#MY HEART WILL GO ON SONG IN HISTORY MOVIE#

The Washington Post called it a tune that вЂњstarts off with Enya-like tenderness and Celtic melancholy before colliding with the iceberg of overproduction.вЂќ News publications at the time marveled at the songвЂ™s sales, even as they also poked fun at the cheesiness factor. 'When she hits the high note in 'Near, far, wherever you are' - bam! The floodgates open.' 'The most stoic and stalwart pillars of the industry. 'Titanic' star Billy Zane told Billboard about the weepy scene when the song played at the movie's premiere.

#MY HEART WILL GO ON SONG IN HISTORY MOVIE#

Dion also wasn't thrilled about recording yet another movie song - especially when she already had so many, from 'Beauty and the Beast' in 1991 to 'Because You Loved Me' in 1996, which was on the 'Up Close and Personal' soundtrack.Д«ut after it was released, everyone was taken aback at the impact. Except 'Titanic' director James Cameron was reluctant to have a ballad roll over the end credits. вЂњI donвЂ™t know weвЂ™ve seen much like it since.вЂќДЄccording to Billboard magazine's oral history of 'My Heart Will Go On,' the studio hoped to incorporate a hit song into the film for marketing purposes. вЂњI think it was a combination of the perfect artist in CГ©line - who sings it so powerfully, and her popularity was at a great peak anyway - and then the movie being on fire,вЂќ he said. He remembers the phone lines blowing up with moviegoers requesting the song. When the song came out in 1997, Ivey was the program director at Kiss 108 in Boston, a Top 40 station.

вЂњIt was one of those records that just wouldnвЂ™t die,вЂќ said John Ivey, president of contemporary hits radio programming strategy for iHeartMedia. The ballad, written by Will Jennings and James Horner, also won record of the year and song of the year at the 1999 Grammy Awards, in addition to best original song at the Oscars. With all the mockery (even Kate Winslet has said that hearing the song makes her feel like throwing up), it's easy to overlook the iconic track's unbelievably massive success.ДЇirst, the numbers: The single sold 1.7 million copies on its own and propelled DionвЂ™s вЂњLetвЂ™s Talk About LoveвЂќ and the вЂњTitanic: Music From the Motion PictureвЂќ soundtrack to each sell tens of millions of albums worldwide. The ubiquitous power ballad, better known as the 'Titanic' theme song, has become a bit of a pop culture punchline since the record-shattering film's release 20 years ago. 'Д®ven though some people (ahem) will happily admit to the second choice, it's understandable that others can't bear to hear the CГ©line Dion hit even one more time. (b) Crank up the volume and grab a fake microphone, because it's your time to shine: 'Near. (a) Scramble to change the station, turn down the volume or throw yourself out of the vehicle, because you would rather be a passenger on a doomed cruise ship than hear that gentle flute again. The opening notes of вЂњMy Heart Will Go OnвЂќ start to play.

YouвЂ™re in the car, listening to the radio. For example, on April 11th, 2011, YouTuber A Nonymous uploaded a looping clip of Handsome Squidward set to the song, gaining over 451,000 views (shown below, left).ItвЂ™s the year 2017. The song has been parodied online in remixes and clips that take the song out of context. The popularity of Dion and the song mixed with the changed critical climate surrounding her and the song prompted music critic Carl Wilson to write the book Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste in the 33 1/3 book series. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers voted the song the 7th worst song of the 90s, writing 'Celine Dion's song and the movie have aged very poorly.' Vulture argued that the song had fallen out of vogue due to its melodramatic style and cheesy aesthetic. In later years, critics soured on the song. The song won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 1997 Academy Awards and won several awards at the 1999 Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television. Vulture magazine called its key change 'one of the most glorious' in pop history. Critics praised the song's power and notable influence in pop culture. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 100, where it stayed for two weeks. It was Dion's biggest hit, selling over 15 million copies worldwide. The song was a critical and commercial success.

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