JENNIFER RUSH 'THE POWER OF LOVE

The Power of Love" is a power ballad co-written and originally recorded by Jennifer Rush. It has been covered by several artists, most notably by Air Supply, Laura Branigan and Céline Dion, and translated into several languages, becoming a pop standard.The song was first recorded by Jennifer Rush in 1984. The American born Rush, who had been recording for CBS (Frankfurt) with producers Gunther Mende and Candy DeRouge since 1982, had her first German chart placing in 1984 with the Top 30 hits "25 Lovers" and "Ring of Ice"; "The Power of Love" - written by Rush, Mende and DeRouge with Mary Susan Applegate - then took Rush into the Top 20 with a #17 peak in March 1985. CBS Records London chief Paul Russell had heard Rush sing at a CBS Records convention held in Hawaii in 1984 and it was due to Russell's interest in Rush that "The Power of Love" was released in the UK, debuting at #97 on the UK chart dated 22 June 1985. Within a month the disc had stalled at the lower end of the Top 50 and CBS were concerned that they might lose the momentum of the single because, although it was selling, the total weekly sales were not enough to get the record into the Top 40. CBS therefore deleted the single for a few weeks, thereby building up demand for the record, and re-released it the week before the chart dated 21 September 1985, when its total sales meant that it made its ascent into the Top 40 at #36. This allowed Rush to perform "The Power of Love" on Top of the Pops with a ...