The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)
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"The Power of Love" is a power ballad co-written and originally recorded by Jennifer Rush
. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Laura Branigan
, Air Supply
, and Céline Dion
, and translated into several languages, becoming a pop standard.
in 1984. The American born Rush, who had been recording for CBS (Frankfurt) with producers Gunther Mende
and Candy DeRouge
since 1982, had her first German chart placing in 1984 with the Top 30 hits "25 Lovers" and "Ring of Ice"; "The Power of Love"* - written by Candy de Rouge(Wolfgang Detmann), Mende, Rush with Mary Susan Applegate(*Candy de Rouge demoed the first version of his composition in 1983 under the title "You were my Lady and I was your man" in the europasoundstudios/friedrichsdorf/germany) - then took Rush into the Top 20 with a #17 peak in March 1985. CBS Records London chief Paul Russell had heard Rush sing at a CBS Records convention held in Hawaii in 1984 and it was due to Russell's interest in Rush that "The Power of Love" was released in the UK, debuting at #97 on the UK chart dated 22 June 1985. Within a month the disc had stalled at the lower end of the Top 50: CBS resultantly deleted the single for a few weeks to concentrate demand in hopes of effecting a Top 40 debut upon the single's re-release. In fact "The Power of Love" did enter the Top 40 of the first UK chart subsequent to being re-released, appearing at #36 on the UK chart dated 21 September 1985, and Rush was consequently allowed to perform "The Power of Love" on Top of the Pops
with a resultant leap for the disc, first to #15 and then to #2, with two further TOTP performances enabling the song’s rise to #1 and retaining the top spot for five weeks with a total of ten weeks accrued in the Top Ten; eventually Rush's "The Power of Love" was assessed as the most successful UK single by a female singer.
The massive success of "The Power of Love" in the UK occasioned widespread international success for Rush's single in the last months of 1985 and the first of 1986 including a German re-release of "The Power of Love" with a resultant #9 charting. Eventually "The Power of Love" reached #1 in Australia, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and South Africa, and also charted in Denmark (#9), France (#25), the Netherlands (#7), Switzerland (#3) and Sweden (#3). The success of Rush's "The Power of Love" in Spain - where it reached #2 in March 1986 - led Rush to render her song in Spanish and the resultant Si tu eres mi hombre y yo tu mujer spent six weeks at #1 in Spain from 19 April 1986.
CBS held off on releasing "The Power of Love" in North America feeling the disc was "too European"; the disc finally saw release in the US and Canada in January 1986 but despite rising to #1 in Canada that spring Rush's "The Power of Love" failed to become a significant US hit stalling at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100
despite performances by Rush on the March 11, 1986 broadcast of The Tonight Show
and the 12 April 1986 broadcast of American Bandstand
.
A remixed version of "The Power of Love" released in 1986 rose as high as #55 UK in January 1987.
recorded "The Power of Love" under the title "Power of Love" for her 1987 album release Touch; produced by David Kershenbaum
at his Powertrax Studio in Hollywood, the track was released in October 1987 as the album's second single, the lead single "Shattered Glass
" having failed to boost Branigan's faded chart presence with a disappointing #48 peak on the Billboard Hot 100
. In December 1987 "Power of Love" returned Branigan to the Top 30 for the first time in over three years only to stall at #26 as despite sales ranked as high as #19 on the "Billboard Hot 100 Sales Chart" the single lacked support from mainstream Pop radio (although Kiss 108 Boston
ranked Branigan's "Power of Love" as high as #3). The single was more successful as an Adult Contemporary
item with a #19 peak. Laura Branigan's final Top 40 hit, "Power of Love" failed to restore Branigan's chart fortunes outside the US, the Jennifer Rush version having been a hit in virtually all the territories where Branigan had scored hits.
Branigan performed "Power of Love" on the 1/30/1988 broadcast of Solid Gold
: this appearance was reprised on "Solid Gold Ladies of the 80's" episode broadcast 4/30/1988 marking the last of Branigan's twenty-five appearances on the show.
A staple of Branigan's live act, "Power of Love" appears on the 2007 re-release of Touch on Wounded Bird Records
and on the collections The Best of Branigan, The Essentials: Laura Branigan
and The Platinum Collection
.
from Céline Dion
's 1993 album, 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.
"The Power of Love" is the second Jennifer Rush
song Dion has covered. Earlier the same year she recorded a French adaptation of "Higher Ground," called "Plus haut que moi
."
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.
It was included on Dion's greatest hits compilations: All the Way… A Decade of Song in 1999 and My Love: Essential Collection
in 2008. Live versions of this song can be found on the albums: À l'Olympia
, Live à Paris
and Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert
(English edition.)
"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 4 weeks, the first Céline Dion single to do so. It also went to number 1 for 5 weeks on the Hot 100 Singles Sales
and to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It was also number 1 for 4 weeks on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
.
The song spent 12 weeks at the top in Canada and 70 weeks on the chart in total. "The Power of Love" was a top 10 hit in the rest of the world (number 3 in France, number 4 in the United Kingdom and Belgium, number 6 in Sweden, number 7 in New Zealand). It was certified platinum in the U.S. (1,120,000 copies sold) and Australia (70,000), gold in New Zealand (5,000) and silver in France (225,000 copies sold).
.
Worldwide CD single
European CD maxi single
Japanese CD maxi single
had recorded "The Power of Love" for their 1986 eponymous Arista Records
album release (produced by Peter Collins
) at the time the Jennifer Rush version had its first charting in Germany. The hesitancy of CBS in releasing Rush's version in North America allowed for the US of the Air Supply version as a single in August 1985 when - despite being subtitled "You Are My Lady" - confusion with Huey Lewis and the News
current #1 hit entitled "The Power of Love" was inevitable factoring into the Air Supply single's stalling at #68 on the Hot 100 in Billboard
(where its Adult Contemporary
peak was #13). In the last months of 1985 the Air Supply version of "The Power of Love" did become a moderate success in Canada (#35) and New Zealand (#21) making the subsequent #1 success of the Jennifer Rush original in those nations that much more remarkable.
The Shadows
did an instrumental cover on their 1986 album Moonlight Shadows.
Other male artists to have recorded the English version of the song include David Alexander
, Mark Bautista
, Michael Crawford
, Engelbert Humperdink
, and Andrea Bocelli
, who recorded the song for his second studio album, Bocelli, released in 1995. In addition to Jennifer Rush, Laura Branigan and Celine Dion, other female artists to have recorded the English version of the song include Shirley Bassey
, Mary Duff and Nana Mouskouri
. A Hi-NRG
version credited to Beverly was a Top 20 hit in Australia in 1994 reaching #16 that March: this version and that by Céline Dion coexisted in the Australian Top 50 for thirteen weeks.
In 1991 Belgian duo Go-Rich, comprising Peter Fargo and William Rich, recorded a Dutch version of "The Power of Love" entitled "De kracht van een lied". Another Dutch rendering: "Land van ons twee" recorded by Sanne, reached #2 on the charts for the Flemish Region of Belgium in December 1996, overall spending 22 weeks in the Ultratop 50
eleven of them in the Top Ten.
The Spanish version of "The Power of Love" introduced by Jennifer Rush: ""Si tu eres mi hombre y yo tu mujer", has been recorded by a number of Latin artists including Yolandita Monge
, Amanda Miguel
, Angela Carrasco
, La India
(#13 on Latin Tropical Airplay
), also by Los Melódicos, and Operación Triunfo
alumna Dulce. Some versions of the song have been made in a Latin style featuring salsa and merengue rhythms. Brazilian singer Rosana recorded a Portuguese version: "O Amor e o Poder", in 1987.
Petra Janů, a Czech female singer, recorded with the band Golem Jana Václavíka a Czechoslovakian version of the song, "Už nejsem volná", which she released as a single from her album Už nejsem volná (1986). Janů released a live version in 1988 and re-recorded the song in 1997. Romanian singer Eva Kiss also recorded the song with the name of "Puterea dragostei" in the 80's. Angelika Milster recorded a German version of "The Power of Love" entitled "Du bist mein Leben" for her 1995 album Ich liebe Dich produced by Jack White
. A German version, "Die Macht der Liebe" made it onto West German pop charts in the 1980s. A Punjabi version of the song ("Sitam," sung by Amar
) was featured in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham
. Japanese singer Yuna Ito
recorded the song for her second album Wish
.
A Swedish song with a different theme, "Ängel i natt" ("Angel Tonight"), was written and recorded to the music of "The Power of Love" in 1985 by Elisabeth Andreassen
. In 1995, Swedish dansband Sten & Stanley recorded "Ängel i natt."
In 2010, the Japanese singer Juju
covered "The Power of Love" on her third album.
The popular Taiwanese singer, Teresa Teng
, recorded a version of this song in 1985.
Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush is an American/German-based pop/rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and which went on to be covered by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion.-Career:...
. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Laura Branigan
Laura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...
, Air Supply
Air Supply
Air Supply is an Australian soft rock duo, consisting of Graham Russell as guitarist and singer-songwriter and Russell Hitchcock as lead vocalist. They had a succession of hits worldwide, including eight Top Ten hits in the United States, in the early 1980s...
, and 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...
, and translated into several languages, becoming a pop standard.
Original Jennifer Rush version
The song was first recorded by Jennifer RushJennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush is an American/German-based pop/rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and which went on to be covered by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion.-Career:...
in 1984. The American born Rush, who had been recording for CBS (Frankfurt) with producers Gunther Mende
Gunther Mende
Gunther Mende is one of the most famous music producers of Europe.- Life :He was six years old when he got his first set of drums. From that point on he loved music...
and Candy DeRouge
Candy DeRouge
Candy de Rouge is a German producer and songwriter. His real name is Wolfgang Detmann.He has worked extensively with the likes of Jennifer Rush, Celine Dion, Bonnie Bianco, Sally Oldfield, Laura Branigan, Thomas Anders, Chris Norman, Falco, The Window Speaks, Helen Schneider and other...
since 1982, had her first German chart placing in 1984 with the Top 30 hits "25 Lovers" and "Ring of Ice"; "The Power of Love"* - written by Candy de Rouge(Wolfgang Detmann), Mende, Rush with Mary Susan Applegate(*Candy de Rouge demoed the first version of his composition in 1983 under the title "You were my Lady and I was your man" in the europasoundstudios/friedrichsdorf/germany) - then took Rush into the Top 20 with a #17 peak in March 1985. CBS Records London chief Paul Russell had heard Rush sing at a CBS Records convention held in Hawaii in 1984 and it was due to Russell's interest in Rush that "The Power of Love" was released in the UK, debuting at #97 on the UK chart dated 22 June 1985. Within a month the disc had stalled at the lower end of the Top 50: CBS resultantly deleted the single for a few weeks to concentrate demand in hopes of effecting a Top 40 debut upon the single's re-release. In fact "The Power of Love" did enter the Top 40 of the first UK chart subsequent to being re-released, appearing at #36 on the UK chart dated 21 September 1985, and Rush was consequently allowed to perform "The Power of Love" on Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
with a resultant leap for the disc, first to #15 and then to #2, with two further TOTP performances enabling the song’s rise to #1 and retaining the top spot for five weeks with a total of ten weeks accrued in the Top Ten; eventually Rush's "The Power of Love" was assessed as the most successful UK single by a female singer.
The massive success of "The Power of Love" in the UK occasioned widespread international success for Rush's single in the last months of 1985 and the first of 1986 including a German re-release of "The Power of Love" with a resultant #9 charting. Eventually "The Power of Love" reached #1 in Australia, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway and South Africa, and also charted in Denmark (#9), France (#25), the Netherlands (#7), Switzerland (#3) and Sweden (#3). The success of Rush's "The Power of Love" in Spain - where it reached #2 in March 1986 - led Rush to render her song in Spanish and the resultant Si tu eres mi hombre y yo tu mujer spent six weeks at #1 in Spain from 19 April 1986.
CBS held off on releasing "The Power of Love" in North America feeling the disc was "too European"; the disc finally saw release in the US and Canada in January 1986 but despite rising to #1 in Canada that spring Rush's "The Power of Love" failed to become a significant US hit stalling at #57 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
despite performances by Rush on the March 11, 1986 broadcast of The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under the Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night....
and the 12 April 1986 broadcast of American Bandstand
American Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
.
A remixed version of "The Power of Love" released in 1986 rose as high as #55 UK in January 1987.
Charts
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian RPM RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... Singles Chart |
1 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 9 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 7 |
| French Singles Chart | 25 |
| German Singles Chart | 7 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
1 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | "The Power of Love"/ 2 "Si tu eres mi hombre y yo tu mujer"/ 1 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 3 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 57 |
Laura Branigan version
Laura BraniganLaura Branigan
Laura Ann Branigan was an American singer-songwriter and actress of Italian and Irish ancestry. She is best known in the United States for her 1982 Platinum-certified hit "Gloria" and in Europe for the number-one single "Self Control"...
recorded "The Power of Love" under the title "Power of Love" for her 1987 album release Touch; produced by David Kershenbaum
David Kershenbaum
David Kershenbaum is an American record producer and entrepreneur, born in Springfield, Missouri. He has worked with many artists including Duran Duran, Tracy Chapman, Joe Jackson, Bryan Adams, Supertramp, Cat Stevens, Elkie Brooks, and Tori Amos. As a producer he has earned 75 international gold...
at his Powertrax Studio in Hollywood, the track was released in October 1987 as the album's second single, the lead single "Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass (Laura Branigan song)
"Shattered Glass" is a song written by Bob Mitchell and Steve Coe which was recorded by Laura Branigan with the Stock/Aitken/Waterman production team to serve as the first single released from Branigan's fifth album, the 1987 release Touch.-Background:...
" having failed to boost Branigan's faded chart presence with a disappointing #48 peak on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
. In December 1987 "Power of Love" returned Branigan to the Top 30 for the first time in over three years only to stall at #26 as despite sales ranked as high as #19 on the "Billboard Hot 100 Sales Chart" the single lacked support from mainstream Pop radio (although Kiss 108 Boston
WXKS-FM
WXKS-FM, better known as Kiss 108, is a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, licensed to nearby Medford broadcasting a Top 40 format...
ranked Branigan's "Power of Love" as high as #3). The single was more successful as an Adult Contemporary
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
item with a #19 peak. Laura Branigan's final Top 40 hit, "Power of Love" failed to restore Branigan's chart fortunes outside the US, the Jennifer Rush version having been a hit in virtually all the territories where Branigan had scored hits.
Branigan performed "Power of Love" on the 1/30/1988 broadcast of Solid Gold
Solid Gold (TV series)
Solid Gold is an American syndicated music television series that debuted on September 13, 1980. Like many other shows of its genre, such as American Bandstand, Solid Gold featured musical performances and various other elements such as music videos...
: this appearance was reprised on "Solid Gold Ladies of the 80's" episode broadcast 4/30/1988 marking the last of Branigan's twenty-five appearances on the show.
A staple of Branigan's live act, "Power of Love" appears on the 2007 re-release of Touch on Wounded Bird Records
Wounded Bird Records
Wounded Bird Records is a CD only, re-issue record label, that was founded in 1998 in Guilderland, New York. They re-release lesser known albums from both popular and lesser known artists, including Deborah Harry, Chic, David Blue, Marilyn Martin, Gordon Haskell, Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Ellen...
and on the collections The Best of Branigan, The Essentials: Laura Branigan
The Essentials: Laura Branigan
The Essentials: Laura Branigan was released in 2002 and was the second greatest-hits collection of singer Laura Branigan that was issued in the United States...
and The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection (Laura Branigan album)
The Platinum Collection is the first greatest hits collection of American singer Laura Branigan that was released posthumously. It was released only in the United Kingdom on July 24, 2006, however is available as an import in other regions. The album is part of the Warner Platinum series released...
.
Formats and track listings
7" vinyl single/cassette single- "Power of Love" (single version) – 4:44
- "Spirit of Love" (single version) – 3:35
Official versions
- "Power of Love" (album version) – 5:26
- "Power of Love" (single version) – 4:44
Charts
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 19 |
Céline Dion version
"The Power of Love " is the second (if counting "When I Fall in Love" as first) 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 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...
's 1993 album, The Colour of My Love
The Colour of My Love
The Colour of My Love is an album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on November 9, 1993. It is her third English-language album and 18th overall...
. It was released on November 1, 1993 in North America, in December in Japan, and the next year in the rest of the world.
"The Power of Love" is the second Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush
Jennifer Rush is an American/German-based pop/rock singer, best known for the million-selling single "The Power of Love", which she co-wrote and which went on to be covered by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion.-Career:...
song Dion has covered. Earlier the same year she recorded a French adaptation of "Higher Ground," called "Plus haut que moi
Plus Haut Que Moi
"Plus haut que moi" is a duet between Mario Pelchat and Céline Dion, released as a radio single only, in Canada and France . The song was taken from Pelchat's album, called Pelchat...
."
The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...
and an American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Single in 1995.
It was included on Dion's greatest hits compilations: All the Way… A Decade of Song in 1999 and My Love: Essential Collection
My Love: Essential Collection
My Love: Essential Collection is a greatest hits album by Canadian recording artist Celine Dion. It was released by Columbia Records on October 24, 2008 as the follow up to her previous English-language compilation, All the Way... A Decade of Song . Before releasing My Love: Essential Collection,...
in 2008. Live versions of this song can be found on the albums: À l'Olympia
À l'Olympia
À l'Olympia is a live album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on November 14, 1994. It's her 2nd live album, 16th French album and 19th in total.-Album information:...
, Live à Paris
Live à Paris
Live à Paris is a live album by Canadian singer Céline Dion, released on October 22, 1996. It's her 3rd live album, 18th French album and 22nd in total.-Album information:...
and Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert
Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert
Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert is a live album/home video by Canadian recording artist Céline Dion. It was released between April 29 and May 14, 2010 in two versions: English and French, both in CD/DVD format...
(English edition.)
"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
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
for 4 weeks, the first Céline Dion single to do so. It also went to number 1 for 5 weeks on the Hot 100 Singles Sales
Hot 100 Singles Sales
The Hot Singles Sales chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay and the Hot Digital Songs, that determine the chart positions of singles on the...
and to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay. It was also number 1 for 4 weeks on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
.
The song spent 12 weeks at the top in Canada and 70 weeks on the chart in total. "The Power of Love" was a top 10 hit in the rest of the world (number 3 in France, number 4 in the United Kingdom and Belgium, number 6 in Sweden, number 7 in New Zealand). It was certified platinum in the U.S. (1,120,000 copies sold) and Australia (70,000), gold in New Zealand (5,000) and silver in France (225,000 copies sold).
Music video
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 & VideoAll the Way… A Decade of Song & Video
All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video is Céline Dion's sixth home video release. It's a collection of her English music videos, released on February 20, 2001. This retrospective anthology features videos and live performances of many Céline Dion favorites, with nine signature singles and seven...
.
Formats and track listings
Japanese CD single- "The Power of Love" (radio edit) – 4:42
- "If You Asked Me To" – 3:55
Worldwide CD single
- "The Power of Love" (radio edit) – 4:42
- "No Living Without Loving You" – 4:23
European CD maxi single
- "The Power of Love" (radio edit) – 4:42
- "No Living Without Loving You" – 4:23
- "Did You Give Enough LoveDid You Give Enough Love"Did You Give Enough Love" is a song by Céline Dion, released in 1993 as the sixth and final single from her second album, Celine Dion. It was released on July 17, 1993 as a radio single in Canada only....
" – 4:21
Japanese CD maxi single
- "The Power of Love" (radio edit) – 4:42
- "No Living Without Loving You" – 4:23
- "If You Asked Me To" – 3:55
Official versions
- "The Power of Love" (radio edit) – 4:42
- "The Power of Love" (album version) – 5:43
Peak positions
| Chart (1993-1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian Record's Retail Singles Chart The Record (magazine) The Record was a Canadian music industry magazine that featured record charts, trade news and opinions. David Farrell launched the publication in mid-1981, continuing its printed version until August 1999 when The Record continued as a website-based publication... |
1 |
| Canadian Record's Contemporary Hit Radio Chart The Record (magazine) The Record was a Canadian music industry magazine that featured record charts, trade news and opinions. David Farrell launched the publication in mid-1981, continuing its printed version until August 1999 when The Record continued as a website-based publication... |
1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
1 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,... |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
1 |
| US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| US Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 Rhythmic Airplay Chart The Rhythmic Airplay Chart is an airplay chart that is featured weekly in Billboard Magazine. The chart tracks and measures the airplay of songs played on Rhythmic stations, whose playlist includes mostly hit-driven R&B/Hip-Hop, Rhythmic pop, and some Dance tracks... |
21 |
| US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs) The Mainstream Top 40 is an airplay chart from Billboard magazine, and is also known as Pop Songs on billboard.com. It was often mistaken for and confused with the now discontinued Pop 100 Airplay chart... |
2 |
| Chart (1994) | Peak Position |
| Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
4 |
| Dutch Singles Chart Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
18 |
| European Singles Chart | 17 |
| 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... |
3 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
57 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
13 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan, earlier known as Topplistan and Hitlistan and other names, is since October 2007 the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from Swedish Recording Industry Association .... |
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| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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End of year charts
| End of year chart (1994) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
End of decade charts
| Chart (1990–1999) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 48 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification |
|---|---|
| Australia Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
Platinum |
| France 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... |
Silver |
| New Zealand Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
Gold |
| United States Recording Industry Association of America The Recording Industry Association of America is a trade organization that represents the recording industry distributors in the United States... |
Platinum |
Other versions
Air SupplyAir Supply
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had recorded "The Power of Love" for their 1986 eponymous Arista Records
Arista Records
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album release (produced by Peter Collins
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) at the time the Jennifer Rush version had its first charting in Germany. The hesitancy of CBS in releasing Rush's version in North America allowed for the US of the Air Supply version as a single in August 1985 when - despite being subtitled "You Are My Lady" - confusion with Huey Lewis and the News
Huey Lewis and the News
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current #1 hit entitled "The Power of Love" was inevitable factoring into the Air Supply single's stalling at #68 on the Hot 100 in Billboard
Billboard Hot 100
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(where its Adult Contemporary
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
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peak was #13). In the last months of 1985 the Air Supply version of "The Power of Love" did become a moderate success in Canada (#35) and New Zealand (#21) making the subsequent #1 success of the Jennifer Rush original in those nations that much more remarkable.
The Shadows
The Shadows
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did an instrumental cover on their 1986 album Moonlight Shadows.
Other male artists to have recorded the English version of the song include David Alexander
David Alexander (singer)
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, Mark Bautista
Mark Bautista
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, Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford
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, Engelbert Humperdink
Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
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, and Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli
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, who recorded the song for his second studio album, Bocelli, released in 1995. In addition to Jennifer Rush, Laura Branigan and Celine Dion, other female artists to have recorded the English version of the song include Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
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, Mary Duff and Nana Mouskouri
Nana Mouskouri
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. A Hi-NRG
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version credited to Beverly was a Top 20 hit in Australia in 1994 reaching #16 that March: this version and that by Céline Dion coexisted in the Australian Top 50 for thirteen weeks.
In 1991 Belgian duo Go-Rich, comprising Peter Fargo and William Rich, recorded a Dutch version of "The Power of Love" entitled "De kracht van een lied". Another Dutch rendering: "Land van ons twee" recorded by Sanne, reached #2 on the charts for the Flemish Region of Belgium in December 1996, overall spending 22 weeks in the Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50
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eleven of them in the Top Ten.
The Spanish version of "The Power of Love" introduced by Jennifer Rush: ""Si tu eres mi hombre y yo tu mujer", has been recorded by a number of Latin artists including Yolandita Monge
Yolandita Monge
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, Amanda Miguel
Amanda Miguel
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, Angela Carrasco
Angela Carrasco
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, La India
La India
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(#13 on Latin Tropical Airplay
Latin Tropical Airplay
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), also by Los Melódicos, and Operación Triunfo
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alumna Dulce. Some versions of the song have been made in a Latin style featuring salsa and merengue rhythms. Brazilian singer Rosana recorded a Portuguese version: "O Amor e o Poder", in 1987.
Petra Janů, a Czech female singer, recorded with the band Golem Jana Václavíka a Czechoslovakian version of the song, "Už nejsem volná", which she released as a single from her album Už nejsem volná (1986). Janů released a live version in 1988 and re-recorded the song in 1997. Romanian singer Eva Kiss also recorded the song with the name of "Puterea dragostei" in the 80's. Angelika Milster recorded a German version of "The Power of Love" entitled "Du bist mein Leben" for her 1995 album Ich liebe Dich produced by Jack White
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. A German version, "Die Macht der Liebe" made it onto West German pop charts in the 1980s. A Punjabi version of the song ("Sitam," sung by Amar
Amar (singer)
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) was featured in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham
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. Japanese singer Yuna Ito
Yuna Ito
is an American pop singer-songwriter and actress who is active in Japan.She was born in Los Angeles and was raised in Hawaii. Ito made her musical debut in Japan with the single, "Endless Story", which was used as one of the theme songs for the popular 2005 film Nana; she also starred in the film,...
recorded the song for her second album Wish
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.
A Swedish song with a different theme, "Ängel i natt" ("Angel Tonight"), was written and recorded to the music of "The Power of Love" in 1985 by Elisabeth Andreassen
Elisabeth Andreassen
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. In 1995, Swedish dansband Sten & Stanley recorded "Ängel i natt."
In 2010, the Japanese singer Juju
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covered "The Power of Love" on her third album.
The popular Taiwanese singer, Teresa Teng
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, recorded a version of this song in 1985.