Official Video for “I Drove All Night (Taking Chances World Tour: The Concert)” by Céline Dion. Concert was recorded at the TD Garden in Boston on 12 and 13 August 2008, and at the Bell Centre in Montreal on 31 August and 1 September 2008.
“I Drove All Night” – Single by Celine Dion from the album One Heart
A-side “One Heart” (UK)
Released January 21, 2003
Label Columbia/Epic
Songwriters Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
Producers Peer Åström, Vito Luprano
Charted No.45 in US, NO.27 in UK, No.1 in Sweden, No.1 in Quebec, No.14 in Italy, No.1 in Canada, No.1 in Belgium, No.22 in France, No.2 in Romania, No.22 in Germany.
“I Drove All Night” is a song written and composed by American songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly and originally intended for Roy Orbison. Orbison recorded the song in 1987, the year before his death, but his version was not released until 1991. Before that, Cyndi Lauper recorded the song and released it as a single for her A Night to Remember album. Her version became a top 10 hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1989 and was also her final top 40 hit on the American pop charts. Lauper still regularly performs the song in her live concerts.
“I Drove All Night” was recorded by Celine Dion for her eighth English-language studio album, One Heart (2003), and released as the lead single on January 21, 2003. The song was featured in a promotional ad for Chrysler. The “I Drove All Night” music video was directed by Peter Arnell and released in February 2003. It was included on the United Kingdom enhanced double A-side single “One Heart/I Drove All Night”. The song was commercially successful, reaching number 1 for five weeks in Canada, while also topping the charts in Belgium (Flanders) and Sweden.
In 2003, Chrysler signed Dion to a $14 million deal to endorse their cars. They were looking for a song to use in the campaign and release as a single. Billy Steinberg knew Dion and had written “Falling into You”, which was the title track of her 1996 album. He sent a copy of Roy Orbison’s version of “I Drove All Night” to her record company, who loved it and had Dion record it with Swedish producer Peer Åström. She used the song in her Las Vegas show and it became the centerpiece of the Chrysler campaign.
The commercials were great exposure for the song and helped sell many albums, but they did not sell enough cars. Chrysler pulled out of the deal after many of their dealers complained and it became clear the ads were not working. Dion was allowed to keep her $ 14 million fee.
In Dion’s version, “I Drove All Night” is dance-pop. It was also considered “a little bit dance-club, a little bit rock and roll.” In the second verse, Dion duplicates a line as it is heard in Orbison’s original recording. Instead of singing, “no matter where I go I hear the beating of our heart,” Dion sings, “our one heart,” which is where the title of the album the song is featured on gets its name.[50] Like the original, the chorus is sung again twice, which ends the single.
