"Immortality" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion for her fifth English-language studio album, Let's Talk About Love (1997). It was written by the Bee Gees, who also recorded backing vocals. Produced by Walter Afanasieff, "Immortality" was released as a single on 5 June 1998 outside the United States. It became a top ten single in Europe and a top forty single in Canada and Australia. Later, "Immortality" was included on the international editions of Dion's greatest hits albums, All the Way... A Decade of Song (1999), My Love: Essential Collection (2008), and The Best So Far... 2018 Tour Edition (2018).
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Background and release
The Bee Gees wrote "Immortality" in 1996 for the Saturday Night Fever stage musical. Their 1996 demo, with Barry Gibb singing in falsetto, was released in November 2001 on the Bee Gees' album Their Greatest Hits: The Record. The musical opened at London's Palladium Theatre in May 1998.
Dion recorded the song in June 1997, and the Bee Gees added backing vocals on 18 August 1997. Dion attended their session, which was filmed for the music video. "Immortality" was produced by Walter Afanasieff and included on Dion's fifth English-language studio album, Let's Talk About Love, released in November 1997. She issued it as a single in June 1998 outside the United States. The European and Australian singles included mainly remixes of her previous hit, "My Heart Will Go On".