The warbling, dramatic, pained-but-ultimately-triumphant song is used to great effect in a new ad for the return of football on sports channel ESPN, proving that even football fans sometimes have good taste in music. But Steinman won the lawsuit, blocking Meat Loaf from recording the song, which went on to become one of Dion’s biggest hits. (Years later, after he and Steinman reunited, Meat Loaf eventually recorded his own version. With all due respect to Meat Loaf, all we can say is that competing with Céline is rarely a wise choice.) The song was Dion’s opener on her “Courage” tour last fall.

Source: Huffington Post September 08, 2020 21:45 UTC