Because You Loved Me
"Because You Loved Me" | ||||
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Single by Celine Dion | ||||
from the album Falling into You | ||||
Released | 19 February 1996 | |||
Studio | ||||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 4:33 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | Diane Warren | |||
Producer(s) | David Foster | |||
Celine Dion singles chronology | ||||
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Audio video | ||||
"Because You Loved Me" on YouTube |
"Because You Loved Me" is a song performed by Canadian singer Celine Dion on her fourth English-language studio album, Falling into You (1996). It was released on 19 February 1996 as the first single in North America, and as the second single in the United Kingdom on 20 May 1996. "Because You Loved Me" was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster, and served as the theme song from the 1996 film Up Close & Personal, starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Billboard ranked it as the 14th "Top Love Song of All Time".[1]
"Because You Loved Me" received critical acclaim and became a worldwide hit, reaching number one in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and reaching the top ten in many other countries. In the United States alone, it has sold over two million copies. "Because You Loved Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The single sold more than five million copies in its first six months of availability worldwide.[2]
Composition and release
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"Because You Loved Me" was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster. Both Warren and Foster worked with Dion on her previous English-language albums. The song is a downtempo pop ballad in which the singer thanks a loyal loved one for guiding, encouraging, and protecting her throughout her life, and making her who she is today. Warren said that the song was a tribute to her father. "Because You Loved Me" served as the theme song from the 1996 film Up Close & Personal, starring Robert Redford and Michelle Pfeiffer. However, the song was not included on the film's soundtrack. "Because You Loved Me" was released as the first single from Falling into You in North America. It was issued as the second single in the United Kingdom (May 1996), after "Falling into You".
The song is written in the key of D♭ major with a slow tempo of 60 beats per minute. Dion's vocals span from A♭3 to A♭5 in the song. The final chorus is set in E♭ major.[3]
Critical reception
"Because You Loved Me" received positive reviews from most music critics.
Commercial performance
In the United States, "Because You Loved Me" became Dion's second number one single, after "
In Canada, "Because You Loved Me" topped The Record Singles Chart for one week in May 1996 and also spent ten weeks at number one on the RPM Adult Contemporary Chart. It became the number-one song on the RPM Adult Contemporary 1996 Year-end Chart. "Because You Loved Me" also topped the chart in Australia for three weeks and reached number two in Ireland, number three in New Zealand and Switzerland, number four in the Netherlands, number five in the United Kingdom and Belgium Flanders, and number eight in Denmark.
In the United Kingdom, it peaked at number five and became the album's most popular track with 27 million streams, 366,000 physical CD sales and 163,000 downloads as of March 2021.[16]
It was certified 2× Platinum in Australia, Platinum the United Kingdom and New Zealand, Gold in Germany and is eligible for Silver in France. As one of Dion's biggest hits, "Because You Loved Me" was included on her both greatest hits compilations: All the Way... A Decade of Song (1999) and My Love: Essential Collection (2008). According to Billboard, as of November 2019 "Because You Loved Me" had over 154.7 million on-demand streams in the United States, becoming her second most streamed song in the country.[17]
Awards and accolades
At the
In 2017,
Music video
A music video was created for the song and showed Dion singing in a newsroom surrounded by several TV monitors (which is where the majority of the film takes place) interspersed with clips from the film Up Close & Personal. It was directed by Kevin Bray in January 1996 and released in March 1996.
At the height of the song's popularity, it was played during the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team's spring game on 20 April 1996 for a football montage video tribute to quarterback Brook Berringer, who had died two days earlier in a plane crash.[19]
Live performances
During the promotion of
Track listings
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Because You Loved Me" | 4:33 |
2. | "If You Asked Me To" | 3:55 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Because You Loved Me" | 4:33 |
2. | "I Don't Know" | 4:38 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Because You Loved Me" | 4:33 |
2. | "To Love You More" | 5:29 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Because You Loved Me" | 4:33 |
2. | "I Don't Know" | 4:38 |
3. | "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" | 4:14 |
4. | "Le ballet" | 4:25 |
5. | "The Power of the Dream" (second pressing only) | 4:30 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Because You Loved Me" | 4:32 |
2. | "Nothing Broken but My Heart" (Radio Edit) | 4:11 |
3. | "Next Plane Out" | 4:54 |
4. | "If You Asked Me To" | 3:52 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Because You Loved Me" | 4:33 |
2. | "The Power of the Dream" | 4:30 |
3. | "Think Twice" | 4:47 |
4. | "Le fils de Superman" | 4:32 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Because You Loved Me" | 4:32 |
2. | "To Love You More" | 5:29 |
3. | "All by Myself" (Spanish Version) | 5:12 |
4. | "Think Twice" | 4:43 |
Credits and personnel
Recording
- Recorded at Chartmaker Studios, Capitol Studios and Rumbo Recorders
- Mixed at The Record Plant
Personnel
- Songwriter – Diane Warren
- Producer – David Foster
- Lead vocal – Celine Dion
- Executive producer for Up Close & Personal – Jon Avnet
- Background vocals arrangers – Sue Ann Carwell, Carl Carwell, David Foster
- Engineer – Felipe Elgueta
- Lead vocal recording – Humberto Gatica
- Assistant engineers – Peter Doell, Mark Agostino
- Mix – Humberto Gatica
- Assistants – Chris Brooke, Paul Boutin, Kyle Bess
- Keyboards – David Foster
- Synclavier programming – Simon Franglen
- Guitars – Michael Thompson
- Background vocals – Sue Ann Carwell, Carl Carwell, Kofi, Terry Bradford, Alex Brown, Philip Ingram, Maxann Lewis, Will Heaton, Bridgette Bryant-Fiddmont, Alanna Capps
Charts
Weekly charts |
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
All-time charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[77] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[78] | Gold | 45,000‡ |
Germany (BVMI)[79] | Gold | 250,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[80] | Platinum | 10,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[81] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[83] | 2× Platinum | 2,047,000[82] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Release history
Region | Date | Format(s) | Labels(s) | Ref. |
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United States | 13 February 1996 | Contemporary hit radio | [84] | |
19 February 1996 |
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[85] | ||
Japan | 11 April 1996 | Mini CD | SMEJ | [86] |
United Kingdom | 20 May 1996 |
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Epic | [87] |
27 May 1996 | CD2 | [88] |
See also
- 1996 in British music
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1996
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
- List of Adult Top 40 number-one songs of the 1990s
- List of Australian chart achievements and milestones
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1996
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 1990s
- List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1996
- List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of the 1990s
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1996 (U.S.)
- List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1990s
- List of Top 25 singles for 1996 in Australia
- List of UK top 10 singles in 1996
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