Calling You

"Calling You" is a song from the 1987 movie, Bagdad Café. It was originally recorded by Jevetta Steele. Bob Telson, the songwriter, also recorded his version. Both versions appeared on the movie soundtrack. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 61st Academy Awards.

Jevetta Steele version

Formats and track listing

Single (Europe)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calling You (Jevetta Steele)"	5:20
2.	"Calling You (Bob Telson)"	5:18

Single (France)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calling You (Jevetta Steele)"	5:21
2.	"Brenda, Brenda (Jearlyn Steele-Battle, Tommy Joe White, Marianne Sägebrecht)"	6:22

Single (UK)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calling You (Jevetta Steele)"	3:36
2.	"Zweifach (Deininger Blasmusik)"	2:31

Maxi single (Europe)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calling You (Jevetta Steele)"	3:36
2.	"Zweifach (Deininger Blasmusik)"	2:31
3.	"Calling You (Bob Telson)"	5:18

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[1]	8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[2]	9

Celine Dion version

"Calling You"

Single by Celine Dion

from the album À l'Olympia

Released

19 December 1994

Format

CD
vinyl

Recorded

September 1994
Olympia
Paris

Genre

Pop

Length

4:04

Claude Lemay

Celine Dion singles chronology

"Only One Road"
(1994)

"Calling You"
(1994)

"Pour que tu m'aimes encore"
(1995)

Celine Dion covered "Calling You" many times during her live performances between 1990 and 1996. The 1994 performance recorded in Olympia, Paris was included on À l'Olympia live album and released as the first and only single in December 1994.

Dion performed "Calling You" during her concert tours in the first half of the 1990s: Unison Tour, Celine Dion in Concert, The Colour of My Love Tour and D'eux Tour. She also sang it live on few television shows over the years.

The 1991 performance in the Winter Garden Theatre was released on the Unison home video, the 1994 performance in the Olympia, Paris was featured on À l'Olympia live album and the 1995 performance in Zénith de Paris was included on the Live à Paris DVD. "Calling You" taken from À l'Olympia was also featured as B-side on Dion's 1995 singles, "Only One Road" and "Pour que tu m'aimes encore."

The "Calling You" single was released in France on 19 December 1994. It peaked on the French Top 100 Singles Chart in the last week of 1994, reaching number seventy-five. "Calling You" left the chart after five weeks. Jose F. Promis from AllMusic called Dion's version of "Calling You" unique and praised her voice calling it a "technical marvel."

In 2006, Dion's version of "Calling You" was the musical accompaniment to an Emmy Award-winning routine by choreographer Mia Michaels for the dance competition reality show So You Think You Can Dance.

Formats and track listing

Single (France)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Calling You (Live)"	4:04
2.	"Le fils de Superman" (Live)"	4:28

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
France (SNEP)^[3]	75

Other cover versions

The song has also been covered by Paul Young on his 1990 album Other Voices, Madeline Eastman on her 1990 album Point of Departure, Holly Cole Trio on their 1991 album Blame It on My Youth, Finn Martin and Muriel Laude on their 1991 Duo album, Des'ree covered it as a b-side to her 1992 single "Why Should I Love You?", Kate Ceberano in 1992, Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø on her 1993 album Gift of Love, Holly Cole on her 1996 live album It Happened One Night and on 2004 retrospective album Holly Cole Collection Vol.1, George Michael on the 1993 Five Live EP, and Giorgia on her 1993 album One More Go Round. George Benson on the 1993 Love Remembers album. In her album Aquele Frevo Axé, Brazilian singer Gal Costa also recorded this song. Paloma San Basilio recorded this song as a duet with her daughter as part of her album Perlas in 1999. Patti Austin covered this song on her 1999 CD album Street of Dreams. Swedish producer Christian Falk released a new version of this song with Jevetta Steele's vocals. The cover was released as a single from the album Quel bordel in 1999.

Natalie Cole covered this song on her 2002 CD Ask a Woman Who Knows. The song has also been covered by Gwyneth Herbert and Will Rutter on the album First Songs (2003). Also Barbra Streisand included her version on The Movie Album in 2003. Jeff Buckley's 1993 cover was released in 2003 on Live at Sin-é. A studio version by Buckley, also from 1993, was released on his 2016 album You and I. Lara Fabian included her cover version on En Toute Intimité CD and DVD in 2003. The song was also recorded by Edyta Górniak and included on the Polish re-edition of her album Invisible in 2003. Juliette Schoppmann released a version in 2003 on her Unique album and as a single. The 2003 self-titled debut album by UK band Ikon included a version recorded with singer Kirsty Hawkshaw. Etta James recorded the song on her 2006 album entitled All the Way. Charlotte Church released her version of the song as the B-side to her 2006 single "Moodswings (to Come at Me like That)." Luiza Possi recorded the song on her 2007 album A Vida é Mesmo Agora - Ao Vivo. Cris Barber recorded a version of the song on her 2008 album This Moment to Be Free. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's version was recorded in 2004 and released on her 2009 CD Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson at Ravinia. Aoi Teshima also recorded a version on her album The Rose - I Love Cinemas (2008). Anne Sofie von Otter recorded the song on her 2010 album Love Songs. The Fragile band included their version of the song on their 2010 album Next Level. Cover by Pedro Aznar was registered for his 2010 album A solas con el mundo. Trio Désolé featuring Lorraine Caron recorded the song in 2013 and released it on their album Sweet Surrender.

References

↑ "Lescharts.com – Jevetta Steele – Calling You" (in French). Les classement single.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Jevetta Steele – Calling You". Singles Top 100.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Celine Dion – Calling You" (in French). Les classement single.

Celine Dion

Studio albums

French	La voix du bon Dieu Céline Dion chante Noël Tellement j'ai d'amour... Les chemins de ma maison Chants et contes de Noël Mélanie C'est pour toi Incognito Dion chante Plamondon D'eux S'il suffisait d'aimer 1 fille & 4 types D'elles Sans attendre Encore un soir

English	Unison Celine Dion The Colour of My Love Falling into You Let's Talk About Love These Are Special Times A New Day Has Come One Heart Miracle Taking Chances Loved Me Back to Life

Live albums

Compilations

French	Du soleil au cœur Les plus grands succès de Céline Dion Les oiseaux du bonheur Les chansons en or The Best of Celine Dion Les premières années Gold Vol. 1 Gold Vol. 2 C'est pour vivre The Collection 1982–1988 The Early Singles On ne change pas

English	All the Way... A Decade of Song The Collector's Series, Volume One Let's Talk About Love / Falling into You / A New Day Has Come Complete Best Ultimate Box My Love: Essential Collection The Best of Celine Dion & David Foster

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Celine Dion English singles

Unison	"(If There Was) Any Other Way" "Unison" "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" "The Last to Know" "Have a Heart"

Celine Dion	"Beauty and the Beast" "If You Asked Me To" "Nothing Broken but My Heart" "Love Can Move Mountains" "Water from the Moon" "Did You Give Enough Love"

The Colour of My Love	"When I Fall in Love" "The Power of Love" "Misled" "Think Twice" "Only One Road" "Next Plane Out" "To Love You More"

À l'Olympia	"Calling You"

Falling into You	"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "Falling into You" "Because You Loved Me" "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" "The Power of the Dream" "All by Myself" "Call the Man"

Let's Talk About Love	"Tell Him" "Be the Man" "The Reason" "My Heart Will Go On" "To Love You More" "Immortality" "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" "Treat Her Like a Lady"

These Are Special Times	"I'm Your Angel" "The Prayer"

All the Way… A Decade of Song	"That's the Way It Is" "Live (for the One I Love)" "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "I Want You to Need Me"

A New Day Has Come	"A New Day Has Come" "I'm Alive" "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" "At Last"

One Heart	"I Drove All Night" "Have You Ever Been in Love" "One Heart" "Stand by Your Side" "Faith"

A New Day... Live in Las Vegas	"You and I"

Miracle	"Beautiful Boy" "In Some Small Way"

Taking Chances	"Taking Chances" "Eyes on Me" "A World to Believe In" "Alone"

My Love: Essential Collection	"My Love"

Loved Me Back to Life	"Loved Me Back to Life" "Breakaway" "Incredible" "Water and a Flame"

Other singles	"Listen to the Magic Man" "Michael's Song" "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You" "Voices That Care" "Love Lights the World" "Send Me a Lover" "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" "You've Got a Friend" "God Bless America" "What More Can I Give" "You Shook Me All Night Long" "Come Together Now" "Sing" "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" "The Show Must Go On" "Recovering"

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