tony bennett wrote the song because you loved me.
who wrote the song because you loved me?
tony bennett
on 29 august 2013, "billboard" exclusively announced that the new album, "loved me back to life" will be issued in north america on 5 november 2013 and that the lead single, "loved me back to life" will be released on 3 september 2013. "billboard" wrote that the album will be dion's "edgiest record to date -- just not in the ways you might think". for example, "water and a flame", originally recorded by daniel merriweather and adele, finds dion utilizing the lower, grainier register of her voice. "even more unexpected" is the lead single, "loved me back to life", the album's title track penned by sia furler and produced by sham and motesart. sung in a minor key, the song is "a different kind of power ballad for dion, backed by a chorus that features a beat drop that could almost be described as dubstep". the new album also features a pair of tracks written by ne-yo, including the duet "incredible", which sounds "so massive the olympic committee should start bookmarking it for the 2014 winter games". there's also collaborations with babyface, tricky stewart, and swedish trio play production, the latter of whom produced the beat-driven "somebody loves somebody", penned by audra mae (who also wrote songs for avicii's album "true"). "loved me back to life" also features two covers from dion's las vegas show "celine" – janis ian's "at seventeen", and a "reverent" take on "overjoyed", which doubles as a duet with stevie wonder himself. however, the deluxe edition includes two more songs which dion performs in las vegas, "how do you keep the music playing?" and "lullaby (goodnight, my angel)", plus four collector postcards. "loved me back to life" also features "unfinished songs" written by diane warren for the british-german film "song for marion". the album was also released on a vinyl lp and includes "save your soul" with rap interlude by malcolm david kelley from mkto. this two disc 180 gram vinyl includes an eight-page booklet featuring exclusive photos and imagery, and also a cd of the full album. "open arms", which is included on the japanese edition only, was produced by fraser t smith, who also co-wrote and produced "set fire to the rain" by adele. the album also contains "breakaway" written by audra mae, johan fransson, tim larsson, and tobias lundgre, and previously recorded by german singer ivy quainoo for her 2012 album "ivy". on 29 october 2013, "billboard" published another article stating that "always be your girl" was the first original song found for the album. it was written by dana parish and andrew hollander after watching dion's 2011 documentary, "3 boys and a new show" on own. dion claims to hold a special connection to the song as she thinks of her sons when she hears the lyrics.
loved me back to life
"when she loved me" has garnered critical acclaim. the "los angeles times" film critic michael mallory wrote that "only the stoniest of viewers will remain unaffected by [this] show-stopping moment". mallory concluded, "there are oscar winners out there who would be hard-challenged to match the performance in that scene". agreeing that the song is a "showstopping moment", "the guardian" film critic peter bradshaw deemed the ballad "a tear-jerker to be classed with the imprisonment of dumbo's mom" in disney's "dumbo" (1941). mark caro, writing for the "chicago tribune", warned audiences that they "may embarrass [themselves] choking back tears over the plight of a computer-animated piece of plastic" upon hearing "when she loved me". barbara vancheri of the "pittsburgh post-gazette" called the song irresistible, while film critic roger ebert described the track as "winsome". a critic for "the guardian" described the film's use of "when she loved me" as "a fabulous moment". glen chapman of den of geek described "when she loved me" as "rather beautiful". a writer for the "nashville scene" deemed the scene the film's "most affecting moment". while steve persall of the "st. petersburg times" crowned it "one of randy newman's finest love songs", ascap considers "when she loved me" to be among newman's most "outstanding" film contributions. p. nelson reinsch of "popmatters" wrote that the scene "starts out saccharine but becomes truly beautiful in its kitschy truth regarding the inexorable passage of childhood." in a retrospective analysis of newman's music, "paste"'s tim grierson believes that, despite sounding "seeming[ly] mawkish", the elements of "piercing emotion" that the musician continues to incorporate into his film scores has prevented "when she loved me" from "drift[ing] into pure sap." jim lane of "news review" called the singer's performance "sublime", in addition to deeming the track "the most heartbreaking song ever composed for a motion picture." reviewing the film's special edition re-release in 2006, ign's todd gilchrist wrote that he struggles to identify "other moments in movie history that evoke the same kind of involuntary but completely deserved tears as" "when she loved me", continuing that the song's "bittersweet combination of ebullient love and palpable loneliness makes me sad just thinking about it." the critic also appreciated disney's decision to have mclachlan record it over newman.
when she loved me