The regular edition from January 1998 has sold 210,000 and was certified 2x platinum (200,000). "My Heart Will Go On" was released twice in Japan. It has also sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom (1,315,000) and France (1,200,000), and became 2x platinum and diamond single respectively. In Germany, "My Heart Will Go On" has sold over 2 million copies and was certified 4x platinum. "My Heart Will Go On" was number 1 all over the world, spending many weeks at the top position, including: 17 weeks on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, 15 weeks in Switzerland, 13 weeks in France and Germany, 11 weeks in the Netherlands and Sweden, 10 weeks in Belgium Wallonia, Denmark, Italy and Norway, 7 weeks in Belgium Flanders, 6 weeks in Ireland, 4 weeks in Australia and Austria, 2 weeks in Spain and the UK, and 1 week in Finland. "My Heart Will Go On" was the first English-language song to top the Hot Latin Tracks chart and Dion was given a Billboard Latin Music Award for that achievement. charts: Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks (for 10 weeks), Top 40 Mainstream (10 weeks), Hot Latin Pop Airplay (4 weeks) and Hot Latin Tracks (1 week). The song became also number 1 on few other U.S. The single was eventually certified gold in the U.S. Only a limited number of copies was released - 690,000 - which were sold out in a few weeks. It spent 10 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay and was also number 1 for 2 weeks on the Hot 100 Singles Sales. the song debuted at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed in that position for 2 weeks. "My Heart Will Go On" is Céline Dion's biggest hit and one of the best-selling singles in history. In France, "My Heart Will Go On" was released as a double A-side single with "The Reason." It was included later on Back to Titanic second soundtrack album. and the UK played an edited version of the song, that had dramatic moments of dialog from the Jack and Rose lead characters in the film inserted in between Dion's vocal lines. It was also included on the following DVDs: Au cœur du stade, All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video and Live in Las Vegas - A New Day….Īt the height of the song's popularity, some radio stations in the U.S. In addition to Dion's Let's Talk About Love and the Titanic soundtrack, "My Heart Will Go On" appears on several other albums, including Au cœur du stade, All the Way… A Decade of Song, A New Day… Live in Las Vegas, Complete Best and My Love: Essential Collection. It was included later on the All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video DVD. The music video was directed by Bille Woodruff and released at the end of 1997. Horner, Dion, and later Sony Music Entertainment decided to use this first recording because "Dion's voice was perfect." The song was recorded in one take and without instrumental accompaniment. After playing it several times, Cameron declared his approval, although worried that he might be criticised for "going commercial at the end of the movie." Horner waited until Cameron was in an appropriate mood before presenting him with the song. It was her manager and husband, René Angélil, who convinced her to record a demo version, which was something she hadn't done for many years. Dion was Horner's first choice to sing it, but when she heard the song, she did not want to record it. Director James Cameron did not want such a song, but Horner went ahead anyway and got Jennings to write the lyrics. He then wanted to make a full vocal song out of it, for use in the end credits of the film. Horner had originally composed the song as an instrumental motif that is used in several scenes during Titanic. It became one of the best-selling singles of all time, and was the world's best selling single of 1998. My Heart Will Go On was released in Australia and Germany on December 8, 1997, and in the rest of the world in January and February of 1998. Originally released in 1997 on Dion's album Let's Talk About Love, it went to number 1 all over the world, including the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. With music by James Horner and lyrics by Will Jennings, it was recorded by Céline Dion. "My Heart Will Go On" is the theme song of the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic.
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