"Call the Man" | ||||
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Single by Celine Dion | ||||
from the album Falling into You | ||||
Released | 9 June 1997 | |||
Studio | The Hit Factory | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 6:08 (album version) 4:22 (radio edit) | |||
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Celine Dion singles chronology | ||||
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"Call the Man" on YouTube |
"Call the Man" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her fourth English-language album, Falling into You (1996). It was released as the fifth and last single outside of North America on 9 June 1997. "Call the Man" was written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield, who had already written Dion's 1995 smash hit " Think Twice". The song was produced by Jim Steinman, who had also worked on her previous pop single, " It's All Coming Back to Me Now".
The single was released during the second European leg of the Falling into You Tour and peaked at number 8 in Ireland and 11 in the United Kingdom, where it has sold over 80,000 copies. [1]
On 17 April 1997 Dion performed "Call the Man" with a 30-voice gospel choir during the World Music Awards ceremony. She was the big star of that evening, winning three awards: Best-selling Canadian Female Singer, Best-selling Artist and Best-selling Pop Artist, after selling over 25 million albums in 1996. It was the second year in a row that Dion has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. [2] Dion performed the song during her 1996/1997 Falling Into You: Around the World tour.
In 2008, "Call the Man" was included on the European version of My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection.
Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus declared the song as a "huge sing-a-long anthem". [3] A reviewer from Music & Media viewed it as an "epic ballad". [4] British magazine Music Week rated it three out of five, describing it as " Streisand-esque warblings from Dion on this emotive Jim Steinman-produced ballad", and "not as memorable as Think Twice." [5] Bob Waliszewski of Plugged In wrote that "Call the Man", "which praises a nameless individual capable of calming the chaos and confusion in life with “love beyond repair,” could easily be interpreted as a song about Jesus." [6] Ealing Leader noted that Dion is "in sad, wistful mood for this potent ballad". [7] Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic described it as a "long and brooding epic [that] is full of theatrics and drama". [8]
The music video for "Call the Man" was directed by Greg Masuak in 1995 and already used for two other songs in edited versions: " Je sais pas" and " Next Plane Out".
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According to the liner notes of Falling Into You
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Date | Format |
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United Kingdom [19] | 9 June 1997 |
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"Call the Man" | ||||
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Single by Celine Dion | ||||
from the album Falling into You | ||||
Released | 9 June 1997 | |||
Studio | The Hit Factory | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 6:08 (album version) 4:22 (radio edit) | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | ||||
Celine Dion singles chronology | ||||
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Audio video | ||||
"Call the Man" on YouTube |
"Call the Man" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her fourth English-language album, Falling into You (1996). It was released as the fifth and last single outside of North America on 9 June 1997. "Call the Man" was written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield, who had already written Dion's 1995 smash hit " Think Twice". The song was produced by Jim Steinman, who had also worked on her previous pop single, " It's All Coming Back to Me Now".
The single was released during the second European leg of the Falling into You Tour and peaked at number 8 in Ireland and 11 in the United Kingdom, where it has sold over 80,000 copies. [1]
On 17 April 1997 Dion performed "Call the Man" with a 30-voice gospel choir during the World Music Awards ceremony. She was the big star of that evening, winning three awards: Best-selling Canadian Female Singer, Best-selling Artist and Best-selling Pop Artist, after selling over 25 million albums in 1996. It was the second year in a row that Dion has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. [2] Dion performed the song during her 1996/1997 Falling Into You: Around the World tour.
In 2008, "Call the Man" was included on the European version of My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection.
Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus declared the song as a "huge sing-a-long anthem". [3] A reviewer from Music & Media viewed it as an "epic ballad". [4] British magazine Music Week rated it three out of five, describing it as " Streisand-esque warblings from Dion on this emotive Jim Steinman-produced ballad", and "not as memorable as Think Twice." [5] Bob Waliszewski of Plugged In wrote that "Call the Man", "which praises a nameless individual capable of calming the chaos and confusion in life with “love beyond repair,” could easily be interpreted as a song about Jesus." [6] Ealing Leader noted that Dion is "in sad, wistful mood for this potent ballad". [7] Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic described it as a "long and brooding epic [that] is full of theatrics and drama". [8]
The music video for "Call the Man" was directed by Greg Masuak in 1995 and already used for two other songs in edited versions: " Je sais pas" and " Next Plane Out".
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According to the liner notes of Falling Into You
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Region | Date | Format |
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United Kingdom [19] | 9 June 1997 |
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