Miles to Go (Before I Sleep) explained

Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)
Type:song
Artist:Celine Dion
Album:Let's Talk About Love
Recorded:1997
Genre:Pop
Length:4:40
Label:
Producer:Corey Hart

"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her fifteenth studio album, Let's Talk About Love (1997). It was written and produced by Canadian singer-songwriter Corey Hart. Despite not being released as a single, "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" became popular on the Adult Contemporary radio in Canada, reaching number 17 on the AC chart in November 1998.

Background and release

"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" and "Where Is the Love" were both written and produced by Corey Hart for Dion's 1997 album, Let's Talk About Love.[1] The "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" title is also the closing phrase of the 1923 poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.[2] In the given phrase the term "sleep" denotes death. Hence, the poem's phrase "miles to go before I sleep" means that the there is a lot to achieve in life before death.[2] However Hart's lyrics are applied methaporically to love: "every breath I take for love, I could never be wrong, the journey is long, with miles to go before I sleep".[2]

Thanks to "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" and "Where Is the Love", Hart was nominated for the Juno Award for Producer of the Year in 1998.[3] In 1999, Hart was the opening act for Dion during her Let's Talk About Love World Tour in North America.[4] He also wrote "Prayer" for Dion's 2002 album, A New Day Has Come.[5]

Commercial performance

Despite not being officially released as a single, "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" entered the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart on 28 September 1998, and peaked at number 17 in November 1998. It also reached number 81 on the 1998 Year-end Adult Contemporary chart.

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Let's Talk About Love by CĂ©line Dion . . 5 June 2023 .
  2. Book: Ingham, Michael. The Intertextuality and Intermediality of the Anglophone Popular Song. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2022. 1-5275-8568-9.
  3. Web site: Corey Hart - The Juno Awards . . 8 June 2023 .
  4. Web site: Corey Hart . . 8 June 2023 .
  5. Web site: Corey Hart to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame at 2019 Junos . . 1 March 2019 . 8 June 2023 .
  6. Web site: Adult Contemporary - Volume 68, No. 12, December 14, 1998. RPM. 14 December 1998. 30 September 2014.