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Was Jennifer Rush bitter that “The Power of Love” was more popular when Celine Dion sang it?

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?

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by Anonymousreply 37July 11, 2025 4:06 AM

Don't know if Jennifer is bitter, but her version is far better than Celine's.

by Anonymousreply 1July 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 Anonymousreply 2July 10, 2025 9:07 PM

Well, she co-wrote it so probably not.

by Anonymousreply 3July 10, 2025 9:07 PM

We all know Celine sang the shit out of this song

by Anonymousreply 4July 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 Anonymousreply 5July 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 Anonymousreply 6July 10, 2025 9:30 PM

Agree with r5.

by Anonymousreply 7July 10, 2025 9:40 PM

R5 Brannigan's attempt to caterwaul her way through the climax is risible.

by Anonymousreply 8July 10, 2025 9:44 PM

Patti LaBelle’s version of “If You Asked Me To” was superior to Celine’s.

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by Anonymousreply 9July 10, 2025 9:46 PM

I still want Celine to do White Rabbit

by Anonymousreply 10July 10, 2025 9:51 PM

Nobody out sings Celine Dion

by Anonymousreply 11July 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 Anonymousreply 12July 10, 2025 9:59 PM

R11 She`s stiff competition in the lipsync battle by now.

by Anonymousreply 13July 10, 2025 10:00 PM

Anybody mention she cowrote the song?

by Anonymousreply 14July 10, 2025 10:19 PM

I thought it was Céline's song. I had no idea it was a remake.

by Anonymousreply 15July 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 Anonymousreply 16July 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 Anonymousreply 17July 10, 2025 10:26 PM

R17 I had one too, and it was better than any song Anita Baker ever put out.

by Anonymousreply 18July 10, 2025 11:31 PM

R9 I have heard Patti being catty about it.

by Anonymousreply 19July 10, 2025 11:41 PM

Celine's is so vanilla and generic.

by Anonymousreply 20July 11, 2025 12:27 AM

On the subject of Celine, is there any video more LOL cheesy than this?

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by Anonymousreply 21July 11, 2025 1:29 AM

R21 the thread isn’t about that song

by Anonymousreply 22July 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 Anonymousreply 23July 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 Anonymousreply 24July 11, 2025 1:44 AM

Jennifer Rush now.

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by Anonymousreply 25July 11, 2025 1:45 AM

Scary^^

by Anonymousreply 26July 11, 2025 1:46 AM

r25 Yikes, what the fuck

by Anonymousreply 27July 11, 2025 2:27 AM

Does anyone know who wrote this song?

by Anonymousreply 28July 11, 2025 2:28 AM

Jennifer Rush wrote and sang the song.

by Anonymousreply 29July 11, 2025 2:31 AM

Rush's version went to #1 in many countries around the world but not the US. OP seems to think the Billboard 100 is the only chart that matters.

by Anonymousreply 30July 11, 2025 2:39 AM

It is to Americans

by Anonymousreply 31July 11, 2025 2:43 AM

[quote] Jennifer Rush wrote and sang the song.

She received credit, along with another woman, for writing the lyrics. The music was written and produced by others. She hardly wrote it.

by Anonymousreply 32July 11, 2025 3:22 AM

r32 We call that co-writing, dear.

by Anonymousreply 33July 11, 2025 3:24 AM

Blossom Dearie's version was the best.

by Anonymousreply 34July 11, 2025 3:25 AM

r34 Meh, you tried

by Anonymousreply 35July 11, 2025 3:26 AM

Fyvush Finkel's cover is locked deep in a vault until the 100th anniversary of his death.

by Anonymousreply 36July 11, 2025 4:03 AM

She didn’t even co-write the music.

by Anonymousreply 37July 11, 2025 4:06 AM
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