Matt & Vito's Unsinkable Epic Mix) 9:53
13. "My Heart Will Go On" (Cuca's Radio Edit) 4:22
14. "My Heart Will Go On" (Movie Dialogue) 4:41
15. "My Heart Will Go On" (Soundtrack Version) 5:11
16. "My Heart Will Go On" (Album Version) 4:40

Charts

See also

• Best-selling singles worldwide
• List of best-selling singles (France)

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References

• Céline Dion - official website
• Céline Dion - chart history

External links

• Song lyrics
• My Heart Will Go On Free Sheet Music

Notes