Song · Celine Dion
“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion
From the album Let’s Talk About Love (1997)
“My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2023 and 2025. It was first released in 1997 on the album Let’s Talk About Love. Its best result is #84 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #442 of the '90s.
Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" was written as the theme for Titanic in 1997, and it nearly stayed out of the film. James Horner had first worked the tune into the score as an instrumental theme, and James Cameron wanted no pop ballad in his movie until Horner's demo won him over. Will Jennings supplied the words, and the Canadian singer's take landed on both the soundtrack and her album Let's Talk About Love.
Walter Afanasieff produced the album and single version, with Tony Hinnigan on tin whistle and Paul Peabody on fiddle. It went to number one in more than 25 countries, outsold every other single in 1998, and won the Oscar for Best Original Song plus Grammys for Record and Song of the Year; in 2025 the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 556 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2025 | 84 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
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