...Live in Memphis 1997

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...Live in Memphis 1997
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Released2 November 1998 (1998-11-02)
Recorded14–15 March 1997
Venue Mid-South Coliseum (Memphis, Tennessee)
Genre Pop
Length95:00
Label Columbia, Epic
Director Bud Schaetzle
Producer Martin Fischer, Rob Cowlyn
Celine Dion chronology
Live à Paris
(1996)
...Live in Memphis 1997
(1998)
Au cœur du stade
(1999)

...Live in Memphis 1997 is the fourth home video by Canadian singer Celine Dion. It was released on VHS on 2 November 1998. The concert was filmed live in March 1997 during the Falling into You: Around the World tour in Memphis, Tennessee. [1]

Contents

Background

Including previously unreleased live performances from her multi-platinum album Falling into You , this 17 song concert-length program also features a rare performance of "The Power of the Dream" written exclusively for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and The Isley Brothers song "Twist and Shout". Dion also performed "River Deep, Mountain High". Although the latter was shown on TV, it was not included on the home video.

...Live in Memphis 1997 was certified Platinum in Canada and Gold in France and the United Kingdom. [2] [3] [4]

Three songs from this concert: "Beauty and the Beast," "To Love You More" and "Because You Loved Me" were included on the All the Way... A Decade of Song & Video DVD in 2001.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Can Move Mountains" (intro instrumental) Diane Warren 1:02
2."The Power of Love"4:29
3."Seduces Me"3:47
4."All by Myself"4:35
5."If You Asked Me To" Diane Warren 2:50
6."Misled"
2:28
7."Beauty and the Beast" (duet with Terry Bradford)2:42
8."Declaration of Love"
  • Michael Jay
  • Claude Gaudette
4:23
9."Pour que tu m'aimes encore" Jean-Jacques Goldman 4:09
10."J'irai où tu iras" (duet with Marc Langis)Goldman3:23
11."It's All Coming Back to Me Now" Jim Steinman 4:54
12."To Love You More" (with Taro Hakase)
4:53
13."Le ballet"Goldman9:14
14."Love Can Move Mountains"Warren4:14
15."Call the Man"4:31
16."The Power of the Dream"4:27
17."Twist and Shout"1:22
18."Because You Loved Me"Warren5:08
19."Declaration of Love" (outro instrumental)
  • Jay
  • Gaudette
1:45

Charts

Chart (1998–1999)Peak
position
Australian Music DVD (ARIA) [5] 5
UK Music Videos (OCC) [6] 11

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [2] Platinum10,000^
France (SNEP) [3] Gold10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [4] Gold25,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Europe2 November 1998 Columbia VHS 2008472
Japan21 January 1999 Epic ESVU-165
AustraliaFebruary 1999200847 2
Canada15 June 19992008472
Asia1999Columbia2 Video CDs M2VCD200847
Europe30 November 2001

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