Calling You
Encyclopedia
"Calling You" is an Academy Award nominated song
from the Bagdad Café
movie. Originally, it was recorded by Jevetta Steele
. Bob Telson who wrote the song also recorded his version. Both appeared on the movie soundtrack in 1987.
from À L'Olympia live album by Céline Dion
. It was released on December 19, 1994 in France.
Dion's version is a live recording from her concert in Olympia
, Paris
.
No music video was made for the song.
Céline Dion has performed the song before. A live performance of "Calling You" can be found on Dion's home video made in 1991, called Unison. Other live versions of the song were featured on the Unison VHS (1991) and the Live à Paris DVD (1996.)
The song was included as B-side on Dion's next worldwide issued single "Only One Road
."
"Calling You" peaked at number 75 in France.
In 2007, Dion's version of "Calling You" was the musical accompaniment to an Emmy Award
-winning routine by choreographer Mia Michaels
for the dance competition reality show So You Think You Can Dance
.
on his 1990 album Other Voices, by the Holly Cole Trio on their 1991 album Blame It on My Youth, Finn Martin and Muriel Laude on their 1991 Duo album, Kate Ceberano
in 1992, Holly Cole
in the June 28, 1995, concert later released in 1996 as the album It Happened One Night
and on her 2004 retrospective album The Holly Cole Collection, Vol. 1, George Michael
on the 1993 Five Live
EP, and Giorgia
on her 1993 live album One More Go Round.
Swedish producer Christian Falk
released a new version of this song with Jevetta Steele
's vocals. The cover was released as a single from the album Quel bordel in 1999.
Spanish-diva Paloma San Basilio
recorded this song as a duet with her daughter as part of her album Perlas.
Natalie Cole
covered this song on her 2002 CD Ask a Woman Who Knows. The song has also been covered by Gwyneth Herbert
and Will Rutter on the album First Songs (2003). Also Barbra Streisand
included her version on The Movie Album
in 2003. Jeff Buckley
included "Calling You" on Live at Sin-é
(2003). Lara Fabian
covered the song in her En Toute Intimité tour (2003) and included it on a CD
and DVD with the same name. The song was also recorded by Edyta Górniak
and included on a re-edition of her album Invisible
which was released exclusively in Poland in 2003. Juliette Schoppmann
released a version in 2003 on her Unique album and as a single. Also, offered as a instrumental. The 2003 self-titled debut album by UK electronic band Ikon included a version recorded with singer Kirsty Hawkshaw
.
Etta James
recorded the song on her latest album entitled All the Way released in 2006. Charlotte Church
released her version of the song as the B-side to the 2006 single "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That)
." Cris Barber
recorded a version of the song on her 2008 album This Moment to Be Free.
Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
performed this song many times as an encore in recitals. It was recorded for her CD Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson at Ravinia which was recorded live at the Ravinia Festival
in Highland Park, Illinois
.
The Japanese singer Aoi Teshima
also recorded a version on the album I Love Cinemas - The Rose.
The Slovak
a capella band Fragile included their version of the song for their 2010 album Next Level.
Argentinian musician Pedro Aznar
has been playing this song in his solitary concerts through 2010, those concerts have been registered in his album A solas con el mundo.
Patti Austin
covered this song on her 1999 CD release, "Street of Dreams". The over 5 minute tour de force features her expansive vocal range, backed only by a minimalist electric keyboard.
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
from the Bagdad Café
Bagdad Café
Bagdad Café is a 1987 German film directed by Percy Adlon.The film is a comedy set in a remote truck-stop café and motel in the Mojave Desert. The plot is centered around two women who have recently separated from their husbands, and the blossoming friendship which ensues. It ran 95 minutes in...
movie. Originally, it was recorded by Jevetta Steele
Jevetta Steele
-Biography:Steele is originally from Gary, Indiana, though she has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for many years. She originally migrated to the Twin Cities to become a criminal lawyer, although music and stage would eventually became her destined paths. In addition to her successful solo career,...
. Bob Telson who wrote the song also recorded his version. Both appeared on the movie soundtrack in 1987.
Céline Dion version
"Calling You" is the only singleSingle (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
from À L'Olympia live album by Céline Dion
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
. It was released on December 19, 1994 in France.
Dion's version is a live recording from her concert in Olympia
Paris Olympia
The Olympia is a music hall in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Located at No. 28, Boulevard des Capucines, its closest métro/RER stations are Madeleine, Opéra, Havre – Caumartin and Auber....
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
No music video was made for the song.
Céline Dion has performed the song before. A live performance of "Calling You" can be found on Dion's home video made in 1991, called Unison. Other live versions of the song were featured on the Unison VHS (1991) and the Live à Paris DVD (1996.)
The song was included as B-side on Dion's next worldwide issued single "Only One Road
Only One Road
"Only One Road" is the fifth single from The Colour of My Love album by Céline Dion. It was released on October 31, 1994 in Canada, on November 21, 1994 in the United States, in May 1995 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, and July 1995 in other European countries.A music video for the...
."
"Calling You" peaked at number 75 in France.
In 2007, Dion's version of "Calling You" was the musical accompaniment to an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning routine by choreographer Mia Michaels
Mia Michaels
Mia Michaels is an American choreographer best known for her judging and contemporary choreography on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance . She has worked with musical artists such as Celine Dion, Madonna, Tom Cruise, Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, and Prince...
for the dance competition reality show So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
.
Formats and track listings
French CD single- "Calling You" (live) – 4:04
- "Le fils de Superman" (live) – 4:27
Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
75 |
Other covers
The song has also been covered by Paul YoungPaul Young (singer and guitarist)
Paul Antony Young is an English pop musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & The Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, his following solo success as a solo recording artist turned him into a 1980s teenage pop idol...
on his 1990 album Other Voices, by the Holly Cole Trio on their 1991 album Blame It on My Youth, Finn Martin and Muriel Laude on their 1991 Duo album, Kate Ceberano
Kate Ceberano
Kate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...
in 1992, Holly Cole
Holly Cole
Holly Cole is a Canadian jazz singer, particularly popular in Canada and Japan for both her versatile and distinctive voice, along with her adventurous repertoire, which spans such divergent genres as show tunes, rock, and country music.-Holly Cole Trio:In 1983, Cole travelled to Toronto to seek a...
in the June 28, 1995, concert later released in 1996 as the album It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night is a 1934 American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed by Frank Capra, in which a pampered socialite tries to get out from under her father's thumb, and falls in love with a roguish reporter . The plot was based on the story Night Bus by Samuel...
and on her 2004 retrospective album The Holly Cole Collection, Vol. 1, George Michael
George Michael
George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
on the 1993 Five Live
Five Live (EP)
Five Live, released in 1993, features five tracks, performed by George Michael, Queen, and Lisa Stansfield...
EP, and Giorgia
Giorgia Todrani
Giorgia Todrani, best known as Giorgia is an Italian female singer and song-writer, known for her soulful voice, which is aided by a wide vocal range, high belting register and great vocal abilities. She is one of the most iconic and famous Italian singers. She has released ten studio albums,...
on her 1993 live album One More Go Round.
Swedish producer Christian Falk
Christian Falk
Christian Falk is a Swedish record producer and musician.Falk released the hit single, "Make It Right", in 2000. In 2008, he released a new version of "Calling You" with Jevetta Steele's vocals...
released a new version of this song with Jevetta Steele
Jevetta Steele
-Biography:Steele is originally from Gary, Indiana, though she has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for many years. She originally migrated to the Twin Cities to become a criminal lawyer, although music and stage would eventually became her destined paths. In addition to her successful solo career,...
's vocals. The cover was released as a single from the album Quel bordel in 1999.
Spanish-diva Paloma San Basilio
Paloma San Basilio
Paloma San Basilio is a Spanish singer. Although she was born in Madrid, at the age of 6 months the family moved to Sevilla , where she was raised till the age of 8...
recorded this song as a duet with her daughter as part of her album Perlas.
Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
covered this song on her 2002 CD Ask a Woman Who Knows. The song has also been covered by Gwyneth Herbert
Gwyneth Herbert
Gwyneth Herbert is a British singer-songwriter and pianist, initially known for her interpretation of jazz and swing standards, and now established as a writer of original compositions. She lives in Hackney, London....
and Will Rutter on the album First Songs (2003). Also Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
included her version on The Movie Album
The Movie Album
The Movie Album is the 60th album released by Barbra Streisand. The album is made up of 12 songs newly recorded by Streisand which were previously featured in films.- Track listing :...
in 2003. Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...
included "Calling You" on Live at Sin-é
Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition)
Live at Sin-é is a 2003 live double album by Jeff Buckley. It is the extended version of Buckley's 1993 EP Live at Sin-é, released by Columbia Records. Recorded over two afternoons at Sin-é, the Legacy Edition is a two-disc set , plus a ten-minute bonus DVD containing brief excerpts of Jeff...
(2003). Lara Fabian
Lara Fabian
Lara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....
covered the song in her En Toute Intimité tour (2003) and included it on a CD
En Toute Intimité (Lara Fabian album)
En toute intimité is the title of both the CD and DVD from Lara Fabian's 2003 acoustic concerts at the Olympia in Paris. Both the CD and DVD were recorded during the concerts on February 2 & 3 2003....
and DVD with the same name. The song was also recorded by Edyta Górniak
Edyta Górniak
Edyta Górniak is one of the most popular female singers from Poland.- Beginnings :At the age of 14 Górniak formed a band and was playing at private parties and evening dances. After taking singing lessons, in 1989, aged 16, she gave her first public appearance on a Polish television talent show...
and included on a re-edition of her album Invisible
Invisible (Edyta album)
Invisible is the third studio album and second international album by Polish singer Edyta Górniak, known as "Edyta". It was released in Poland under the title Perła.Invisible was dedicated to US-American singers Aaliyah and Selena.-Background:...
which was released exclusively in Poland in 2003. Juliette Schoppmann
Juliette Schoppmann
Juliette Schoppmann is a German singer, who came to fame as the runner-up of the first season of the television show Deutschland sucht den SuperStar, the German version of American/Pop Idol....
released a version in 2003 on her Unique album and as a single. Also, offered as a instrumental. The 2003 self-titled debut album by UK electronic band Ikon included a version recorded with singer Kirsty Hawkshaw
Kirsty Hawkshaw
Kirsty Hawkshaw is a British dance/electronica/house/trance musician and songwriter. She is known for her participation as lead vocalist for the group Opus III, and her collaborative work with other musicians and producers....
.
Etta James
Etta James
Etta James is an American blues, soul, rhythm and blues , rock and roll, gospel and jazz singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer...
recorded the song on her latest album entitled All the Way released in 2006. Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States...
released her version of the song as the B-side to the 2006 single "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That)
Moodswings (to Come at Me Like That)
"Moodswings " is Charlotte Church's fourth and last released single from her 2005 album Tissues and Issues. "Moodswings" reached number fourteen on the UK Singles Chart in early 2006...
." Cris Barber
Cris Barber
Cris Barber is an American jazz singer on the 37 Records label. Cris won the Orange County Music Award for Best Jazz in 2004, and received nominations in 2005, 2006 and 2008...
recorded a version of the song on her 2008 album This Moment to Be Free.
Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was an American mezzo-soprano, known for the dramatic power of her vocal artistry as well as her commitment to performing infrequently-heard Baroque era and contemporary works...
performed this song many times as an encore in recitals. It was recorded for her CD Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson at Ravinia which was recorded live at the Ravinia Festival
Ravinia Park
Ravinia Festival is the oldest outdoor music festival in the United States, with a series of outdoor concerts and performances held every summer from June to September. It has been the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1936...
in Highland Park, Illinois
Highland Park, Illinois
Highland Park is a suburban municipality in Lake County, Illinois, United States, about north of downtown Chicago. As of 2009, the population is 33,492. Highland Park is one of several municipalities located on the North Shore of the Chicago Metropolitan Area.-Overview:Highland Park was founded...
.
The Japanese singer Aoi Teshima
Aoi Teshima
is a Japanese singer and voice actor.-Career:While Aoi Teshima went to C&S music academy in Fukuoka, she began a music career as an amateur in 2003...
also recorded a version on the album I Love Cinemas - The Rose.
The Slovak
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
a capella band Fragile included their version of the song for their 2010 album Next Level.
Argentinian musician Pedro Aznar
Pedro Aznar
Pedro Aznar is an Argentine musician, with a lifetime of experience in jazz, Argentinian folk music, and rock and has had a successful career as a solo artist. He is very well known for giving rock songs a jazz-oriented style, by playing the fretless bass, with a big influence from Jaco Pastorius...
has been playing this song in his solitary concerts through 2010, those concerts have been registered in his album A solas con el mundo.
Patti Austin
Patti Austin
-Life and career:Austin was born in Harlem, New York. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents....
covered this song on her 1999 CD release, "Street of Dreams". The over 5 minute tour de force features her expansive vocal range, backed only by a minimalist electric keyboard.