Prayer By Celine Dion Blogs

I am a 100% disabled Viet Nam Vet who lost his wife to cancer 19 months ago, and the Prayer duet on the special of Celine Dion and Josh Grogan brought endless tears to my eyes. I love her music, the words, the feeling and the duet was awsome. Sometimes tears are needed to let go.

“The Prayer”
Single by Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli from the album These Are Special Times and Sogno
Released	March 1, 1999 (1999-03-01)
Format	Radio single
Recorded	Chartmarker Studios, Sony Sound Stage, Criteria Recording Studios
Genre	Pop
Length	4:29
Label	Columbia, Epic
Writer(s)	David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis
Producer	David Foster, Tony Renis, Carole Bayer Sager
Céline Dion singles chronology
"On ne change pas" (1999)	"The Prayer" (1999)	"Treat Her Like a Lady" (1999)
Alternate covers
Céline Dion and Josh Groban 2008 single

"The Prayer" is a duet between Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli. It is the second single from Dion's These Are Special Times album and first from Bocelli's Sogno. It was a promotional only release from March 1, 1999.

"The Prayer" won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song from the Quest for Camelot movie in 1999. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1999 and a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals in 2000. Dion performed it with Bocelli at both ceremonies.

First, "The Prayer" was recorded as two separate solo versions, Céline Dion's in English and Bocelli's in Italian. They appeared on the Quest for Camelot soundtrack in May 1998. The duet was included on both artists' albums, released a few months later. Dion's 2000 compilation The Collector's Series, Volume One also included it. A re-recorded solo version by Céline Dion (re-named "A Mother's Prayer") appeared on her 2004 Miracle album. Also, Andrea Bocelli performed the song alongside Heather Headley on the Under the Desert Sky CD/DVD.

The song was popular on the Adult Contemporary charts in Canada and the United States, peaking at #8 and #22 respectively.

It was included as the B-side on Dion's next commercial single "Treat Her Like a Lady."