My heart will go on

"My Heart Will Go On" Single by Céline Dion From the Titanic Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and the album Let's Talk about Love Released February 3, 1998 Recorded Spring 1997 Las Vegas, New York Format CD single Cassette single Genre Pop Length 4:41 Label Epic Writers James Horner Will Jennings Producers Walter Afanasieff James Horner Chart positions #1 (U.S.) #1 (UK) #1 (CAN) #1 (AU) #1 (NZ) #1 (GER) Céline Dion singles chronology "Be the Man" 1997 "My Heart Will Go On" 1998 "Immortality" 1998 "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song of the highly popular 1997 film Titanic. It was written by James Horner (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) and recorded by Céline Dion. Originally released in 1997 on Dion's album Let's Talk About Love, it went to number one in several countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. It stayed at this position for two weeks in each of the aforementioned countries. My Heart Will Go On (file info) — play in browser (beta) Brief clip of the song. Problems listening to the file? See media help. Contents 1 History 2 Accolades 3 Covers 4 Influence 5 External links 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 lyric. 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 do so. The song heard on the radio and in Dion's albums 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." Cameron was so taken with Dion's vocal that he changed his mind about the song and indeed, it does play over the end credits. 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 two of Dion's later albums, All the Way... a Decade of Song, Au Coeur Du Stade and A New Day... Live in Las Vegas. At the height of the song's popularity, some U.S. radio stations 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. Accolades "My Heart Will Go On" won the 1997 Academy Award for Best 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. 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. Due to the song's large popularity when it was released, it is considered to be Celine Dion's signature song. The song became so big that many felt that it was one of the most overplayed songs of all time. Today, along with Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", it is considered to be the biggest love ballad of the 1990s. 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. New Found Glory also recorded a cover, on their From the Screen to Your Stereo EP. 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". Preceded by: "Nice and Slow" by Usher Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 28, 1998 Succeeded by: "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" by Will Smith External links song lyrics music video Search Term: "My_Heart_Will_Go_On" Categories: 1998 singles | Best Song Academy Award winning songs | Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles | Number-one singles in the United Kingdom | Number-one singles in Canada | Number-one singles in Australia | Number-one singles in Germany | French number-one singles | Celine Dion songs

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