- Calling You
Infobox Single
Name = Calling You
Caption = French 7-inch single cover
Artist =Jevetta Steele
from Album =
B-side = "Brenda, Brenda - The Magic Duet"
Released = 1987
Format =7" single
Recorded =
Genre =
Length = 05:22
Label = MK2
Writer = Bob Telson
Producer =
Certification =
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc = Infobox Single
Name = Calling You
Artist = Céline Dion
from Album =À l'Olympia
Released = Start date|1994|12|19
Format =CD single , 12" single
Recorded = Olympia,Paris
Genre = Pop
Length = 6:41 (album version)
4:04 (single version)
Label = Columbia, Epic
Writer = Bob Telson
Producer = Claude Lemay
Last single = "Only One Road "
(1994)
This single = "Calling You"
(1994)
Next single = "Pour que tu m'aimes encore "
(1995)"Calling You" is an
Academy Award nominated song from the "Bagdad Café " movie. Originally, it was recorded byJevetta Steele . Bob Telson who wrote the song also recorded his version. Both appeared on the movie soundtrack in 1987.Céline Dion version
. [cite book | author=Glatzer, Jenna| title=Céline Dion: For Keeps | publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing| year=2005 | id=ISBN 0-7407-5559-5]
Dion's version is a live recording from her concert in Olympia,
Paris .There was no music video made.
Céline Dion performed this song before. Live performance of "Calling You" can be found on Dion's home video from 1991, called "Unison". Another one was featured on the "Live à Paris" DVD (1996).
The song was included as B-side on Dion's next worldwide issued single "
Only One Road .""Calling You" peaked at number 75 in France.
Formats and track listings
French CD single
#"Calling You" (live) – 4:04
#"Le fils de Superman" (live) – 4:27Charts
Other covers
The song has also been covered by
Holly Cole on her 1991 album "Blame It on My Youth", Finn Martin and Muriel Laude on their 1991 album "Duo" album,Kate Ceberano in 1992,George Michael on the 1993 "Five Live" EP, andGiorgia on her 1993 live album "One More Go Round".Swedish producer
Christian Falk released a new version of this song withJevetta Steele 's vocals. The cover was released as a single from the album "Quel bordel" in 1999.Natalie Cole covered this song on her 2002 CD "Ask a Woman Who Knows". The song has also been covered byGwyneth Herbert and Will Rutter on the album "First Songs" (2003). AlsoBarbra Streisand included her version on "The Movie Album " in 2003.Jeff Buckley included "Calling You" on "Live at Sin-é" (2003).Etta James recorded the song on her latest album entitled "All the Way" released in 2006.Charlotte Church released her version of the song as the b-side to the 2006 single "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That) . "Cris Barber recorded a version of the song on her 2008 album "This Moment to Be Free".References
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