" The Prayer " is a popular song written by David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa and Tony Renis. It is best known as a duet between Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli and Canadian singer Celine Dion. From Quest for Camelot: Music from the Motion Picture , the second single from Dion's Christmas album This Are Special Times and the first from Bocelli's album Sogno and was released as a promotional single on March 1, 1999. The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000.
Video The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)
Histori
Initially "The Prayer" was recorded as two separate solo versions, Dion's in English and Bocelli in Italian. They appeared on the Quest for Camelot soundtrack in May 1998. The duo was included in the album by both artists, released a few months later at Sogno and This Time Special Time . Bocelli sang the original Italian song while Dion translated into English. The song won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the 1998 movie Quest for Camelot , the second consecutive victory for the song Celine Dion. In the film, Dion sings it as a solo with slightly different lyrics. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000. Dion did it with Bocelli in both ceremonies.
It was also featured in Dion's Collector's Series compilation, Volume One (2000) and the greatest hits My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection (2008). The re-recorded solo version by Celine Dion (renamed "A Mother's Prayer") appeared on her 2004 album Miracle. Dion performed "The Prayer" live during his Taking Chances tour as a virtual duet with Bocelli on screen; the show was released on the Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert CD/DVD. The song also appeared in the 2007 Bocelli compilation The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere . Dion joins Bocelli to perform the song at Concert Concert: One Night in Central Park in 2011; the show was later released on CD and DVD. Both Dion and Bocelli have been singing songs with other artists, and various other artists have recorded songs, either as duets or solos.
The original version of "The Prayer" failed to be mapped on the US Billboard Hot 100, but is very popular on adult contemporary charts in Canada and the United States, peaking at number 6 and number 22 respectively. It also became popular during Christmas, weddings and, in some cases, funerals and religious services.
Maps The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song)
Critical reception
Paul Verna from Billboard calls this song "a beautiful duet." Chuck Taylor of Billboard reviewed the "The Prayer," calling it "a remarkable, very fancy song, and a combination of a tour de force from Dion and Bocelli that will send half a dozen cold chills." Though he feels that the song is "an unusual song for radio," Taylor calls it "influential," "heartwarming," "really beautiful" and "one of Dion's most radiant shows ever."
Track list
1999 North America maxi promotional CD
- "The Prayer" (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli) - 4:29
- "The Prayer" (Celine Dion) - 2:48
- "The Prayer" (Andrea Bocelli) - 4:10
Personnel
- Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli - vocals
- David Foster - arranger, composer, keyboard, piano, producer
- William Ross - regulator, orchestral setting
- Humberto Gatica - engineer, mix
- Felipe Elgueta - engineer, programming
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Celine Dion and Josh Groban version
Celine Dion first performed "The Prayer" live with Josh Groban, in 1999, when then 17-year-old Groban filled in for Andrea Bocelli in training for the 1999 Grammy Awards. They both performed the song on his CBS TV special. That's Just the Woman in Me , aired on February 15, 2008. This version was released as a music download in the US and Canada two days earlier. This proved to be much more successful than the original, putting on Billboard Hot 100 at number 70, it also appeared on some other Billboard charts: Pop 100 at number 50, Hot Digital Songs on number 32 and Hot Digital Tracks at number 29. The single sold 37,531 copies in its first week. In Canada, the song peaked at number 37 on the Canadian Hot 100 and number 19 on the Canadian Top Digital Downloads.
Track list
2008 single digital Amerika Utara
- "The Prayer" (Celine Dion dan Josh Groban) (langsung) - 4:38
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Versi Anthony Callea
Callea first performed this song during Australian Idol 2004, in the week of 'contestants' choice. He received a standing ovation for this show and "Grand Royal Touchdown" from judge Mark Holden. He will be the runner-up in this series.
Upon completion of the event, Callea signed a contract with Sony BMG, and she released "The Prayer" as her debut single.
It was released in Australia on December 19, 2004 and debuted at number 1 on ARIA Charts. It stayed there for five weeks and was certified 4x platinum by ARIA. It became the fastest selling single by Australian artists, and is the second highest selling in Australia in the last decade overall, and for Australian artists. The song is included in Callea's debut album Anthony Callea .
Callea has performed "The Prayer" at various concerts as well as Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne. In 2006, she performed the song in front of Queen Elizabeth at the Commonwealth Day Service. He also did that as a duet with Tina Arena on Symphony of Life CD/DVD, which was released in 2012.
List of tracks
"The Prayer" was released as a two-track CD single
- Prayer (4.16)
- The Prayer (Sterling remix) (4:03)
Video
This video includes an excerpt from Callea who recorded the song and released it in 2004.
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Weekly chart
Year-end graph
Final decade chart
Certification
More famous versions
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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