Immortality

"Immortality" is a single from Céline Dion's album Let's Talk About Love. It was released on June 8, 1998 outside the United States. The Bee Gees can be heard on the background vocals, and are credited as special guests on/for the recording.[1]

"Immortality" was composed especially for Céline Dion by brothers Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, and Maurice Gibb, the members of the Bee Gees, and was produced by Walter Afanasieff. A demo version of the song featuring just the brothers can be found on subsequent greatest hits albums of the Bee Gees.

There are two music videos. The first one, directed by Scott Floyd Lochmus, shows Céline Dion and the Bee Gees in the recording studio in 1997. It was included as a bonus on the Au cœur du stade DVD. The second one was directed by Randee St. Nicholas and released at the end of July 1998. This more elaborate video deals with themes of love, loss and reincarnation, with a cameo from the Bee Gees themselves.

The song was a commercial success reaching number 2 in Austria and Germany, number 4 in Europe, number 5 in the United Kingdom, and number 8 in Switzerland. In Brazil, the Cuca mixes became very popular. However, the track was never released as a single in the United States. Sony Music Entertainment decided to release "To Love You More" there (in the USA) instead.

"Immortality" was certified platinum in Germany (for over 500,000 copies sold),[2]  gold in Sweden (15,000),[3]  and silver in France (125,000)[4]  and the UK (200,000).[5]

The live version of this song was included on the One Night Only CD and DVD by the Bee Gees, released on November 3, 1998. Céline Dion also performed this song during her Let's Talk About Love Tour. The song was performed also on British TV programme Top of the Pops on July 1998.

"Immortality" became a part of non-American versions of Dion's later greatest hits: All the Way… A Decade of Song and My Love: Essential Collection.

In 2001, Donny Osmond covered "Immortality" for his 2001 album This Is the Moment.



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[hide]  *1 Critical reception  ==Critical reception<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Entertainment Weekly editor David Browne called this song 'banal' and said that it is "flimsy concoction that droops under the weight of its arrangement." <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]  The New York Observer editor Jonathan Bernstein called this collaboration "dispirting".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7] ==Formats and track listings<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">European CD single
 * 2 Formats and track listings
 * 3 Official versions
 * 4 Charts and certifications
 * 4.1 Charts
 * 4.2 All-time chart
 * 4.3 Certifications
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Japanese CD single
 * 1) "Immortality" – 4:11
 * 2) "My Heart Will Go On" – 4:40

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">UK cassette single
 * 1) "Immortality" – 4:11
 * 2) "Where Is the Love" – 4:55

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Australian CD maxi single
 * 1) "Immortality" – 4:11
 * 2) "My Heart Will Go On" (Soul Solution mix) – 4:18

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">European CD maxi single
 * 1) "Immortality" – 4:11
 * 2) "To Love You More" – 5:28
 * 3) "My Heart Will Go On" (Richie Jones mix) – 4:15
 * 4) "My Heart Will Go On" (Tony Moran mix) – 4:21

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">UK CD maxi single
 * 1) "Immortality" 4:11
 * 2) "My Heart Will Go On" – 4:40
 * 3) "My Heart Will Go On" (Tony Moran's anthem vocal) – 9:11
 * 4) "My Heart Will Go On" (Soul Solution parcappella) – 4:16

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">UK CD maxi single #2
 * 1) "Immortality" – 4:11
 * 2) "To Love You More" – 5:28
 * 3) "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" – 3:40

==Official versions<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Charts and certifications<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 1) "Immortality" – 4:11
 * 2) "My Heart Will Go On" (Tony Moran mix) – 4:21
 * 3) "My Heart Will Go On" (Richie Jones mix) – 4:15
 * 1) "Immortality" (Cuca cool dj mix) – 4:27
 * 2) "Immortality" (Cuca cool remix) – 4:26
 * 3) "Immortality" (Cuca pop remix) – 4:27
 * 4) "Immortality" (Cuca club remix) – 7:06
 * 5) "Immortality" (Cuca cool mix) – 6:13
 * 6) "Immortality" (album version) – 4:11