Call the Man

"Call the Man"
Single by Celine Dion
from the album Falling into You
B-side"Medley Starmania" (live at the Olympia)
Released9 June 1997 (1997-06-09)
StudioHit Factory
GenrePop
Length6:08
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Celine Dion singles chronology
"All by Myself"
(1996)		 "Call the Man"
(1997)		 "J'attendais"
(1997)
Audio
"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 Records and Epic Records as the fifth and final single outside North America on 9 June 1997. Written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield, who had previously penned Dion's 1995 hit "Think Twice", the song was produced by Jim Steinman, also responsible for her earlier single "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". Its music video was directed by Greg Masuak. In 2008, "Call the Man" was included on the European edition of My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection.

Critical reception

Pip Ellwood-Hughes of Entertainment Focus described the song as a "huge sing-a-long anthem". A reviewer for Music & Media called it an "epic ballad". Music Week gave it 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'". Bob Waliszewski of Plugged In wrote that the song, "which praises a nameless individual capable of calming the chaos and confusion in life with love beyond repair," could be interpreted as referring to Jesus. Ealing Leader noted that Dion is "in sad, wistful mood for this potent ballad". Christopher Smith of TalkAboutPopMusic described it as a "long and brooding epic [that] is full of theatrics and drama".

Commercial performance

The single was released shortly before the start of the 1997 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.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Call the Man" was directed by Greg Masuak in 1995 and was previously used, in edited form, for "Je sais pas" and "Next Plane Out".

Live performances

On 17 April 1997, Dion performed "Call the Man" with a 30-voice gospel choir during the World Music Awards ceremony. She was the main star of the 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 consecutive year in which she sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Dion also performed the song during her 1996–97 Falling into You: Around the World tour.

Formats and track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Falling into You:

Charts

Release history

Release history
Region Date Format Ref.
United Kingdom 9 June 1997

References

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  2. ↑ "Airborne" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 14, no. 24. 14 June 1997. p. 19. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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  6. ↑ Smith, Christopher (2 November 2019). "Review: 'Falling into You' – Celine Dion". TalkAboutPopMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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