You and I (Celine Dion song)

"You and I"
Single by Celine Dion
from the album A New Day... Live in Las Vegas
Released	May 17, 2004
Format	Promotional recording
Recorded	March 2004, Masterplan Studios
Genre	Pop
Length	4:04
Label	Columbia, Epic
Writer(s)	Aldo Nova, Jacques Duval
Producer(s)	Peer Astrom, Vito Luprano, Aldo Nova
Celine Dion singles chronology
"Contre nature" (2004) "You and I" (2004) "Beautiful Boy" (2004)

"You and I" is the only radio single from Celine Dion's album A New Day... Live in Las Vegas. It was released on May 17, 2004.

The music video was filmed by an award-winning director Andrew MacNaughtan in July 2004 and was shot partly at the Toronto Pearson International Airport. It premiered two months later. The music video can be found on the Ultimate Box, which was released in Japan in 2008. The music video was nominated for the MuchMoreMusic Award at the 2005 MuchMusic Video Awards.

In October 2004, it was announced that "You and I" would be the theme of Air Canada's new advertising campaign. At the same time the airline unveiled new in-flight service products and new aircraft livery. Dion also recorded a one-minute-long French version of the song called "Mes ailes à moi." Both versions were used in Air Canada's commercials.

The single was a radio hit, topping the Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart.

On June 19, 2007, US Senator Hillary Clinton announced that "You and I" would be her campaign song in her 2008 bid for the Democratic Party nomination for US president.^[1] The song was selected as a result of a month-long web campaign to select a theme song.

In October 2008, "You and I" was included on the European version of My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection greatest hits.

Critical reception

Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine wrote about the song: "The plucky "You and I" is an ideal vehicle to launch a full-scale seasonal assault on the airwaves, with its love-my-man thematics and kinetic, summer-breeze tempo, akin to her signature "That's the Way It Is." Dion dispenses a joyful romp from the mic, sounding fresh and fully at ease, and she riffs just enough to stamp the song with a telltale trademark or two."

Formats and track listings

European promotional CD single

1. "You and I" – 4:04

Japanese promotional CD single

1. "You and I" – 4:04
2. "Miracle" – 3:38

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop Airplay Flanders)[2]	43
Belgium (Ultratop Airplay Wallonia)[2]	30
Canada (Nielsen BDS Airplay Chart)[3]	29
Canada AC (Billboard)[4]	1
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten)[5]	14
Germany (Airplay Chart)[6]	19
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[7]	2
Norway (VG-lista Airplay)[8]	17
Poland (National Airplay Chart)[9]	9
Quebec (ADISQ)[10]	2
UK Airplay (Official Charts Company)	64
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11]	16

References

1. HillaryClinton.com - Welcome
2. Jaspers, Sam (2006). Ultratop 1995-2005. Book & Media Publishing. ISBN 90-5720-232-8.
3. Nanda Lwin (2010). Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide, Second Edition. Music Data Canada. ISBN 1-896594-16-6.
4. "Celine Dion – Chart history" Billboard Canada AC for Celine Dion. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
5. "Celine Dion – You and I Hitlisten.nu" (in Danish). Tracklisten. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
6. "German Airplay Chart" (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
7. "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
8. "Norwegian Airplay Chart". VG-lista. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
9. "Top 30 Lista Krajowa". ZPAV. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
10. "Le Palmarès". ADISQ. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
11. "Celine Dion – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Celine Dion. Retrieved 11 October 2014.