My Heart Will Go On

"My Heart Will Go On"
"My Heart Will Go On"
	Standard cover art
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Let's Talk About Love and Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture
B-side	"Southampton" (France); "Beauty and the Beast" (Japan); "I Love You" (UK); "Rose" (US);
Released	November 24, 1997
Recorded	1997
Studio	WallyWorld, San Rafael, California; Hit Factory, New York City;
Genre	Pop
Length	4:40 (album version); 5:11 (soundtrack version);
Label	Columbia; Epic;
Composer(s)	James Horner
Lyricist(s)	Will Jennings
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff; James Horner; Simon Franglen;
Celine Dion singles chronology
James Horner singles chronology
Audio sample
	Celine Dion – "My Heart Will Go On" file; help;
Music video
	"My Heart Will Go On" on YouTube

"My Heart Will Go On" is a song recorded by the Canadian singer Celine Dion as the theme for the 1997 film Titanic. It was composed by James Horner, with lyrics by Will Jennings, and produced by Horner, Walter Afanasieff and Simon Franglen.^[1]^[2] "My Heart Will Go On" was released as a single internationally by Columbia and Epic on November 24, 1997, and was included on Dion's fifth English-language album, Let's Talk About Love (1997), and the Titanic soundtrack.

Horner composed the basis of "My Heart Will Go On" as a motif used in the Titanic soundtrack, and suggested developing it into a song. The director, James Cameron, felt a pop song would be inappropriate for the film, but agreed after hearing the demo. The final version was arranged by Afanasieff. The music video was directed by Bille Woodruff.

"My Heart Will Go On" is considered Dion's signature song.^[3] It topped the charts in more than 25 countries and was the best-selling single of 1998.^[4] With worldwide sales estimated at more than 18 million, it is the second-best-selling single by a woman in music history and one of the best-selling singles of all time.^[5]^[6] It was included in the list of Songs of the Century by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. Dion performed the song to honour the 20th anniversary of the film at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards.^[7]

^ "41st Annual GRAMMY Awards – Record Of The Year". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 137. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ Caramanica, Jon (September 17, 2008). "Emotions With Exclamation Points". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2010.
^ Schulman, Alissa. "20 Years Ago, Titanic Was The King Of The World At The Oscars". MTV News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. February 28, 1998.
^ "The 50 best pop songs written for movies". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^ "Celine Dion to Sing 'My Heart Will Go On' at Billboard Music Awards". Newsweek. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

[1] "41st Annual GRAMMY Awards – Record Of The Year". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-2] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 137. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[3] Caramanica, Jon (September 17, 2008). "Emotions With Exclamation Points". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2010.

[Schulman-4] Schulman, Alissa. "20 Years Ago, Titanic Was The King Of The World At The Oscars". MTV News. Retrieved August 7, 2021.

[5] Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. February 28, 1998.

[6] "The 50 best pop songs written for movies". The Telegraph. Retrieved January 12, 2018.

[7] "Celine Dion to Sing 'My Heart Will Go On' at Billboard Music Awards". Newsweek. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2017.

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