Let's Talk About Love regroupe 15 grands titres sur lesquels Céline allie sa puissance vocale à celles des plus grandes stars de la musique. Enregistré entre Londres, New York et Los Angeles, cet album met en scène des invités prestigieux, dont les plus grandes voix de la musique ainsi que les meilleurs compositeurs et producteurs du show-business, parmi lesquels plusieurs sont des idoles de Céline et René.
Le premier single, Tell Him, offre un duo de rêve avec Barbra Streisand, une idole de toujours et une grande influence musicale pour Céline. The Reason, chanson écrite par Carole King spécifiquement pour Céline, est réalisée par une véritable légende du monde de la musique, celui que l’on surnomme le cinquième Beatles, Sir George Martin. On y retrouve également Immortality, que Céline a l’honneur d’interpréter avec ses auteurs et interprètes originaux, les illustres Bee Gees, ainsi que I Hate You Then I Love You, duo où elle chante en compagnie du très grand et mémorable Luciano Pavarotti. Dans un autre registre, Céline prend d’assaut les pistes de danse avec Treat Her Like A Lady, chanson écrite par Diana King et produite par Ric Wake.
C’est toutefois en décembre 1997, à la sortie du film à grand succès Titanic de James Cameron, que le deuxième single de l’album, « My Heart Will Go On », sera propulsé vers les plus grands sommets. La chanson se verra décerner l’Oscar pour la meilleure chanson originale (Best Original Song) ainsi que deux Grammys pour la chanson et l’enregistrement de l’année (Record of The Year et Song of The Year). Durant la dernière semaine du mois de janvier 1998, My Heart Will Go On établira un nouveau record d’auditoire aux États-Unis avec plus de 105 millions d’auditeurs à la radio ! Avec Let’s Talk About Love, Céline réussit à surpasser la notoriété et les ventes de son album précédent, ce qui fait d’elle la chanteuse la plus populaire de la planète.
I figured it out
I was high and low and everything in between
I was wicked and wild, baby, you know what I mean
Till there was you, yeah, you
Something went wrong
I made a deal with the devil for an empty I.O.U.
Been to hell and back, but an angel was looking through
It was you, yeah, you
It's all because of you
You are the reason
You are the reason I wake up every day
And sleep through the night
You are the reason, the reason
In the middle of the night
I'm going down 'cause I adore you
I want to floor you
I'm giving it up
No more running around spinning my wheel
You came out of my dream and made it real
I know what I feel
It's you
It's all because of you
You are the reason
You are the reason I wake up every day
And sleep through the night
You are the reason, the reason
In the middle of the night
I'm going down 'cause I want you
I want to touch you
I want to floor you
You are the reason, baby
You are the reason
You are the reason I wake up every day
And sleep through the night
You are the reason, the reason
(Carole King / Mark Hudson / Greg Wells)
So this is who I am,
And this is all I know,
And I must choose to live,
For all that I can give,
The spark that makes the power grow
And I will stand for my dream if I can,
Symbol of my faith in who I am,
But you are my only,
And I must follow on the road that lies ahead,
And I won’t let my heart control my head,
But you are my only
And we don’t say goodbye,
And I know what I’ve got to be
Immortality
I make my journey through eternity
I keep the memory of you and me inside
Fulfill your destiny,
Is there within the child,
My storm will never end,
My fate is on the wind,
The king of hearts, the joker’s wild,
But we don’t say goodbye,
I’ll make them all remember me
Cos I have found a dream that must come true,
Every ounce of me must see it though,
But you are my only
I’m sorry I don’t have a role for love to play,
Hand over my heart I’ll find my way,
I will make them give to me
Immortality
There is a vision and a fire in me
I keep the memory of you and me, inside
And we don’t say goodbye
We don’t say goodbye
With all my love for you
And what else we may do
We don’t say, goodbye
(Barry Gibb / Robin Gibb / Maurice Gibb)
All the girl could want was a little attention
From a man who’s strong and not to mention
Kiss and caressing her all night long
But all that boy wants is to hit and run off
He and his friends-they sit and they laugh
Going around talking ’bout the girls they used in the past
You’re gonna get what’s coming to you
For all the bad bad things you do to your
Lady, treat her like a lady
U’ll make a good girl crazy
If you don’t treat her like a lady. (2x)
She stopped going to church, she don’t wanna go to school
She left with anger when he took her for a fool
Even though her friends tell her to just keep cool
Didn’t tell her from the start just what he had planned
Right in her face with another woman
Now she’s in jail for attacking her man
You’re gonna get what’s coming to you
For all the bad bad things you do to your
Lady, treat her like a lady
U’ll make a good girl crazy
If you don’t treat her like a lady. (2x)
Tell it to her straight, she can take the truth
Don’t lead her on and leave her confused
Anyone would rather be alone than be used
Don’t sit and think you’ll hurt her feelings
She only wants to know just what the deal is
Next time beware of who’s heart your breaking (or stealing)
(Diana King / Andy Marvel / Billy Mann / Celine Dion)
Don't you know that you're my reason
For my love, my life, my being
So secure and so damn sure my
Heart would surely die without you
I tried to swallow my pride
But I felt my heart start to tremble inside
Wish I didn't know cause I can't let you go
Tell me
Why
Why when I looked in your eyes
I felt my heart start to cry
My oh my
When I saw you with the other girl
Ooh why,
Why did you have to lie
‘Cause I felt the trust start to die
Why oh why
When I still love you
It's so hard to say goodbye
How can you tell me it was nothing
‘Cause you took away everything I dreamed in
Just a night and I held you tight
When you know you were sleeping in my bed
I tried to swallow my pride
But I felt my heart start to tremble inside
Wish I didn't know cause I can't let you go
Tell me
Why
Why when I looked in your eyes
I felt my heart start to cry
My oh my
When I saw you with the other girl
Ooh why,
Why did you have to lie
‘Cause I felt the trust start to die
Why oh why
When I still love you
It's so hard to say goodbye
Solo:
Should I quietly leave through the door
Or maybe pretend the way things were once before
When I met you
I'll never forget you, so
Why
Why when I looked in your eyes
I felt my heart start to cry
My oh my
When I saw you with the other girl
Ooh why,
Why did you have to lie
Cause I felt the trust start to die
Why oh why
When I still love you
It's so hard to say goodbye
(Marti Sharron / Danny Sembello)
Waking up alone
In a room that still reminds me
My heart has got to learn to forget
Starting on my own
With every breath I'm getting
stronger
This is not the time for regret
‘Cause I don't need to hang on to
heartbreak
When there's so much of life left to live
Love is on the way
On wings of angels
I know it's true, I feel it coming through
Love is on the way
Time is turning the pages
I don't know when
But love will find me again
I am not afraid
Of the mystery of tomorrow
I have found the faith deep within
There's a promise I have made
There's a dream I'm gonna follow
There's another chance to begin
And it's coming as sure as the heavens
I can feel it right here in my heart
Love is on the way
On wings of angels
I know it's true, I feel it coming through
Love is on the way
Time is turning the pages
I don't know when
But love will find me again
(Oh I know, I know down deep
down in my heart I know that...)
Love is on the way
On wings of angels
I know it's true, I feel it coming through
Love is on the way
Time is turning the pages
I don't know when
But love will find me again
I don't know when
But love will find me again
(Peter Zizzo / Denise Rich / Tina Shafer)
I’m scared
So afraid to show I care
Will he think me weak
If I tremble when I speak
Oooh, what if
There’s another one he’s thinking of
Maybe he’s in love
I’d feel like a fool
Life can be so cruel
I don’t know what to do
I’ve been there
With my heart out in my hand
But what you must understand
You can’t let the chance
To love him pass you by
Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Tender words so soft and sweet
I’ll hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself
Touch him
With the gentleness you feel inside
I feel it
Your love can’t be denied
The truth will set you free
You’ll have what’s meant to be
All in time you’ll see
Oooh, I love him
Then show him
Of that much I can be sure
Hold him close to you
I don’t think I could endure
If I let him walk away
When I have so much to say
Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Tender words so soft and sweet
Hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself
Love is light that surely glows
In the hearts of those who know
It’s a steady flame that grows
Feed the fire with all the passion you can show
Tonight love will assume its place
This memory time cannot erase
Your faith will lead love where it has to go
Tell him
Tell him that the sun and moon
Rise in his eyes
Reach out to him
And whisper
Whisper words so soft and sweet
Hold him close to feel his heart beat
Love will be the gift you give yourself
Never let him go
(Linda Thompson / Walter Afanasieff / David Foster)
Sola en mi silencio andaba en la ciudad
El calor de tu mirada me hizo despertar
De ese largo sueño de esa soledad
Caminar junto a tu lado era natural
Contigo me escape del mundo a otra dimensión
En tus brazos yo sentia que perdia la razón
El miedo de entregarme con tu piel se me borró
Y en mi corazón por ti se despertaba el amor
como despierta una flor
cuando el viento la acaricia
y se entrega ante el calor
Se despertaba el amor
con esta loca pasión
junto a ti descubro lo que es
Amar haciendo el amor
Fuimos descubriendo secretos de los dos
y así entre risa y lágrimas el sol nos
Encontró
Somos dos extraños que el cielo confesó
Amantes que el destino sedujo sin control
Como un dia soñe
Cuando el sentimiento es tan profundo
entre el hombre y la mujer
Cuando es de verdad cuando sientes mas
y el deseo llega mas adentro.
(Billy Mann / Denise Rich / Manny Benito)
When I need you
Just close my eyes and I’m with you
And all that I so want to give you
It’s only a heart beat away
When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
Miles and miles of empty space in between us
A telephone can’t take the place of your smile
But you know I won’t be traveling forever
It’s cold out, but hold out and do like I do
When I need you
Just close my eyes and I’m with you
And all that I so want to give you babe
It’s only a heartbeat away
It’s not easy when the road is your driver
Honey, that’s a heavy load that we bear
But you know I won’t be traveling a lifetime
It’s cold out but hold out and do like I do
Oh I need you
When I need you
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
When I need you
Just close my eyes and I’m with you
And all that I so want to give you
It’s only a heart beat away
(Albert Hammond / Carol Bayer Sager)
I would walk to the edge of the universe for you
Paint you a crimson sunset over sheltering skies
I could learn all the world dialects for you
Whisper sonnets in your ear discovering truth
I could never worship pagan gods around me
I will only follow the path that leads me to you baby... always
Every step I take for you
I will always defend, never pretend
That every breath I take for love
I could never be wrong, the journey is long
With miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep...
I would carry the rock of Gibraltar just for you
Lifted like a pebble from the beach to the skies
I could build you a bridge that spans the ocean wide
But the greatest gift I give you would be to stand by your side
Some can criticize and sit in judgment of us
But they can't take away the love that lives inside us always
Every step I take for you
I will always defend, never pretend
That every breath I take for love
I could never be wrong, the journey is long
With miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep...
I won't run from the changing signs along the highway
Let the rivers flow to the highest ground created
(Corey Hart)
I want to know why
You’re letting this die
Without the blink of an eye
You say that you need time
I say you’ll be fine
If you would only see
Like you did before
You became imprisoned
Can I reopen the door
You say it doesn’t matter
Then tell me what does
And why that isn’t what
You’ve been thinking of
You say it’s never easy
Then tell me what was
Is it never worth the pain
Could you believe it was
When life keeps living
That’s what life keeps giving
To us
Once we were one mind
Drifting in one time
And ever true
We were friends
But something is gone from my
Picture of this life
If we could only see
Like we did before
We became imprisoned
Can I reopen the door
You say it doesn’t matter
Then tell me what does
And why that isn’t what
You’ve been thinking of
You say it’s never easy
Then tell me what was
Is it never worth the pain
Could you believe it was
When life keeps living
That’s what life keeps giving
To us
The hope has vanished from your eyes
You were my faith and one truth
There’s every reason to get through
And you’re why I know there’s a reason
(Billy Pace)
Just a little bit of love
I was alone, I was afraid
I couldn’t face another day of pain in my life oh oh oh
I called your name and you were there
Just like an answer to a prayer
You made it all right oh yeah
So I give my heart
And I give my soul to you oh I do
And now I know
I know I found the truth oh hey
Just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it around
A little bit of love can do it
And just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it
Around, and around, and around, oh yeah
I found the truth I found the way
I’m standing in the light of day
I got the power
I’m not worried any longer
No I’m only getting stronger by the hour
You can move a mountain
Or calm the stormy sea
There’s no doubt about it
I truly do believe
Just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it around
A little bit of love can do it
And just a little bit love’s gonna turn it
Around, around, and around, oh yeah
Just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it around
A little bit of love can do it
And just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it
Around, and around, and around, oh yeah
Break
And it can free your mind
Yes it can free your soul
Yes it can free your mind
And it can free your soul
Free your soul let it go let it go
Just a little bit of love just a little bit of love
yeah
Just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it around
A little bit of love can do it
And just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it
Around, and around, and around, oh yeah
Just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it around
A little bit of love can do it
And just a little bit of love’s gonna turn it
Around, and around, and around, oh yeah
(Maria Christensen / Arnie Roman / Arthur Jacobson)
Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feel you,
That is how I know you go on
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you’re here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we’re one
Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we’ll always go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you’re here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
There is some love that will not go away
You’re here, there’s nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We’ll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
(James Horner / Will Jennings)
If ever a boy stood on the moon
All the heavens would call their angels round
Stop the tears from troubled skies from falling
If ever the river could whisper your name
Would the choices you make still be the same
Like a flower that dies from angry rain
Why do we hurt ourselves?
Where is the love
That lets the sunlight in to start again
A love
That sees no color lines
Life that begins with love
So spread your wings and fly
Guide your spirit safe and sheltered
A thousand dreams that we can still believe
If ever a boy stood on the moon
Carrying all of his treasures from the stars
To a rainbow which leads to where we are
Together we chase the sun
Where is the love
That lifts my brother's voice to the skies
A love
That answers a mother's cry
Life begins with love
So spread your wings and fly
Guide your spirit safe and sheltered
A thousand dreams that we can still believe
A boy stood on the moon
The ancient souls can still discover
A thousand dreams that we can still believe
We can still believe
(Corey Hart)
I’d like to run away from you
But if I were to leave you I would die
I’d like to break the chains you put around me
And yet I’ll never try
No matter what you do you drive me crazy
I’d rather be alone
But then I know my life would be so empty
As soon as you were gone
Impossible to live with you
But I could never live without you
For whatever you do / For whatever you do
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
You make me sad
You make me strong
You make me mad
You make me long for you / You make me long for you
You make me live
You make me die
You make me laugh
You make me cry for you / You make me cry for you
I hate you
Then I love you
Then I love you
Then I hate you
Then I love you more
For whatever you do
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
You treat me wrong
You treat me right
You let me be
You make me fight with you / I could never live without you
You make me high
You bring me down
You set me free
You hold me bound to you
I hate you
Then I love you
Then I love you
Then I hate you
Then I love you more / I love you more
For whatever you do / For whatever you do
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
I never, never, never
I never, never, never
I never, never, never
Want to be in love with anyone but you
But you
(Tony Renis / Manuel De Falla / Alberto Testa / Fabio Testa / Norman Newell)
Everywhere I go all the places that I’ve been
Every smile is a new horizon on a land I’ve never seen
There are people around the world – different faces different names
But there’s one true emotion that reminds me we’re the same…
Let’s talk about love
From the laughter of a child to the tears of a grown man
There’s a thread that runs right through us all and helps us understand
As subtle as a breeze – that fans a flicker to a flame
From the very first sweet melody to the very last refrain…
Let’s talk about love
Let’s talk about us
Let’s talk about life
Let’s talk about trust
Let’s talk about love
It’s the king of all who live and the queen of good hearts
It’s the ace you may keep up your sleeve – till the name is all but lost
As deep as any sea – with the rage of any storm
But as gentle as a falling leave on any autumn morn…
Let’s talk about love – it’s all we’re needin’
Let’s talk about us – it’s the air we’re breathin’
Let’s talk about life – I wanna know you
Let’s talk about trust – and I wanna show you
Let’s talk about love
(Bryan Adams / Jean-Jacques Goldman / Elliott Kennedy)
