Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)

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"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)"
Song by Celine Dion
from the album Let's Talk About Love
Released14 November 1997 (1997-11-14)
Recorded1997
Studio
Genre Pop
Length4:40
Label
Songwriter Corey Hart
Producer Corey Hart
Audio
"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" on YouTube

"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her fifteenth studio album, Let's Talk About Love (1997). It was written and produced by Canadian singer-songwriter Corey Hart. Despite not being released as a single, "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" became popular on the Adult Contemporary radio in Canada, reaching number 17 on the AC chart in November 1998.

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Background and release

"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" and "Where Is the Love" were both written and produced by Corey Hart for Dion's 1997 album, Let's Talk About Love . [1] The "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" title is also the closing phrase of the 1923 poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost. [2] In the given phrase the term "sleep" denotes death. Hence, the poem's phrase "miles to go before I sleep" means that the there is a lot to achieve in life before death. [2] However Hart's lyrics are applied methaporically to love: "every breath I take for love, I could never be wrong, the journey is long, with miles to go before I sleep". [2]

Thanks to "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" and "Where Is the Love", Hart was nominated for the Juno Award for Producer of the Year in 1998. [3] In 1999, Hart was the opening act for Dion during her Let's Talk About Love World Tour in North America. [4] He also wrote "Prayer" for Dion's 2002 album, A New Day Has Come . [5]

Commercial performance

Despite not being officially released as a single, "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" entered the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart on 28 September 1998, and peaked at number 17 in November 1998. [6] It also reached number 81 on the 1998 Year-end Adult Contemporary chart. [7]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [6] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) [7] 81

References

  1. ↑ "Let's Talk About Love by Céline Dion". Apple Music . Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Ingham, Michael (2022). The Intertextuality and Intermediality of the Anglophone Popular Song. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN   978-1-5275-8568-3.
  3. ↑ "Corey Hart - The Juno Awards". Juno Awards . Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Corey Hart". The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Corey Hart to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame at 2019 Junos". CBC.ca. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7022." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Adult Contemporary - Volume 68, No. 12, December 14, 1998". RPM. 14 December 1998. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
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