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Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)

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1997 song by Celine Dion
"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)"
Song byCeline Dion
from the albumLet's Talk About Love
Released14 November 1997 (1997-11-14)
Recorded1997
Studio
GenrePop
Length4:40
Label
Songwriter(s)Corey Hart
Producer(s)Corey Hart
Audio
"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" onYouTube

"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" is a song by Canadian singerCeline Dion from her fifteenth studio album,Let's Talk About Love (1997). It was written and produced by Canadian singer-songwriterCorey 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.

Background and release

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"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" and "Where Is the Love" were both written and produced byCorey 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" byRobert 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 theJuno Award for Producer of the Year in 1998.[3] In 1999, Hart was the opening act for Dion during herLet'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

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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

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Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

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

References

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  1. ^"Let's Talk About Love by Céline Dion".Apple Music. Retrieved5 June 2023.
  2. ^abcIngham, 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. Retrieved8 June 2023.
  4. ^"Corey Hart".The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved8 June 2023.
  5. ^"Corey Hart to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame at 2019 Junos".CBC.ca. 1 March 2019. Retrieved8 June 2023.
  6. ^ab"Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7022."RPM.Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  7. ^ab"Adult Contemporary - Volume 68, No. 12, December 14, 1998".RPM. 14 December 1998. Retrieved30 September 2014.
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