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| Single byDonna Summer | ||||
| from the albumPokémon: The Movie 2000 Soundtrack | ||||
| B-side | "The Legend Comes to Life from 'The Power of One' Score" byRalph Schuckett andJohn Loeffler | |||
| Released | July 11, 2000 | |||
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| Length | 3:50 (album version) | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
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| Producer | David Foster | |||
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"The Power of One" is a song by Americansinger-songwriterDonna Summer. It was composed byMervyn Warren and Mark Chait[1] and produced byDavid Foster. It served as thetheme song for the moviePokémon: The Movie 2000.Pokémon: The Movie 2000, subtitledThe Power of One, premiered in mid-1999 in Japan and was the second feature-length film based on the JapanesePokémon video game series. It was also heard in the trailers for all three of theKids' WB-released films.
The song was released on July 11, 2000 byAtlantic Records as the first single from thePokémon 2000soundtrack album. "The Power of One" was included as track one on the soundtrack and was released as two differentCD singles plus acassette single in the United States. A number of dance remixes byJonathan Peters and Tommy Musto were released on a CDmaxi-single on October 31, 2000 from the same label and also issued on a12-inch vinyl single. "The Power of One" became another dance success for Summer, peaking at number two on the USBillboardDance Club Songs chart on the week of December 23, 2000 and peaking at number thirteen on theDance Singles Sales chart on the week of November 18, 2000. There was no music video made for the song.
US CD and cassette single[2][3]
US maxi-CD single[4]
US 12-inch single[5]
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| USDance Club Songs (Billboard)[6] | 2 |
| USDance Singles Sales (Billboard)[7] | 13 |
Herman Cain, a formerRepublican candidate forPresident of the United States, quoted lines from the Donna Summer song multiple times throughouthis campaign. He first used them in his official campaign announcement, mis-attributing them to the closing song of the2000 Olympics. He made the same mistake at the Republican Leadership Conference inNew Orleans on June 17, 2011. During an August debate, Cain again quoted the lyrics, this time attributing them to a poet.[8] In a December interview withGQ, Cain acknowledged that the song came from a Pokémon film, but reiterated that he heard it during the close of the 2000 Olympics and stated that he had not previously known that it had originated in this film.[9] However, "The Power of One" was not played during the Olympics' closing ceremony.[10]
During Cain's announcement that he would be suspending his presidential campaign, he again quoted these lyrics, acknowledging that they came from aPokémon movie.[11]
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