Regardless, it debuted at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, with sales of 370,000 copies, where it stayed for two weeks. In the United States, the song was given a limited number of copies - 690,000. "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. In addition to Dion's Let's Talk About Love and the Titanic soundtrack, "My Heart Will Go On" appears on several other albums.Īt the height of the song's popularity, some radio stations in the US 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 included later on the All the Way. The music video was directed by Bille Woodruff and released at the end of 1997. The words "There is some love that will not go away" are not performed by Dion in any available version of the song, however, they are still included on Dion's official site. In the 'Let's Talk about Love' album booklet the lyrics of the song contain an additional line between a second chorus and the final verse. This version appears on the 4-track maxi single as well as on Dion's album "Let's Talk About Love". When the single was to be released to radio, it was produced further by Walter Afanasieff, who added string and electric guitar, as well as rearranged portions of the song. The single also played over the ending credits of the film.
The original Horner-produced version of the ballad appears on the Titanic soundtrack and has an extended ending with longer, segmented vocalizations by Dion. 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, Rene Angelil, 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.
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