The original songs of Celine's cover versions

[drove all night]

ÊTRE À LA HAUTEUR

 

song of the successful French musical "Le roi soleil", which is about the life of Louis XIV (played by Emmanuel Moire). It premiered in 2005 at the Palais des Sports in Paris. Written by Lionel Florence, Patrice Guirao, music by François Castello, Dove Attia, Cyril Paulus and others.

 

Emmanuel Moire:

 

Celine with Christophe Mae, Merwan Rim (2007):

Edited October 14, 2012 at 04:36 PM by drove all night

[Bell]

CENT MILLE CHANSONS

 

written by Michel Magne and Eddy Marnay, first released by Frida Boccara in 1968.

 

Frida Boccara:

 

Celine with Eddy Marnary (1987, "Station Du Soleil"):

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SONG!!!

 

"Cent mille chansons"

 

Il y aura cent mille chansons

Quand viendra le temps des cent mille saisons

Cent mille amoureux

Pareils à nous deux

Dans le lit tout bleu de la terre

Cent mille chansons rien qu'à nous

Cent mille horizons devant nous

Partagés de bonheur

Tout étalé de nos coeurs

Et des châteaux insensés

Et des bateaux étoilés

Et des étoiles oubliées

Et tes yeux et mes yeux

Dans un océan d'amour

 

Il y aura cent mille chansons

Quand viendra le temps des cent mille saisons

Cent mille maisons

Gravées à ton nom

Parmi les moissons de la terre

Cent mille chansons rien qu'à nous

Cent mille horizons devant nous

Partagés de bonheur

Tout étalé de nos coeurs

Et des pays reconnus

Et des forêts éperdues

Et des chagrins défendus

Et tes yeux et mes yeux

Dans un océan d'amour

"A hundred thousand songs"

 

There will be a hundred thousand songs

When the the time of a hundred thousand seasons will come

A hundred thousand lovers

Similar to both of us

In the blue bed of the earth

A hundred thousand songs all for us

A hundred thousand horizons in front of us

Sharing happiness

Spreading it out from our hearts

And the intense castles

And the starry boats

And the forgotten stars

And your eyes and my eyes

In an ocean of love

 

There will be a hundred thousand songs

When the the time of a hundred thousand seasons will come

A hundred thousand homes

Engrabed in your name

Among the harvests of the earth

A hundred thousand songs all for us

A hundred thousand horizons in front of us

Sharing happiness

Spreading it out from our hearts

And the recognized countries

And the overwhelming forests

And the defended grief

And your eyes and my eyes

In an ocean of love

Yes, it is amazing!

[drove all night]

IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS DES GENS DES HEUREUX

 

first released by Nicole Martin in 1981. Theme song of the Quebecer film "Les Plouffe".

 

Nicole Martin:

 

Celine with her family (2006):

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JE REVIENDRAI À MONTRÉAL

 

first released by Robert Charlebois in 1976:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARH9pBl_lVI

 

Celine with Robert Charlebois (1996):

Edited October 14, 2012 at 05:21 PM by drove all night

[drove all night]

LA PETITE VIE

 

theme song of the Quebec television sitcom "La petite vie", aired by Radio-Canada from 1993 to 1999.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHLcXKd4SeM

 

Celine ("Adisq Gala", 1998):

(> 3:25) Edited October 14, 2012 at 05:29 PM by drove all night

[drove all night]

L'OMBRE S'ENFUIT ("TRISTESSE")

 

first released by Tino Rossi in 1939, covering the Étude Op. 10, No. 3, a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1832.

 

Étude Op. 10, No. 3 in E Major by Frédéric Chopin interpreted by Evgeny Kissin, one of my favorite pianists, a man with strange hairdo - but, Lord, HOW he can play!!!!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJebUH0qXlI

 

Tino Rossi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4P1FpRwgBU...player_embedded

 

Celine (1989):

Edited October 15, 2012 at 07:59 AM by drove all night

[drove all night]

I'M ALIVE (WAKE UP MIX)

 

This mix can be found on the Australian CD maxi single. They used a sample of Blondie's "Heart of Glass" (1978):

 

Blondie:

 

Celine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtN4qR5_Go

Edited October 15, 2012 at 08:21 AM by drove all night

[drove all night]

I KNEW I LOVED YOU

 

This song is a "border case", but as it is my favorite Celine-Song (with alot of deep personal meaning to me ) I just want to put it in this thread too: The music's been released before, as "Deborah's theme" of the 1984 Italian epic crime film "Once Upon a Time in America" written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods, Deborah played by Elizabeth McGovern.

 

But for the lyrics of the song Quincy Jones (who names Ennio Morricone as his beloved composer), enlisted Alan and Marilyn Bergman for the lyrics and Celine as a singer for the 2007 tribute album "We All Love Ennio Morricone". So you can say it's an original in the sung version.

 

Deborah's theme (conducted by Ennio Morricone himself):

 

Celine:

Video:

Making of / Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHEUB9CFKUg

Making of / Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqDHlWzCnwU...;feature=relmfu

Edited October 15, 2012 at 09:55 AM by drove all night

[drove all night]

MES BLUES PASSENT PU DANS MA PORTE

 

song of the Quebec blues rock band "Offenbach". Written by Pierre Huet and Beau Dommage. First release in 1978 on the album "Traversion".

 

Offenbach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUx0pKuhjJY

 

Celine with Breen LeBoeuf (1988):

 

and with Breen LeBoeuf in 1991:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1P9QFYt4j0.

Edited October 15, 2012 at 10:52 AM by drove all night

[drove all night]

O HAPPY DAY

 

a 1967 gospel music arrangement of an 18th century hymn. First recorded by the Edwin Hawkins Singers (1969):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrjLRvkYTqc

 

Celine - acapella fragment (1996 or 1997):

[drove all night]

O HOLY NIGHT

 

("Cantique de Noël") is according to Wikipedia composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem "Minuit, chrétiens" (Midnight, Christians) by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877). Cappeau, a wine merchant and poet, had been asked by a parish priest to write a Christmas poem. Unitarian minister John Sullivan Dwight, editor of Dwight's Journal of Music, created a singing edition based on Cappeau's French text in 1855. In both the French original and in the two familiar English versions of the carol, the text reflects on the birth of Jesus and of mankind's redemption.

1906 Reginald Fessenden, a Canadian inventor, broadcast the first AM radio program, which started with a phonograph record of Handel's aria "Ombra mai fu" followed by Fessenden playing "O Holy Night" on the violin and singing the final verse. The carol therefore was the second piece of music to be broadcast on radio. Tenor Enrico Caruso recorded a version in 1916 which is still in print today. Of course there have been countless covers.

 

Enrico Caruso:

 

Celine

Edited October 15, 2012 at 11:04 AM by drove all night

[drove all night]

QUAND LES HOMMES VIVRONT D'AMOUR

 

Raymond Lévesque (1956)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeuXMDBqv2E

 

Celine (1992: Opening-Gala "Un siècle sur scène" of the Capitole, Quebec):

[drove all night]

NOËL BLANC

 

written by Irving Berlin around 1940. According to Wikipedia the first public performance of the song was by Bing Crosby, on his NBC radio show "The Kraft Music Hall" on Christmas Day 1941 According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time.

The French lyrics are by Francis Blanche. Famous singers of that version: Eddy Mitchell (1981).

 

Bing Crosby - radio show "The Kraft Music Hall":

(> 6:45)

 

Eddy Mitchell:

 

Celine (1981):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Ep_dklgTs

[drove all night]

CAN'T WE TRY

 

first released by Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard in 1987

 

Dan Hill and Vonda Shepard:

 

Celine with Dan Hill (1987):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCdVbXU4wUs

 

 

Now I know why it sounded familiar!!!

 

(> 9:39) - unfortunately sound and pictures don't synchronize, but most of us know "AND-AA"! Edited October 15, 2012 at 06:13 PM by drove all night

[drove all night]

DU FIL, DES AIGUILLES ET DU COTON

 

written by Christine Charbonneau, first released by France Castel in 1973.

 

Celine sang that song as a five year old at her brother Michel's wedding on August 19, 1973.

 

France Castel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5781zIpBI0

 

Unfortunately there's no recording of the 5 year old Celine (as far as I know!). Just got some pictures:

[drove all night]

THANK YOU FOR 4.600 VIEWS AT MY TOPIC!!!

 

:jump:

Edited October 23, 2012 at 08:21 PM by drove all night

[Bell]

You're welcome! It's just such a great topic, we all can't help but view! Edited October 24, 2012 at 05:36 AM by Bell

[drove all night]

You're welcome! It's just such a great topic, we all can't help but view!

 

 

 

[Davey84]

"I DROVE ALL NIGHT"

 

Roy Orbison

 

Cyndi Lauper

 

 

Some more info on how IDAN came about! From an interview with the write Billy Steinberg

 

Then the third cover of the song, the Celine Dion. I heard that Celine was looking for a song and that she wanted to use it as a single and for a Chrysler commercial and I knew Celine because with Rick Nowels, I wrote a song called "Falling Into You" and that was the title track of a Celine Dion album. Rick and I had co-produced "Falling Into You." We won a Grammy for it. I knew Vito Luprano her A&R man in Montreal. I called Vito and I said, "I hear you're looking for a song," and he said, "We are." I said, "I think I've got just what you're looking for." So I Federal Expressed to him Roy Orbison's version of "I Drove All Night" and I figured, because Celine is a woman, that there might be a little more competition with the Cyndi version, plus I felt that Roy's version was truer to our original vision of the song and that Roy's huge voice would somehow appeal to Celine. Sure enough they loved it. Every song publisher in the country was competing to get that and we got it. It was really satisfying. So she recorded it with a Swedish record producer (Peer Astrom) and incorporated it into her Las Vegas show. It did very well also.

 

Funny to know Céline's team were looking for songs and there were a lot of songs competing to become part of the Chrystler deal!

And they didn't pick a cover for her staight away! A the song to cover was actually offered by the writer himself!

 

the full interview u can find here:

 

http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/billy_steinberg/

[drove all night]

Nearly six years ago I started this topic. 2012 I stopped - out of personal reasons.

 

But now I would like to continue and I would be glad, if you participate.

 

Up til now 217 covers had been posted in this topic:

 

À PARIS

À QUATRE PAS D'ICI

ACADIAN DRIFTWOOD

ALL BECAUSE OF YOU

ALL BY MYSELF

ALL THE WAY (DUET WITH FRANK SINATRA)

ALONE

AMAR HACIENDO EL AMOR

AMMORE ANNASCUNNUTO

ARGENT TROP CHER

AT LAST

AT SEVENTEEN

ATTENDS MOI, TI-GARS

AVE MARIA

AVEC LA TÊTE, AVEC LE COEUR

BABY CLOSE YOUR EYES

BAD

BEAUTIFUL BOY

BECAUSE

BELIEVE

BEN

BEWITCHED, BOTHERED AND BEWILDERED

BLUE CHRISTMAS

BLUEBERRY HILL

BOZO

BRAHMS LULLABY

BRÛLE PAS TES DOIGTS

BYE BYE

CALLING YOU

CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

CAN'T WE TRY

CAROLINE

CARUSO

CE SOIR ON DANSE À NAZILAND

CENT MILLE CHANSONS

C'EST UN PETIT MONDE

CHANTE-LA TA CHANSON

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO

CONGA

DANCE WITH MY FATHER

DÉGÉNÉRATIONS / LE REEL DU FOSSÉ

DÉLIVRE-MOI

DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR?

DU FIL, DES AIGUILLES ET DU COTON

EARTH SONG

ENCORE ET ENCORE

ENDLESS LOVE

ÊTRE À LA HAUTEUR

(EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU

FALLING INTO YOU

FAME

FELIZ NAVIDAD

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

GLORY ALLELUIA

GOD BLESS AMERICA

GOLDFINGER

HABANERA / L'AMOUR EST ENFANT DE BOHÊME - CARMEN

HALLELUJAH

HAPPY CHRISTMAS ( WAR IS OVER )

HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY

HAVE A HEART

HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE

HOLD ON! I'M COMIN'!

HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?

HYMNE À L'AMITIÉ

HYMNE À L'AMOUR

I DROVE ALL NIGHT

I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE

I HATE YOU THEN I LOVE YOU

I JUST FALL IN LOVE AGAIN

I KNEW I LOVED YOU

I SURRENDER

I WANNA KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

I WISH

I’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING

IF I COULD

IF I RULED THE WORLD

IF WALLS COULD TALK

IF YOU ASKED ME TO

IF YOU'D ONLY BELIEVE

IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS DES GENS DES HEUREUX

I'M ALIVE (WAKE UP MIX)

IMAGINE

IT'S A MAN'S WORLD

IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW

IT'S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE

IT'S ONLY LOVE

I'VE GOT THE MUSIC IN ME

J'AI BESOIN D'UN CHUM

J'AI VU MAMAN EMBRASSER LE PÈRE NOËL

JE NE SUIS QU'UNE CHANSON

JE REVIENDRAI À MONTRÉAL

JOYEUX NOËL

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE

KNOCK ON WOOD

LA PETITE VIE

LA PROMESSSE CASSÉE

LA VALSE DES LILAS

LA VIE EN ROSE

LÀ-BAS (DUET WITH JEAN-JACQUES GOLDMAN)

LADY MARMALADE

LAISSE MOI PARTIR

L'AMOUR VIENDRA

L'ARBRE EST DANS SES FEUILLES

LE BLUES DU BUSINESSMAN

LE FILS DE SUPERMAN

LE LOUP, LA BICHE ET LE CHEVALIER (UNE CHANSON DOUCE)

LE MONDE EST STONE

LE P'TIT BONHEUR

LE P'TIT RENNE AU NEZ ROUGE

LE TRAIN DU NORD

LES ENFANTS OUBLIÉS

LES FLEURS MALADES

LES MOULINS DE MON COEUR

LES ROSES BLANCHES

LES UNS CONTRE LES AUTRES

LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE

LIFE IS A CABARET

L'ITALIANO (LASCIATEMI CANTARE)

LIVE AND LET DIE

LIVE FOR THE ONE I LOVE

L'OMBRE S'ENFUIT ("TRISTESSE")

LOVE IS ON THE WAY

LULLABYE (GOODNIGHT, MY ANGEL)

MAMMY BLUE

MEMORY

MES BLUES PASSENT PU DANS MA PORTE

MOI MES SOULIERS

MON PAYS

MR. PAGANINI

MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY

MY WAY

NATURAL WOMAN

NATURE BOY

NE ME PLAIGNEZ PAS

NE ME QUITTE PAS

NEW DAWN

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER

NOËL BLANC

O CANADA

O HOLY NIGHT

OH HAPPY DAY

OPEN ARMS

OVERJOYED

OXYGÈNE

PAPA DON'T PREACH

PAQUETVILLE

PAROLES ... PAROLES ...

PÈRE NOËL ARRIVE CE SOIR

PETIT PAPA NOËL

PIAF CHANTERAIT DU ROCK

PROMENADE EN TRAÎNEAU

QUAND ÇA BALANCE

QUAND LES HOMMES VIVRONT D'AMOUR

QUAND ON ARRIVE EN VILLE

QUAND ON N'A QUE L'AMOUR

QUAND ON S'AIME (DUET WITH RENE SIMARD)

RETIENS-MOI

RIEN N'EST VRAIMENT FINI

RIGHT NEXT TO THE RIGHT ONE

RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH

ROLLING IN THE DEEP

SAINTE NUIT

SANTA MARIA DE LA MER

SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU

SEND ME A LOVER

SEULEMENT QU'UNE AVENTURE

SMILE

SOMETHING

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW

SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD

STAND BY ME

STAYIN' ALIVE

SUMMERTIME

TAKING CHANCES

TEARS IN HEAVEN

TEN DAYS

THAT’S JUST THE WOMAN IN ME

THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR

THE BEST

THE CHRISTMAS SONG

THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FACE

THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL

THE GREATEST REWARD

THE LAST TO KNOW

THE POWER OF LOVE

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

THE WAY WE WERE

TIRE L'AIGUILLE

TON VISAGE

TONIGHT WE DANCE

TREAT HER LIKE A LADY

TU NAGES

TUE-MOI

TWIST AND SHOUT

UN ENFANT

UN PAYS POUR NOUS

UN PEU PLUS HAUT, UN PEU PLUS LOIN

UNE CHANCE QU'ON S'A

UNISON

UP WHERE WE BELONG

VOIS COMME C'EST BEAU

VOLARE

WE WILL ROCK YOU

WHAT A FEELING

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

WHAT I DID FOR LOVE

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE (DUET WITH CLIVE GRIFFIN)

WHEN I NEED YOU

WHEN YOU'RE GONE

WIND BENEATH MY WINGS

YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG (DUET WITH ANASTACIA)

YOU SHOULD BE DANCING / STAYING ALIVE

YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND (WITH GLORIA, SHANIA & CAROLE)

ZIGGY

[drove all night]

I start with the two, not yet posted covers of her last studio album:

 

WATER AND A FLAME

 

written by Francis "Eg" White and Daniel Merriweather, recorded as a duet by Daniel Merriweather and Adele. First released in November 2009.

There had been a big controversy arousing of Celine's first presentation of the song at the "Katie Couric Show" (April 24, 2013), as Celine only mentioned Adele and not Merriwheather:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDNWLnrF4VA (at about 4:52)

 

Samantha Ronson - a friend of him - wrote on May 1 a note on her blogsite: "Dear Celine Dion, when you cover someone else's song- you might want to give them credit."

http://www.samanthar...l-merriweather/

 

On his Facebook-page Merriwheater wrote on June 30 an open letter to Celine: "WOW...Thank you Samantha Ronson for drawing attention to this. It is astounding that Celine Dion tries to pass off lyrics that I wrote as her own... Now, if i had written the song for her, it wouldn't bother me so much, but 'Water and a Flame' is a very personal song that i wrote right after a break up i was going through and is one of my personal favorite songs on my album 'Love & War'... This song has every ounce of my heart ache and pain in it and she pretends as if she wrote it her self... it actually is quite strange... like what more do you want? You have sold 200 million albums worldwide but you cant give credit to the artist (me) that wrote the song you have named your album after... she mentions my friend and one time collaborator Adele, but Adele didn't write one word or melody of Water and a Flame and she'll be the first to tell you that... i asked her if she would sing the song with me to turn it into a duet, i had originally written it for one person but then adapted it to suit a female perspective in the second verse... My friend Eg White wrote the chords and arranged and produced the song, but i wrote the melody and the lyrics, every word!... all anyone has to do is call up APRA/AMCOS and ask them what the percentage splits are and they will tell you it is 50/50 between myself and Eg White... why would an artist of Celine Dion's calibre and prowess need to steel credit like this?... as i said, it is absolutely astounding!"

https://www.facebook...152968594950613

 

On July 2 a response had been posted by Celine's management on her Offical Website:

"[…] Despite the headlines that have emerged from Daniel's publicity, Celine certainly doesn't claim in any way whatsoever that she wrote the song. While we can understand Daniel's disappointment by not having his name mentioned during Katie Couric’s interview, it's rather unfair to Celine to be on the receiving end of the many disparaging comments that have now become public. Throughout Celine’s 32 year career she has always been very vocal about sharing the credit for her successes. She has been very vocal about the fact that she does not write her own songs...and that she is fortunate to have wonderful and talented writers to provide these gifts to her. For her to be accused of "stealing" a song is not only grossly inaccurate, but also very hurtful. During the thousands of interviews that she's given over the years, it's often that she will not mention the names of the writers involved. It's something that may not come up a lot in the interviews. That said, when a Celine Dion album is released, we always include complete and accurate writer credits in an updated bio, and of course, inside the CD packaging. Celine's new English album will be released worldwide this Fall. We are very excited about this new album, and we hope to have great success with it....and great success for all those who have contributed.

She loves Daniel Merriweather and Eg White’s song so much, and would never want to do any harm to them....nor take away anything from them....in fact, the opposite would be true. We hope this clears up any misconceptions regarding Celine's intentions."

http://www.celinedio...el-merriweather

 

As a result of that turmoil on July 25, 2013 had been published, that the planned album title ("Water and a flame") had been changed to "Loved my back to life".

 

Daniel Merriweather:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV5yRQO1zm0

 

Celine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMsjqjWh78

Edited September 17, 2015 at 10:31 AM by drove all night

[drove all night]

BREAKAWAY

 

written by Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren and Audra Mae (great-great-niece of Judy Garland). First recorded/released 2012 by Ivy Quainoo, winner of the first series of "The Voice of Germany" (2012).

 

Ivy Quainoo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx25Bm_iq5M

 

Celine @ "Strictly come dancing" (November 2013):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isaf9N0DIqI

Edited September 17, 2015 at 10:32 AM by drove all night

[drove all night]

FEVER

 

original version by Little Willie John whose version topped the R&B charts for 5 weeks in 1956.

Peggy Lee’s version peaked at #2 on the pop chart in 1958.

 

Peggy Lee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxoAJ3Boyc

 

Celine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2TMHFTUU1M

Edited September 17, 2015 at 10:42 AM by drove all night

[Caledor]

I start with the two, not yet posted covers of her last studio album:

 

WATER AND A FLAME

 

written by Francis "Eg" White and Daniel Merriweather, recorded as a duet by Daniel Merriweather and Adele. First released in November 2009.

There had been a big controversy arousing of Celine's first presentation of the song at the "Katie Couric Show" (April 24, 2013), as Celine only mentioned Adele and not Merriwheather:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDNWLnrF4VA (at about 4:52)

 

Samantha Ronson - a friend of him - wrote on May 1 a note on her blogsite: "Dear Celine Dion, when you cover someone else's song- you might want to give them credit."

http://www.samanthar...l-merriweather/

 

On his Facebook-page Merriwheater wrote on June 30 an open letter to Celine: "WOW...Thank you Samantha Ronson for drawing attention to this. It is astounding that Celine Dion tries to pass off lyrics that I wrote as her own... Now, if i had written the song for her, it wouldn't bother me so much, but 'Water and a Flame' is a very personal song that i wrote right after a break up i was going through and is one of my personal favorite songs on my album 'Love & War'... This song has every ounce of my heart ache and pain in it and she pretends as if she wrote it her self... it actually is quite strange... like what more do you want? You have sold 200 million albums worldwide but you cant give credit to the artist (me) that wrote the song you have named your album after... she mentions my friend and one time collaborator Adele, but Adele didn't write one word or melody of Water and a Flame and she'll be the first to tell you that... i asked her if she would sing the song with me to turn it into a duet, i had originally written it for one person but then adapted it to suit a female perspective in the second verse... My friend Eg White wrote the chords and arranged and produced the song, but i wrote the melody and the lyrics, every word!... all anyone has to do is call up APRA/AMCOS and ask them what the percentage splits are and they will tell you it is 50/50 between myself and Eg White... why would an artist of Celine Dion's calibre and prowess need to steel credit like this?... as i said, it is absolutely astounding!"

https://www.facebook...152968594950613

 

On July 2 a response had been posted by Celine's management on her Offical Website:

"[…] Despite the headlines that have emerged from Daniel's publicity, Celine certainly doesn't claim in any way whatsoever that she wrote the song. While we can understand Daniel's disappointment by not having his name mentioned during Katie Couric’s interview, it's rather unfair to Celine to be on the receiving end of the many disparaging comments that have now become public. Throughout Celine’s 32 year career she has always been very vocal about sharing the credit for her successes. She has been very vocal about the fact that she does not write her own songs...and that she is fortunate to have wonderful and talented writers to provide these gifts to her. For her to be accused of "stealing" a song is not only grossly inaccurate, but also very hurtful. During the thousands of interviews that she's given over the years, it's often that she will not mention the names of the writers involved. It's something that may not come up a lot in the interviews. That said, when a Celine Dion album is released, we always include complete and accurate writer credits in an updated bio, and of course, inside the CD packaging. Celine's new English album will be released worldwide this Fall. We are very excited about this new album, and we hope to have great success with it....and great success for all those who have contributed.

She loves Daniel Merriweather and Eg White’s song so much, and would never want to do any harm to them....nor take away anything from them....in fact, the opposite would be true. We hope this clears up any misconceptions regarding Celine's intentions."

http://www.celinedio...el-merriweather

 

As a result of that turmoil on July 25, 2013 had been published, that the planned album title ("Water and a flame") had been changed to "Loved my back to life".

 

Daniel Merriweather:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV5yRQO1zm0

 

Celine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMsjqjWh78

So that's the reason why they changed the name of the album ?

 

Envoyé de mon D2203 en utilisant Tapatalk

 

 

[drove all night]

So that's the reason why they changed the name of the album ?

 

Envoyé de mon D2203 en utilisant Tapatalk

 

Yes.

[ryba]

FEVER

 

original version by Little Willie John whose version topped the R&B charts for 5 weeks in 1956.

Peggy Lee’s version peaked at #2 on the pop chart in 1958.

 

Peggy Lee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYxoAJ3Boyc

 

Celine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2TMHFTUU1M

I have a question. This fever clip looks like a professional recording intended for the DVD. On the video, it says it was filmed in 2006. So was the show recorded in 2006 for DVD release, but then droppend and re-recorded in 2007?

[chocolatechip15]

So that's the reason why they changed the name of the album ?

 

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Yes.

 

I'm not convinced that was the reason they changed the name. Maybe it was part of it, but they never said that officially, and a couple of other things happened:

 

1) They changed the concept of the album. It was originally supposed to be 6 new songs and 6 cover songs from her show. Water and a Flame was supposed to be part of that concept -"water" for the new songs, and "flame" for the covers (or maybe the other way around). Then, after the surprise massive sales success of Sans Attendre, Sony decided to invest a bit more in the album with more new songs. And that "double/opposites" concept didn't make sense anymore.

 

2) They got LMBTL pretty late in the game from Sia. And if you watch the recording, it's easy to see that Celine was madly in love with that song. And the title fit the theme of where she was in her career. So it made more sense as a title than Water and a Flame.

[celine4evauk]

 

 

 

I'm not convinced that was the reason they changed the name. Maybe it was part of it, but they never said that officially, and a couple of other things happened:

 

1) They changed the concept of the album. It was originally supposed to be 6 new songs and 6 cover songs from her show. Water and a Flame was supposed to be part of that concept -"water" for the new songs, and "flame" for the covers (or maybe the other way around). Then, after the surprise massive sales success of Sans Attendre, Sony decided to invest a bit more in the album with more new songs. And that "double/opposites" concept didn't make sense anymore.

 

2) They got LMBTL pretty late in the game from Sia. And if you watch the recording, it's easy to see that Celine was madly in love with that song. And the title fit the theme of where she was in her career. So it made more sense as a title than Water and a Flame.

 

Also it's easier promo wise to promote a single that's the album title too.

[drove all night]

IF I CAN DREAM

 

written by Walter Earl Brown with quotations of Martin Luther King. Recorded In June 1968 by Elvis Presley, two months after Martin Luther King's death. When Brown first presented the song to Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis' manager, he nearly declined it, because: "This ain't Elvis' kind of song." But Elvis wanted to record the song.

 

Celine first performed that song on April 25, 2007 @ the charity show of American Idol "Idol Gives Back" in Kodak Theatre with a rotoscoped Elvis Presley (Watch this clip, if you are interested how this effect had been created:

)

 

2015 "If I can dream" is part of the setlist of the revamped version of "Celine" @ Las Vegas.

 

Elvis @ 1968:

 

Celine @ 2007:

 

Celine @ 2015:

[drove all night]

KISS / PURPLE RAIN

 

KISS:

written by Prince and The Revolution. Prince first handed a short acoustic demo to the funk band Mazarati for their debut album. Mazarati and producer David Z drastically reworked the song. Prince was so amazed about their work that he decided to record it for himself and released it 1986 as a single. Two covers of that song increased the popularity: Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones version in 1988 and Julia Roberts bath tub-interpretation in the movie that made her a star: "Pretty woman", 1990.

 

Prince:

http://www.myvideo.at/watch/2528458

 

Art of Noise feat. Tom Jones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IACaSSfFx-o

 

Julia Roberts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPIPtDKHF2g

 

 

PURPLE RAIN:

written by Prince and The Revolution and title track of his 1984 album plus film. The song was recorded during a benefit concert for the "Minnesota Dance Theatre" in Minneapolis on August 3, 1983. Prince worried that the song sounded too similar to "Faithfully" by Jonathan Cain which had been in the charts at that time. But Cain reassured Prince that everything would be ok, and that the song only shared the same four chords.

 

Faithfully - Jonathan Cain:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIxjxiHrMrc

 

Prince:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8BMm6Jn6oU

 

 

Kiss/Purple Rain - Celine @ 2015: