"Broken Vow" is a song that was written by
Lara Fabian
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and
Walter Afanasieff
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for Fabian's
self-titled album released in 1999. The music track has a very strong resemblance to ''
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor'', Op.18: Adagio sostenuto by Sergei Rachmaninoff. It has since been recorded and performed by many other singers.
["Recording: Imaginer"]
''Second Hand Songs'', accessed July 13, 2012
Other versions
"Broken Vow" was featured as an insert song in the
Taiwanese drama
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''
Meteor Garden II
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''. It has a music video consisting of several scenes from the drama.
Josh Groban
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first recorded the song in 2002 on his album, ''
Closer''. It has also been recorded by
Emile Pandolfi (2005),
G4 (2005),
Petra Berger
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Biography
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and
Jan Vayne
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(2008), and Thomas Spencer-Wortley (2009).
[ It is also a single by Philippines singer ]Sarah Geronimo
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in a duet with Mark Bautista
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and appeared in her debut album '' Popstar: A Dream Come True''. The song has also been performed by Kyla and Jay-R
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Professional career
Reyes was the youngest player in the 200 ...
. Julie Anne San Jose
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San Jose is regarded as ...
(2012) also made a cover of the song as the theme song of the Philippine TV drama series of the same name.
Fabian rewrote the song with French lyrics for Jackie Evancho
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, who included it in her 2011 album, '' Dream With Me'', under the name "Imaginer
"Imaginer" (to imagine) is a French-language song first performed and recorded by American singer Jackie Evancho in 2011. The song uses the music from a 1999 English-language song, "Broken Vow", by Walter Afanasieff and Lara Fabian. The same son ...
". The original meaning of the song, about a sad love, is completely changed in the French version to describe a dream of a peaceful world.Sheet music to "Imaginer"
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 2011 accessed April 27, 2012[
]Harrison Craig
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, winner of ''The Voice
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, sang "Broken Vow" as his audition, recorded the song with full orchestra and has produced a definitive rendering of Fabian's song.
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-based Pop/New Age Artist, The 465 CT Transit driver performed an instrumental version during Newark Liberty International Airport's Arrivals Ceremony on September 30, 2013 to promote his upcoming instrumental debut album, The Bridge, was scheduled to be released in December 2013. His version are featured Máiréad Nesbitt
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(of Celtic Woman) on the violin.
Daniel Evans, a finalist in series 5 of The X Factor (UK)
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recorded an acoustic piano only version of this song for his iTunes debut album No Easy Way.
Track listings
Harrison Craig version
Digital single – Universal (UMG)
# "Broken Vow" (4:07)
Charts
Harrison Craig version
References
{{Lara Fabian
2003 singles
Lara Fabian songs
Sarah Geronimo songs
Josh Groban songs
Soul ballads
2000s ballads
Songs written by Walter Afanasieff
Song recordings produced by Walter Afanasieff