 "the reason" is a single from celine dion's album let's talk about love. it was released on december 8, 1997 in selected european countries: united kingdom, ireland and belgium. in france, it was issued as a double a-side single with "my heart will go on." "the reason" was co-written by carole king and produced by the famous beatles producer sir george martin. king did also the background vocals. the song peaked at number 11 in the united kingdom and number 13 in ireland. carole king wrote this song first for the band aerosmith. the music video was directed by scott floyd lochmus and released in december 1997. it was showing the recording of the song in the studio. dion performed "the reason" during her let's talk about love tour, and as a duet with carole king on vh1 divas and at the 48Â° festival di sanremo on 1998 in italy. on that occasion she performed also my heart will go on. the track was included later on the collector's series, volume one in 2000 and my love: ultimate essential collection european edition in 2008. the recording of this song was included as a bonus on the au cÅur du stade dvd. "the reason" is also included in the set list of dion's new las vegas show, celine. ==critical reception== the new york observer editor jonathan bernstein reviewed: "it kicks off in time-honored fashion with a bombastic power ballad, âthe reason,â co-written by carole king and produced by sir george martin. thus, straight away, we find the inherent wrongheadedness of this record. carole king hasnât written a memorable song in many a year and-hello?-didnât george martin recently announce that he was quitting the producing racket because his hearing was going? the latter affliction was probably incurred by a silent prayer offered up during the recording of âthe reasonâ to be struck deaf."http://observer.com/1997/12/celine-dion-is-she-cool-someday-maybe-but-not-now/ ==formats a
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