"The Power of Love" is a song co-written and originally recorded by American singer

Jennifer Rush Jennifer Rush (born Heidi Stern; September 28, 1960) is an American pop and rock singer. She achieved success during the mid-1980s with several singles and studio albums including the million-selling single " The Power of Love", which she co-w ...

in 1984. It was released as the fifth single from her debut album, ''

'' (1984), and has since been covered by

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Laura Branigan Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her signature song, the platinum-certified 1982 single " Gloria", stayed on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 36 weeks, then a record for ...

and

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. Recorded in

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, Germany (where Rush is based) and released in West Germany without much success in late 1984, Rush's original version reached number one on the

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in October 1985 and subsequently became the biggest-selling single of the year in the UK as Rush became the first female artist ever to have a million-selling single in the UK—it became the ninth best-selling single of the decade. It also topped the charts in several other European countries, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Dion's version peaked at number one in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and hit the top ten in several more countries in 1994. The song has been translated into several languages, becoming a pop standard.

Overview

"The Power of Love" was first recorded in Frankfurt, West Germany by

for her 1984 eponymous album. This was a year after the band Frankie Goes to Hollywood conceived a song with the same title. It was released as a single in West Germany in December 1984. In June 1985, "The Power of Love" was issued as a single in the United Kingdom, where it topped the chart for five weeks in October 1985 and became the best-selling single of the year. As of March 2017, it had sold 1.45 million copies in the UK. The success of the song saw Rush perform it ‘‘live’’ on the BBC’s ''

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'' in late 1985. The massive success of "The Power of Love" in the UK followed with widespread international success for the single in the last months of 1985 and the first of 1986, including a German re-release with a resultant number-nine charting. Eventually "The Power of Love" reached number one in Australia, Austria, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa and Spain (where Rush topped the chart with a version in Spanish called "Si tú eres mi hombre y yo tu mujer", translated as "If you are my man and I'm your woman"), number three in Switzerland, Sweden and Belgium, and number seven in the Netherlands.

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held off on releasing "The Power of Love" in North America feeling the disc was too European. It finally saw release in the United States and Canada in January 1986 but despite rising to number one in Canada, "The Power of Love" failed to become a significant US hit, stalling at number 57 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for the week ending of April 5, 1986, and spending 13 weeks within the Hot 100. The song was performed by Rush on ''

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'' in March 1986 and ''

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'' in April 1986.

Critical reception

Michele Greppi from ''

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'' picked "The Power of Love" as the "best cut" of the

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, complimenting Rush's voice, noting that her "operatic training shows in her incredible range (with no apparent loss of power or flexibility at either top or bottom)". Tom Ewing of

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stated that it's "a song about how love removes your own sense of scale, makes existence itself unfamiliar, so the disorientating disconnect between it and anything resembling my emotional reality makes a sort of warped sense." He added the chorus as "so memorable". Alan Jones from ''

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'' declared it "frankly superior". Richard Defendorf from ''

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'' deemed it a "goopy ballad". ''

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'' magazine wrote that "what's most impressive is Rush's voice. Throaty, intense and wide-ranging". The reviewer also noted that there is "intelligent passion" in the "broody" "The Power of Love". Pop Rescue described it as a "fantastically classic power ballad" and "flawless", adding that the singer's vocals are "rich, strong, and wonderfully spine tingling". Greg Kennedy from ''

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'' viewed the song as "plaintive" and "poignant". A writer for ''

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'' called it a "superballad". Australian music channel Max placed the song at number 771 in their list of "1000 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2011.

Music video

The

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of "The Power of Love" was directed by German director Michael Leckebusch. It was filmed in

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. As the video begins, we see the city in the early morning hours. Some villainous types are walking around an empty office, looking for something. They are being discovered by Rush's man, who obviously works at nights. Then the focus switches to Rush who is seen leaving Madison Square Garden Center. She starts singing and at home, she opens the door to her bedroom and finds her man lying asleep. When the chorus starts, Rush is standing in a freight elevator that is moving upwards. There are glimpses of the villainous men pushing her man to do things for them. Some scenes show Rush wearing black sunglasses, standing on the dock by the sea, while she watches the guys meeting on a pier to plot something. They are also hitting her man on the street by car. Apparently Rush is trying to help him out of the hands of these villains. Towards the end, she walks alone through the city in the evening hours, singing. At home, she once again opens the bedroom door, checking that her man is lying there asleep and then she shuts the door.

Official versions

* Original album version (6:00) * Special radio edit (4:43)

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* Orchestral remix (6:00) * International album version (5:45) emixed by Walter Samuel* Remix (4:20) emixed by Walter Samuel. This is an edit of the international album version* Extended remix (7:10) emixed by Walter Samuel. Different mix to the international album version/remix

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Air Supply version

Australian duo

covered "The Power of Love" for their 1985 eponymous album. Since the song was sung by

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, the gender roles were reversed in the lyrics ("I'm your lady and you are my man" became "You are my lady and I am your man"). It was released as a single in July 1985 in the United States, and later in Canada and New Zealand. Their version was titled "The Power of Love (You Are My Lady)" so as not to be confused with " The Power of Love" by

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which was on the charts at the same time. Air Supply's version was a moderate success in New Zealand and Canada, reaching the top 40 in both countries in late 1985. In the US, it peaked at number 68. Their cover was featured in the 2017 film ''

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''.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

– vocals *

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– background vocals *

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– guitar *

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– keyboards *

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– keyboards *

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– keyboards, synthesizer *

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– bass * John "JR" Robinson – drums

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Laura Branigan version

American singer

recorded "The Power of Love" under the title "Power of Love" for her fifth studio album, ''

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'' (1987). Produced by

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, the track was released in October 1987 as the album's second single and reached number 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 that December, becoming Branigan's seventh and final top-40 entry. "Power of Love" also peaked at number 19 on ''

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''s

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chart. Branigan would say of "Power of Love": "There's a song on this album" ("Power Of Love") "that to me is the ultimate in singing. It's a real emotional tear-your-heart-out kind of song. It's a classic torch song with today's feeling. I think those are the ones that live on forever. "It has a range that keeps going on and on. It is really challenging vocally and yet it is really emotional. Emotion of the most important thing for me.".

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''

''. *

– vocals *

– production *

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– arrangements, keyboards, drum programming, guitars, string arrangements *

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– string arrangements, conducting * Kenneth G. Kugler –

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* Julie Ann Gigante, Ralph D. Morrison III, Clayton Haslop, Alexander Horvath, R.F. Peterson, Arthur Zadinsky, Michael Nowak, Raymond J. Tischer II, Margot MacLaine, Armen Ksjikian, Dennis Karmazyn, Michael Matthews – strings * David J. Holman – engineering, mixing, PPG programming

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Celine Dion version

Canadian singer

covered "The Power of Love" for her third English-language studio album, ''

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'' (1993). It was produced by

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and released as the first single in November 1993 in North America, in December 1993 in Japan, and in early 1994 in the rest of the world. It hit number one in the US, Canada, and Australia and a top ten hit in several other countries. ''Billboard'' later ranked it as the 46th Top Love Song of All Time.

Commercial performance

Dion's version of ''The Power of Love'' became the best-selling single by a female artist of 1994 in the United States, and 8th best-selling overall, selling 900,000 copies. It became Dion's first US number-one song, topping the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for four weeks in February 1994. It also became her first Australian chart topper and her second number-one single in Canada. The song also topped the

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charts in the United States and Canada. In the rest of the world, "The Power of Love" reached the top ten in France, United Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden and New Zealand. It was certified Platinum in the United States (selling 1.5 million copies) and Australia, Gold in the UK and New Zealand, and Silver in France.

Accolades

"The Power of Love" won the ASCAP Pop Award for Most Performed Song in the United States. Dion was also nominated for the

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, the

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for Favorite Pop/Rock Single, two ''Billboard'' Music Awards for Hot 100 Single of the Year and Hot Adult Contemporary Single of the Year, and for the

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was also nominated for the

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for Dion's version.

Promotion/Live performances

A music video for the Celine Dion version was released which saw heavy rotation on many music video networks and programs. Dion included the song in many of her tour performances. "The Power of Love" is included on many of her live albums. It is also featured on several of her greatest hits collections such as '' All the Way... A Decade of Song'' (1999), '' Complete Best'' (2008), '' My Love: Essential Collection'' (2008) and '' The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster'' (2012). Live performances are included on '' À l'Olympia'' (album), '' Live à Paris'' (album), '' Live à Paris'' (video), ''

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'' (video), '' Live in Las Vegas: A New Day...'' (video), '' Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert'' (album/video), and ''

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'' (album/video). She also performed the song at the

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and her

television special ''

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'' on February 15, 2008.

Critical reception

Dion's cover of "The Power of Love" received acclaim from music critics.

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placed the song at number seven in their ranking of "Top 10 Celine Dion Songs", calling it a "big

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from

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"highlighted" it in his review of ''

''. A reviewer from ''

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'' wrote that the singer "sounds great" when she's working with "tunefully romantic stuff". Dave Sholin from the ''

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'' commented, "A song this powerful places extraordinary demands on those who sing it. Only a rare few are up to the task... Add Celine's interpretation to producer

's arrangement and the result is nothing short of superb". Another editor, Ron Fell said "it's made better than ever", adding it as "awesome!" Caroline Sullivan from ''

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'' described it as a "bodice-bursting" version. Mike Wass from ''

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'' complimented Dion's "flawless vocal" on a "classy" Foster arrangement. Dennis Hunt from ''

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'' compared Dion's vocals favorably to those of

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and

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. He noted "that grandiose, note-stretching finish". Pan-European magazine ''

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'' described the song as a "tender rendition". Alan Jones from ''

'' said it "is so powerful it's sure to score". A reviewer from ''The Network Forty'' declared it "a reflective ballad brought to life by Celine's brilliantly distinctive vocals". ''

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'' deemed it a "soaring rendition". Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic viewed the song as "powerful and faithful to the original version".

Cultural impact

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loudspeakers, value the Celine Dion version of "The Power of Love" as a perfect song for the medium. Siren king Purp Ci'i stated that it "will smash anyone in a battle—that song is dangerous...It's an old favourite from when sirens first started."

Credits and personnel

*Producer –

*Engineers – David Reitzas,

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*Assistant engineers – Bill Leonard, Erich Baron, Fred Kelly *Mix – Humberto Gatica *Vocal –

*Keyboards – David Foster *

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programming –

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*Guitars – Michael Thompson Credits adapted from the album liner notes.

, (1993). The Colour of My Love. lbum liner notes and credits Columbia Records.

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Release history

Other cover versions

The Spanish version of Jennifer Rush's "The Power of Love," "Si tu eres mi hombre y yo tu mujer" was introduced by Dominican singer

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in 1986 and became very popular throughout Latin America. The same version was later recorded by a number of Latin artists including

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, and

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. La India's version of the song peaked at number thirty-eight on

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chart in the United States. Brazilian singer Rosana recorded a Portuguese version of the song, titled "O Amor e Power", which was included on the soundtrack of 8PM

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'' (1987–88), as the theme song for lead character Jocasta ( Vera Fischer). Her version was largely successful, becoming the sixth most played song in the country in 1988, as well as Rosana's biggest hit. It was also included on the tracklist for her album ''Coração Selvagem'' and propelled its sales, selling over 300,000 copies.

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's New York Band covered the song in merengue which peaked at number thirty-seven on the Hot Latin Songs chart. It was also covered by Los Melódicos and Dulce López from ''

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''. Italian dance act Fits of Gloom released their version in 1994 with vocals by British singer

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which reached No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart.

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