Celine Dion reveals she didn't want to record 'Titanic' hit 'My Heart Will Go On'
Celine Dion shockingly revealed that she had not been keen to record the 'Titanic' smash hit 'My Heart Will Go On' but her husband at the time had convinced her to take it up.
The 51-year-old appeared on 'Watch What Happens Live' on Monday and shared that she had initially not wanted to record the song. Her husband and manager at the time, Rene Angelil, had convinced her not to miss the opportunity. Dion shared that she was "glad that they didn't listen to me".
Talk show host Andy Cohen, 51, was stumped and asked Dion why she had almost missed out. Dion responded saying, "It didn’t appeal to me. I was probably very tired that day — very tired. My husband said, "Let’s hold on." He talked to the writer and he said, 'Let’s try to make it, like, a little demo'".
She further went on to reveal that she only needed one take to sing the hit song, which was composed by James Horner and went on to sell 18 million physical copies. "I sang the song once and they built the orchestra around it. I never re-sang it for the recording. So the demo is the actual recording. But after that, I’ve sang it about 3 gazillion times," Dion revealed.
The song won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Original song and also dominated in the 1999 Grammy Awards where the song won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television.
The movie, 'Titanic', which starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio, is one of the most successful films of all time. It was able to earn $659.4 million in North America and $1.528 billion in other countries, for a worldwide total of $2.187 billion.