Call the Man

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"Call the Man"
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Single by Celine Dion
from the album Falling into You
Released9 June 1997 (1997-06-09)
StudioThe Hit Factory
GenrePop
Length
  • 6:08 (album version)
  • 4:15 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Celine Dion singles chronology
"All by Myself"
(1996) 		"Call the Man"
(1997) 		"J'attendais"
(1997)
Audio video
"Call the Man" on YouTube

"Call the Man" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her fourth English-language album, Falling into You (1996). It was released by Columbia and Epic Records, as the fifth and last single outside of North America on 9 June 1997. "Call the Man" was written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield, who had previously written Dion's 1995 smash hit "Think Twice". The song was produced by Jim Steinman, who had also worked on her previous pop single, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". Its music video was directed by Greg Masuak.

Background and release

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The single was released during the second European leg of the Falling into You: Around the World tour and peaked at number eight in Ireland and number 11 in the United Kingdom, where it has sold over 80,000 copies.[1]

On 17 April 1997 Dion performed "Call the Man" with a 30-voice gospel choir during the World Music Awards ceremony. She was the big star of that evening, winning three awards: Best-selling Canadian Female Singer, Best-selling Artist and Best-selling Pop Artist, after selling over 25 million albums in 1996. It was the second year in a row that Dion has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.[2] Dion performed the song during her 1996/1997 Falling into You: Around the World tour.

In 2008, "Call the Man" was included on the European version of My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection.

Critical reception

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Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus declared the song as a "huge sing-a-long anthem".[3] A reviewer from Music & Media named it an "epic ballad".[4] British magazine Music Week gave it a score of three out of five, describing it as "Streisand-esque warblings from Dion on this emotive Jim Steinman-produced ballad", and "not as memorable as 'Think Twice'."[5] Bob Waliszewski of Plugged In wrote that "Call the Man", "which praises a nameless individual capable of calming the chaos and confusion in life with “love beyond repair,” could easily be interpreted as a song about Jesus."[6] Ealing Leader noted that Dion is "in sad, wistful mood for this potent ballad".[7] Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic described it as a "long and brooding epic [that] is full of theatrics and drama".[8]

Music video

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The accompanying music video for "Call the Man" was directed by Greg Masuak in 1995 and already used for two other songs in edited versions: "Je sais pas" and "Next Plane Out".

Formats and track listings

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Personnel

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According to the liner notes of Falling Into You

  • Celine Dion – Lead Vocals
  • Jeff Bova – Keyboards and drum programming
  • Ottmar Liebert – Acoustic guitar and solo
  • Shelton Becton – Backing Vocals
  • Sharon Bryant-Gallwey – Backing Vocals
  • Angela Clemmons-Patrick – Backing Vocals
  • Curtis King – Backing Vocals

Charts

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Release history

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Region Date Format
United Kingdom[19] 9 June 1997
  • CD
  • cassette

References

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