My Heart Will Go On
Performed by Celine Dion
Written by James Horner and Will Jennings
Album: Let's Talk About Love and Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture
Music on Columbia and Epic Records
Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you,
That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're one
Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
There is some love that will not go away
You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Written by James Horner and Will Jennings
Album: Let's Talk About Love and Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture
Music on Columbia and Epic Records
My Heart Will Go On is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film "Titanic". It went to number one all over the world, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. In March 2007, the United World Chart ranked My Heart Will Go On as the fourteenth most successful song in music 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, Rene Angelil, 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. After playing it several times, Cameron declared his approval. The song was recorded in one take and 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 believe thatch the heart does go on."
My Heart Will Go On is Celine Dion's biggest hit and one of the best-selling singles in history. It reached number one all over the world and on the United World Chart. Although in the U.S. it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed in that position for two weeks, it spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It was also number one for two weeks on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. 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 also won 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. 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. Due to the song's large popularity when it was released, it is considered to be Celine Dion's signature song.
Source: Wikipedia
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, Rene Angelil, 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. After playing it several times, Cameron declared his approval. The song was recorded in one take and 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 believe thatch the heart does go on."
My Heart Will Go On is Celine Dion's biggest hit and one of the best-selling singles in history. It reached number one all over the world and on the United World Chart. Although in the U.S. it debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed in that position for two weeks, it spent ten weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It was also number one for two weeks on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. 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 also won 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. 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. Due to the song's large popularity when it was released, it is considered to be Celine Dion's signature song.
Source: Wikipedia
I see you, I feel you,
That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're one
Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
There is some love that will not go away
You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
