"Till I Loved You" is a song from the never-staged musical '' Goya: A Life in Song'', based on the life of the Spanish artist

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. It was written by American composer

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. The original was sung by Spanish opera singer

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and American singer

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. It was subsequently released as a single by Domingo with another collaborator to the album,

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. The song reached number 24 on the UK Charts in 1989, and was featured on the

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of the musical. The version with Jennifer Rush was praised by the pan-European magazine ''

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'' as a "lush, old-fashioned duet that sounds like

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". It was covered (although released before the concept album) as a duet by

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and

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, and appeared on Streisand's

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-selling 1988 album of the same name, and later on her 2002 compilation, '' Duets.'' As a single, it reached number 16 in the United Kingdom, number 25 in the United States and number 22 on the Spain Top 40 Radio chart. It also reached number 3 on ''Billboard'''s Adult Contemporary survey. Domingo also recorded a Spanish-language single of the song with

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titled "Hasta amarte" and a Portuguese version, "Apaixonou", with

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. "Hasta amarte" peaked at number 8 on ''Billboard's'' Hot Latin Songs chart.

Track listings

Barbra Streisand and Don Johnson version

* 7-inch single (United States, Australia, Canada, Europe and United Kingdom) / Cassette single (United States) / 3-inch CD single (United States) # "Till I Loved You" (The Love Theme from ''Goya'') – 4:48 # "Two People" (Theme From Motion Picture ''Nuts'') – 3:37 * 7-inch extended play (United Kingdom) # "Till I Loved You" (The Love Theme from ''Goya'') – 4:48 # "Two People" (Theme From Motion Picture ''Nuts'') – 3:37 # "

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" (Duet with

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) – 3:14 # "

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" (Duet with

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) – 4:04 * 12-inch maxi-single (Europe and United Kingdom) # "Till I Loved You" (The Love Theme from ''Goya'') – 4:48 # " Guilty (Duet with

) – 4:50 # "Two People" (Theme From Motion Picture ''Nuts'') – 3:37 * CD maxi-single (United Kingdom) # "Till I Loved You" (The Love Theme from ''Goya'') – 4:48 # " Guilty (Duet with

) – 4:50 # " Left in the Dark" – 7:04 # "Two People" (Theme From Motion Picture ''Nuts'') – 3:37

Placido Domingo and Jennifer Rush version

* 7-inch single (Australia, Europe and United Kingdom) / Cassette single (Australia and United Kingdom) # "Till I Loved You" – 4:20 # "Overture / Espana" – 4:22 * 12-inch maxi-single (Europe) / 3-inch CD maxi-single (Europe) # "Till I Loved You" – 4:20 # "The Astounding Romantic Adventures Of Goya / In The Middle Of The 18th Century" – 5:34 * 12-inch maxi-single (United Kingdom) / CD maxi-single (United Kingdom) # "Till I Loved You" – 4:20 # "Overture / Espana" – 4:22 # "Viva Espana" (Dance Mix) – 5:45

Charts

References

1988 songs 1988 singles 1989 singles Barbra Streisand songs Plácido Domingo songs Jennifer Rush songs Gloria Estefan songs {{1980s-single-stub