Jennifer Rush’s version peaked at #57 in 1984 meanwhile Celine Dion’s went to #1 in 1993.
It’s now known as a Celine song and Jennifer is forgotten.
Do you wonder if she’s bitter?
Was Jennifer Rush bitter that “The Power of Love” was more popular when Celine Dion sang it?
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| by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 11, 2025 1:46 AM |
Don't know if Jennifer is bitter, but her version is far better than Celine's.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 10, 2025 9:07 PM |
She has a songwriting credit for it so whatever bitterness she had probably subsided as the royalty checks came in.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 10, 2025 9:07 PM |
Well, she co-wrote it so probably not.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 10, 2025 9:07 PM |
We all know Celine sang the shit out of this song
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 10, 2025 9:24 PM |
I love Jennifer's original, but Laura Branigan's was better than both of those other versions. I really did not care for Celine's.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 10, 2025 9:28 PM |
Jennifer had the biggest selling single of the year in the UK in 1985 and the ninth best selling single of the decade. I doubt it's that forgotten.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 10, 2025 9:30 PM |
Agree with r5.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 10, 2025 9:40 PM |
R5 Brannigan's attempt to caterwaul her way through the climax is risible.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 10, 2025 9:44 PM |
Patti LaBelle’s version of “If You Asked Me To” was superior to Celine’s.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 10, 2025 9:46 PM |
I still want Celine to do White Rabbit
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 10, 2025 9:51 PM |
Nobody out sings Celine Dion
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 10, 2025 9:53 PM |
I never heard of this woman before, but apparently she was a co-writer of the song. And her recording went to number one in several European countries. So she’s probably not bitter.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 10, 2025 9:59 PM |
R11 She`s stiff competition in the lipsync battle by now.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 10, 2025 10:00 PM |
Anybody mention she cowrote the song?
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 10, 2025 10:19 PM |
I thought it was Céline's song. I had no idea it was a remake.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 10, 2025 10:22 PM |
Also agree with R5. Branigan had a vulnerability to her voice that makes her version more chilling and dramatic, without being overdone like Rush, or overly poised like Dion.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 10, 2025 10:24 PM |
Huey Lewis and Frankie Goes to Hollywood had songs called The Power of Love in the same time frame. I got confused.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 10, 2025 10:26 PM |
R17 I had one too, and it was better than any song Anita Baker ever put out.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 10, 2025 11:31 PM |
R9 I have heard Patti being catty about it.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 10, 2025 11:41 PM |
Celine's is so vanilla and generic.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 11, 2025 12:27 AM |
On the subject of Celine, is there any video more LOL cheesy than this?
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 11, 2025 1:29 AM |
R21 the thread isn’t about that song
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 11, 2025 1:33 AM |
Jennifer Rush's version is haunting to me for one reason and one reason only. I recently saw the Haneke film- The Seventh Continent-
I did not even know who Jennifer Rush was or that this song had been sung by anyone but Branigan and Celine..
It is played during QUITE a scene and it's just very creepy to me now.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 11, 2025 1:44 AM |
Jennifer Rush’s current face is horrifying. Her music video for the song makes her look like she’s having a fit.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 11, 2025 1:44 AM |
Scary^^
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 11, 2025 1:46 AM |