Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)

"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)"
"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)"
Song by Celine Dion
from the album Let's Talk About Love
Released	14 November 1997
Recorded	1997
Studio	Sunset Sound (Hollywood); The Hit Factory (New York);
Genre	Pop
Length	4:40
Label	Columbia; Epic;
Songwriter(s)	Corey Hart
Producer(s)	Corey Hart
Audio
	"Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" on YouTube

"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[edit]

"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[edit]

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.^[6] It also reached number 81 on the 1998 Year-end Adult Contemporary chart.^[7]

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[6]	17

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[7]	81

References[edit]

^ "Let's Talk About Love by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Ingham, Michael (2022). The Intertextuality and Intermediality of the Anglophone Popular Song. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 1-5275-8568-9.
^ "Corey Hart - The Juno Awards". Juno Awards. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "Corey Hart". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "Corey Hart to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame at 2019 Junos". CBC.ca. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7022." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Adult Contemporary - Volume 68, No. 12, December 14, 1998". RPM. 14 December 1998. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[1] "Let's Talk About Love by Céline Dion". Apple Music. Retrieved 5 June 2023.

[book-2] Ingham, Michael (2022). The Intertextuality and Intermediality of the Anglophone Popular Song. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 1-5275-8568-9.

[3] "Corey Hart - The Juno Awards". Juno Awards. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[4] "Corey Hart". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[5] "Corey Hart to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame at 2019 Junos". CBC.ca. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[AC_chart-6] "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 7022." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

[YE_chart-7] "Adult Contemporary - Volume 68, No. 12, December 14, 1998". RPM. 14 December 1998. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

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1980s singles	"Ce n'était qu'un rêve" "La voix du bon Dieu" "Tellement j'ai d'amour pour toi" "D'amour ou d'amitié" "Mon ami m'a quittée" "Ne me plaignez pas" "Une colombe" "Mon rêve de toujours" "Un amour pour moi" "Vois comme c'est beau" "C'est pour toi" "C'est pour vivre" "Dans la main d'un magicien" "La ballade de Michel" "L'univers a besoin d'amour" "Fais ce que tu voudras" "On traverse un miroir" "Incognito" "Je ne veux pas" "Lolita (trop jeune pour aimer)" "Comme un cœur froid" "La religieuse" "Ne partez pas sans moi" "Délivre-moi" "Jours de fièvre" "D'abord, c'est quoi l'amour" "Can't Live with You, Can't Live Without You"
1990s singles	"(If There Was) Any Other Way" "Unison" "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" "The Last to Know" "Beauty and the Beast" "Je danse dans ma tête" "If You Asked Me To" "Nothing Broken but My Heart" "Love Can Move Mountains" "Water from the Moon" "Un garçon pas comme les autres (Ziggy)" "When I Fall in Love" "The Power of Love" "L'amour existe encore" "Misled" "Think Twice" "Only One Road" "Calling You" "Pour que tu m'aimes encore" "Je sais pas" "Next Plane Out" "To Love You More" "Falling into You" "Because You Loved Me" "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" "The Power of the Dream" "All by Myself" "Call the Man" "J'attendais" "Tell Him" "Be the Man" "The Reason" "My Heart Will Go On" "Immortality" "Zora sourit" "I'm Your Angel" "S'il suffisait d'aimer" "On ne change pas" "Treat Her Like a Lady" "That's the Way It Is"
2000s singles	"Live (for the One I Love)" "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "I Want You to Need Me" "Sous le vent" "A New Day Has Come" "I'm Alive" "Goodbye's (The Saddest Word)" "I Drove All Night" "One Heart" "Tout l'or des hommes" "Have You Ever Been in Love" "Et je t'aime encore" "Je ne vous oublie pas" "Tous les secrets" "Tout près du bonheur" "I Believe in You (Je crois en toi)" "Et s'il n'en restait qu'une (je serais celle-là)" "Immensité" "Taking Chances" "Eyes on Me" "A World to Believe In" "The Prayer" "Alone" "My Love"
2010s singles	"Parler à mon père" "Le miracle" "Qui peut vivre sans amour?" "Loved Me Back to Life" "Incredible" "The Show Must Go On" "Encore un soir" "Recovering" "L'étoile" "Si c'était à refaire" "Je nous veux" "Les yeux au ciel" "Ashes" "Imperfections" "Lying Down" "Courage"
Promotional singles	"Have a Heart" "Des mots qui sonnent" "Quelqu'un que j'aime, quelqu'un qui m'aime" "Did You Give Enough Love" "Plus haut que moi" "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman" "Le ballet" "Les derniers seront les premiers" "You've Got a Friend" "It's Hard to Say Goodbye" "En attendant ses pas" "God Bless America" "At Last" "Stand by Your Side" "Faith" "Contre nature" "You and I" "Beautiful Boy" "Je lui dirai" "Ma Nouvelle-France" "In Some Small Way" "Voler" "Breakaway" "Water and a Flame" "Celle qui m'a tout appris" "L'hymne" "Flying on My Own" "Love Again" "I'll Be"
Other songs	"Destin" "J'irai où tu iras" "Send Me a Lover" "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)" "Dans un autre monde" "O Holy Night" "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" "On s'est aimé à cause" "How Does a Moment Last Forever" "The Gift"
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