B-side "Cry Just a Little" | ||
Released 19 October 1992 (1992-10-19) Format CD single, cassette single, vinyl single Recorded Cove City Sound Studios Genre Pop
dance-pop
gospel
soul
R&B Length 4:53 (album version)
4:01 (radio edit)
4:04 (Daniel Abraham's 7" edit) | ||
"Love Can Move Mountains" is a song by Canadian recording artist Celine Dion from her 1992 self-titled second English-language studio album. Written by Diane Warren and produced by Ric Wake, it was released as a single in October 1992 as the fourth from the album. An up-tempo pop song drawing influence from gospel and dance music, its lyrics detail the abilities that love has as an emotion.
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The B-side included an unreleased track "Cry Just a Little", a cover of a song from E.G. Daily's 1989 album Lace Around the Wound. It's the second cover of Daily that Dion recorded as in 1987 she did a French adaptation of "Love in the Shadows" called "Délivre-moi".
"Love Can Move Mountains" was remixed for the clubs by Tommy Musto (Tommy Musto's 7" edit, club mix, underground vocal mix, underground instrumental, club dub, underground dub), Ric Wake and Richie Jones (Wake & Jones dub), and by Daniel Abraham (Daniel Abraham's 7" edit).
"Love Can Move Mountains" (club mix) won the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year and the original version was nominated for the Juno Award for Single of the Year.
The music video was made for the Daniel Abraham's 7" edit, by director Jeb Brian and released in November 1992. It appeared on Dion's DVD video collection All the Way… A Decade of Song & Video (2001).
The single was included also on Dion's greatest hits albums: All the Way… A Decade of Song in 1999 and My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection in 2008.
"Love Can Move Mountains" was a part of every one of Dion's tours, including the latest Sans attendre Tour. Dion performed this song also five nights a week during her show A New Day... at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Live versions of "Love Can Move Mountains" can be found on the 1994 À l'Olympia CD, the Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert DVD/CD, and the Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 DVD/CD. In 1998, Dion re-recorded "Love Can Move Mountains" with a gospel group God's Property, for the soundtrack of the popular CBS-TV drama Touched by an Angel. She also appeared as herself on one episode of the series, titled Psalm 151, and performed the song. In 2016, Dion performed this song during her Summer Tour 2016.
"Love Can Move Mountains" was a hit on the club charts in the U.S., reaching number 5 on the Hot Dance Club Play. The single hit number 2 in Canada and reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. It enjoyed a moderate success in the rest of the world.
Critical reception
Chicago Tribune editor Jan DeKnock wrote: "The album also features an effective journey into gospel ("Love Can Move Mountains.")" Also, it has been picked as a standout song along with "If You Asked Me To" and "Beauty and the Beast" by AllMusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine. AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis reviewed the single, giving a three out of five stars rating: "There are two remixed radio edits of "Love Can Move Mountains," one bouncy and the other sleek, and two housey club versions, similar to most dance music from the early '90s in that it seemed to possess a since-lost elegance and a since-lost innocence."