"The Power of Love"
Single by Céline Dion
from the album The Colour of My Love
Released	November 1, 1993
Format	CD single, Cassette single, Vinyl single
Recorded	The Enterprise, Ground Control, Record Plant
Genre	Pop
Length	5:43
Label	Columbia, Epic
Writer(s)	Gunther Mende, Candy DeRouge, Jennifer Rush, Mary Susan Applegate
Producer(s)	David Foster
Certification	Platinum (Australia, United States) Gold (New Zealand) Silver (France)
Chart positions
#1 (Australia, Canada, United States) #3 (France, Poland) #4 (Belgium, United Kingdom) #6 (Sweden) #7 (New Zealand) #13 (Ireland) #18 (Netherlands)
Céline Dion singles chronology
"Plus Haut Que Moi" (1993)	"The Power of Love" (1993)	"Love Lights the World" (1994)

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Céline Dion version

"The Power of Love" is the second (if counting "When I Fall in Love" as first) single from Céline Dion's 1993 album, called The Colour of My Love. It was released on November 1, 1993 in North America, in December in Japan, and the next year in the rest of the world. When I Fall in Love is a popular song, written by Edward Heyman and Victor Young. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter. ... The Colour of My Love was Céline Dions third English-language album. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

"The Power of Love" is a cover of Jennifer Rush's song from 1985 and it's the second Rush's song Dion covered. Earlier the same year she recorded a French adaptation of Higher Ground, called "Plus Haut Que Moi." Jennifer Rush on the Cover of Jennifer Rush is an American singer, best known for the million-selling single The Power Of Love (1985). ... Plus Haut Que Moi is a duet between Mario Pelchat and Céline Dion, released as a radio single only, in Canada (1993) and France (1994). ...

Dion in "The Power of Love" music video (1993).

The music video made for the radio edit was directed by Randee St. Nicholas and released in November 1993. It appeared on Dion's 2001 DVD video collection All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video. Image File history File links TPOLphoto10. ... Image File history File links TPOLphoto10. ... All the Way. ...

The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single in 1995. The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1966. ... The American Music Awards show is one of four annual major US music awards shows (the others being the Billboard Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). ...

"The Power of Love" was included on Céline Dion's greatest hits CD All the Way... A Decade of Song in 1999. Live versions of this song can be found on À l'Olympia and Live à Paris albums. It's one of the most often performed live songs by Dion. All the Way. ... Canadian pop vocalist Celine Dion has an extensive discography. ... Live à Paris is Céline Dions third live album, eighteenth French album and twenty second in total. ...

Céline Dion sang it also five nights a week in her show A New Day... at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Starting on March 25, 2003, Céline Dions A New Day. ... Caesars Palace is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... For other uses around the city, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

"The Power of Love" became an international smash hit. The song rose to the top of the charts in the United States, Australia and Canada. In the U.S. it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, the first Céline Dion single to do so. It also went to #1 for five weeks on the Hot 100 Singles Sales and to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It was also #1 for four weeks on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks. The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... The Hot 100 Singles Sales (also known as Singles Sales) is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Hot 100 Airplay is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. ... The Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart (formerly known as Adult Contemporary Singles and only Adult Contemporary) lists the most popular songs weekly calculated by airplay and occasionally sales. ...

The song spent twelve weeks at the top in Canada and seventy weeks on the chart in total. "The Power of Love" was a top 10 hit in the rest of the world (#3 in France and Poland, #4 in the United Kingdom and Belgium, #6 in Sweden, #7 in New Zealand). It was certified platinum in the U.S. (1,117,000 copies sold) and Australia (70,000), gold in New Zealand (5,000), and silver in France (221,000).

Formats and track listings

2-Track CD-Single

1. "The Power of Love" (Radio Edit) 4:42
2. "No Living Without Loving You" 4:23

2-Track CD-Single - (JP)

1. "The Power of Love" (Radio Edit) 4:42
2. "If You Asked Me To" 3:55

3-Track CD-Single - (EU) If You Asked Me To is the name of the first single from the seventh solo album of Patti LaBelle, entitled, Be Yourself. ...

1. The Power of Love (Radio Edit) 4:42
2. No Living Without Loving You 4:23
3. Did You Give Enough Love 4:21

3-Track CD-Single - (JP) Did You Give Enough Love is the single from Céline Dions eponymous album (1992). ...

1. "The Power of Love" (Radio Edit) 4:42
2. "No Living Without Loving You" 4:23
3. "If You Asked Me To" 3:55

Official versions

1. "The Power of Love" (Radio Edit) 4:42
2. "The Power of Love" (Album Version) 5:43

Charts

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter. ... This page includes the albums discography of Celine Dion. ... This page lists the singles discography of Céline Dion. ... This page includes the videography of Céline Dion. ... Category: ... As one of the biggest selling female artists of all time, Celine Dion has received numerous Awards and accolades in recognition of her worldwide success in the music industry. ...

References

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