CELINE DION - MY HEART WILL GO ON
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 Gone
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
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
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Will Jennings
Producer(s): Walter Afanasieff, James Horner, Simon Franglen
This Was Written For The Movie Titanic. James Horner Came Up With The Music For The Song And Scored The Film. Horner, Who Died In A 2015 Plane Crash At Age 61, Was A Very Popular Composer Of Orchestral Music Who Wrote Scores For Many Movies, Including Braveheart, Apollo 13 And Aliens.
The Song First Appeared On The Titanic Soundtrack, Released November 7, 1997, Which Sold At Least 15 Million Copies Worldwide Even Though The Rest Of The Album Is Comprised Of James Horner's Instrumental Pieces Written For The Film. This Was A Huge Boon For Sony Records, Which Released The Soundtrack; When They Made The Deal, They Paid $800,000 For The Rights, As It Was Long Before The Song Was Written.
A Week After The Soundtrack Was Released, The Song Appeared On Dion's Solo Album Let's Talk About Love, Which Went To #1 In Most Territories And Sold Somewhere Around 30 Million Copies Worldwide. The Riaa Certified Both The Soundtrack And Dion's Album As Diamond, For Sales Of Over 10 Million In The United States.
The Song's Unexpected And Enduring Success Echoes That Of The Film, Which Went Way Over Budget And Was Delayed For Months. The Gaudy Production Seemed Doomed To A Similar Fate As The Title Vessel, But It Was A Triumph, Taking In A Record 1.8 Billion Worldwide A The Box Office In Its Initial Run And Winning 11 Academy Awards, Including Best Picture And Best Song For "My Heart Will Go On."
The Version Used In The Film Is Far More Spartan Than The One Used On The Albums And Released As A Single. Walter Afanasieff Was Brought In To Produce The Track And Do The Arrangements, Turning The Song Into The Majestic Orchestral Piece That Became So Successful.
The Film Was Released On December 19, 1997, By Which Time The Soundtrack Had Been Out For Six Weeks, And Dion's Album For Five. The Film Was A Blockbuster Beast, The #1 Film In America From Its Debut Until April. The Song Was Released As A Single On December 8 And Picked Up Steam In January. Once Christmas Was Over The Film Was Established As A Phenomenon - It Reached #1 In America The Last Week Of February.
For The Music Video, Director Billie Woodruff Shot Footage Of Dion In A Los Angeles Studio That Was Intercut With Footage From The Film.
Worldwide, This Was The Biggest Selling Single Of 1998. In The Uk It Sold 1,312,551 Copies, Making Celine Dion The Only Woman With Two Million-Selling Singles In The Uk. (The Other Was 1994'S "Think Twice.")
This Was Named The Best Film Song Of All Time In A 2010 Survey Decided By Listeners Of The Uk Radio Station Magic. Runner-Up In The Poll Was Take That's "Rule The World" And In Third Place Came Aerosmith's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing."
This Won The 1998 Grammy Awards For Record Of The Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Song Of The Year And Best Song For A Motion Picture.
In 2017, Celine Dion Returned To The Grammy Stage To Present The Award For Song Of The Year, Which She Did In Tribute To Her Husband, René Angélil, Who Died The Previous Year. "I Will Never Forget Sitting With My Husband, René, When 'My Heart Will Go On' Won The Grammy Award For Song Of The Year 18 Years Ago," She Said. The Winner: "Hello" By Adele.
Dion Performed This Song At The Billboard Music Awards In 2017 In Honor Of Its 20th Anniversary.