"To Love You More" is a song by Canadian singer

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, written by

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and Edgar Bronfman Jr., writing under the pen-name Junior Miles. It was released as a single in Japan on 21 October 1995 and became a hit, reaching number one on the Oricon Singles Chart and selling 1.5 million copies. The lyrics are about a woman who makes an impassioned plea to her lover so that he does not leave her for another woman.

Background and release

The song was recorded for a popular Japanese TV drama series called '' Koibito yo'' (meaning ''My Dear Lover''), and was included on the 1995 Japanese reissue of Dion's album '' The Colour of My Love''. It later appeared on the Asian edition of ''

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'', on '' Live à Paris'', released in most territories outside of the U.S. ("To Love You More" was one of the radio singles promoting this album in Canada), and the U.S. edition of ''

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'', being released as the third (but promotional only) single from this album. The song was only released as a commercial physical single in Japan, initially as a

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in 1995 and as a maxi-single with remixes by

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in 1999. In 1995, Sony Music Entertainment Japan released a promotional video showing Dion performing the original studio version in the recording studio. In 1996,

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also released a promotional video showing a live performance from the

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, with

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on violin. "To Love You More" became one of the most performed songs by Dion during her live shows and was performed in the setlist of the ''

'', ''

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'', '' A New Day...'', the ''

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'', the '' 2018 tour'', and the final year of her

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residency show, '' Celine''. Dion also performed "To Love You More" during her BST Hyde Park concert in London on 5 July 2019 and her

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. Live versions of this song can be found on many of Dion's DVDs, including '' Live in Las Vegas - A New Day...''. The track also appeared on all editions of Dion's first English-language greatest hits album '' All the Way… A Decade of Song'' in 1999 and '' My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection'' in 2008. "To Love You More" won the International Single Grand Prix Award at the Japan Gold Disc Awards in Japan, as well as an ASCAP Pop Award and two BMI Pop Awards for Most Performed Song in the United States.

Commercial performance

The song became a smash hit in Japan, hitting number one for five weeks and selling 1,500,000 copies. Dion was the first international artist to reach number one on the Oricon Singles Chart since

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with the song " Flashdance... What a Feeling" in 1983. "To Love You More" remains the second best-selling song by an international artist and the best-selling single by an international female artist in Japan. It is also one of only three international songs that has sold more than 1 million copies. To date, Dion is the most recent North American artist to reach #1 on the chart and only the 4th overall. In July 2010, a

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of "To Love You More" was certified gold after selling 100,000 copies. "To Love You More" was also successful on the American radio, although the edited version played by most US radio stations omitted Kryzler & Company's violin bridge and omitted a sizeable chunk of the song's ending. It spent 8 weeks at number one on the

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and reached number 11 on the

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. In Canada, "To Love You More" peaked at number four on the Quebec Airplay Chart and number five on the Canadian Adult Contemporary.

Formats and track listings

1995 Japanese CD single #"To Love You More" – 5:32 #"To Love You More" (instrumental) – 5:24 1999 Japanese CD single (Dance Mixes) #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's crossover edit) – 4:53 #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's pop edit) – 5:53 #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's I'll be... waiting vocal mix) – 10:08 #"To Love You More" – 5:30 1995 Japanese promo CD single #"To Love You More" (radio edit) – 3:55 1998 US promo CD single #"To Love You More" (radio edit) – 4:39 #"To Love You More" (album version) – 5:28 1998 US promo CD and UK promo 12" single #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's pop edit) – 4:53 #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's crossover edit) – 4:53 #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's I'll be... waiting vocal) – 10:07 1998 US promo 12" single #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's I'll be... waiting vocal mix) – 10:10 #"To Love You More" (Tony Moran's dubbing you more mix) – 9:35

Personnel

– vocals *David Foster – arrangements, keyboards, music, producer *Taro Hakase (Kryzler & Kompany) – violin * Tsuneyoshi Saito (Kryzler & Kompany) – piano, synthesizer *Yoshinobu Takeshita (Kryzler & Kompany) – bass, computer programming *Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman and Vanéese Y. Thomas – background vocals *Felipe Elgueta – engineering, programming *Humberto Gatica – engineering, mixing *Vito Luprano – executive producer *Michael Thompson – guitar * Junior Miles – lyrics *Ross Hogarth – mixing *Simon Franglen – synclavier programming

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1995 singles 1995 songs 1990s ballads Celine Dion songs Japanese television drama theme songs Oricon Weekly number-one singles Pop ballads Song recordings produced by David Foster Songs written by David Foster Torch songs Sony Music Entertainment Japan singles 550 Music singles Epic Records singles