Beauty and the Beast (Disney song)
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{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Beauty and the Beast
| Cover = BATB1.jpg
| Artist = [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]] and [[Peabo Bryson]]
| from Album = [[Celine Dion (album)|Celine Dion]]'' and ''[[Beauty and the Beast (soundtrack)|Beauty and the Beast]]
| Released = [[December 30]] [[1991]]
| Format = [[CD single]], [[cassette single]], [[Gramophone record|vinyl single]]
| Recorded = Right Track Recording, The Plant Recording Studios
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length = 4:04 <small>(Album Version)</small><br>3:30 <small>(Edit)</small>
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| Writer = [[Alan Menken]], [[Howard Ashman]]
| Producer = [[Walter Afanasieff]]
| Certification = Platinum <small>(Japan)</small><br />Gold <small>(United States)</small>
| Misc = {{Extra chronology
| Artist = [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]
| Type = singles
| Last single = "[[L'amour existe encore]]" <br />(1991)
| This single = "Beauty and the Beast" <br />(1991)
| Next single = "[[Je danse dans ma tête]]" <br />(1992)
}}
{{Extra album cover
| Upper caption = Alternate cover
| Cover = BatB.JPG
| Lower caption =
}}
}}
"'''Beauty and the Beast'''" is the leading single from the ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' soundtrack and the first hit single from [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]'s [[Celine Dion (album)|eponymous album]]. It was performed in the movie by [[Angela Lansbury]] and sung over the movie's closing credits by Céline Dion and [[Peabo Bryson]]. The Dion-Bryson single was released on [[December 30]] [[1991]] in the United States and the next year in the rest of the world.
The song is a ballad about the love developing between [[Belle (Beauty and the Beast)|Belle]] and the [[Beast (Disney)|Beast]]. It was written by composer [[Alan Menken]] and lyricist [[Howard Ashman]]. It was one of Ashman's last works before he died of AIDS in 1991.
==Versions==
[[Image:Beauty&Beast cap43.jpeg|left|thumb|[[Celine Dion|Dion]] and [[Peabo Bryson|Bryson]] in the "Beauty and the Beast" music video (1992).]]
During the film, "Beauty and the Beast" is performed by Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts, and is heard whilst Belle and the Beast dance in the castle ballroom. Another version is performed by Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson at the end of the film. This was also the version released on a CD single and is also included on Dion's [[Celine Dion (album)|self-titled album]] (1992). A music video, directed by [[Dominic Orlando]], was released in January 1992.
Lansbury, Dion and Bryson all performed the song live on stage during the [[64th Academy Awards]]. Dion and Bryson performed it also at the [[Grammy Awards]] in 1993.
In 1998, a version of the song, called "Beauty and the Bees", was made for the 3D movie ''[[It's Tough to be a Bug!]]'''s queue at [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]] and [[Disney's California Adventure]]. A short arrangement of "Beauty and the Beast" can be heard in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' video game. The song was included later on Céline Dion's compilation ''[[All the Way… A Decade of Song]]'' (1999).
A brief minor version can be heard in the score of ''[[Enchanted (2007 film)|Enchanted]]'', which, not coincidentally, was also composed by Alan Menken.
==Reception==
"Beauty and the Beast" was very successful on the charts around the world. It was Dion's first international hit. The single reached #9 in the U.S. (#8 on the [[Hot 100 Singles Sales]] and #17 on the [[Billboard Hot 100 Airplay]]) and hit top ten in Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It was certified gold in the U.S. for selling over 500,000 copies, and platinum in Japan (100,000 copies sold). Thanks to its success, the ''Beauty and the Beast'' soundtrack was certified 3x platinum in the U.S., for selling over 3,000,000 copies.
==Awards==
"Beauty and the Beast" won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]] in 1992, marking Menken and Ashman's (posthumously) second win after the 1989 award for "Under the Sea" from ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]''. A couple of months before, it had also won the [[49th Golden Globe Awards|1992]] [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]]. It also went on winning two Grammy Awards in 1993, for the [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media|Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]] and the [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]]. The song was also nominated for two other important Grammys: [[Record of the Year]] and the [[Song of the Year]]. In Canada, "Beauty and the Beast" won a [[Juno Award]] for the Single of the Year.
==Formats and track listings==
'''2-track CD-single'''
#"Beauty and the Beast" – 4:04
#"The Beast Lets Belle Go" (instrumental) – 2:19
'''4-track CD-single''' - (CA)
#"Beauty and the Beast" – 4:04
#"The Beast Lets Belle Go" (instrumental) – 2:19
#"[[Des mots qui sonnent (song)|Des mots qui sonnent]]" – 3:56
#"[[Délivre-moi]]" – 4:19
==Official versions==
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#"Beauty and the Beast" (edit) – 3:30
#"Beauty and the Beast" (album version) – 4:04
==Charts==
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{| class="wikitable"
!align="center"|Chart (1991)
!align="center"|Peak<br />Position
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"|9
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
|align="center"|3
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40
|align="center"|6
|-
!align="center"|Chart (1992)
!align="center"|Peak<br />Position
|-
|align="left"|Australian Singles Chart
|align="center"|17
|-
|align="left"|Belgian Singles Chart
|align="center"|25
|-
|align="left"|Belgian Humo Chart
|align="center"|30
|-
|align="left"|Belgian Het Chart
|align="center"|36
|-
|align="left"|Belgian VTM/Joepie Chart
|align="center"|47
|}
| width="50%" |
{|class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Chart (1992)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Canadian Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|-
|align="left"|Canadian Contemporary Hit Radio Chart
|align="center"|21
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Top 40 Chart
|align="center"|18
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Mega Single Top 100 Chart
|align="center"|20
|-
|align="left"|Dutch Mega Top 50 Chart
|align="center"|20
|-
|align="left"|Irish Singles Chart
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|Japanese Singles Chart
|align="center"|67
|-
|align="left"|New Zealand Singles Chart
|align="center"|8
|-
|align="left"|Polish Radio 3 Chart
|align="center"|46
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|9
|-
|}
|}
==References==
*[http://www.celinedion.com Céline Dion - official website]
*[http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34845&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Céline Dion - chart history]
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| before = "[[Sooner or Later (Madonna song)|Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)]]" from ''[[Dick Tracy (film)|Dick Tracy]]''
| title = [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]]
| years = [[1991]]
| after = "[[A Whole New World]]" from ''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]''
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[[Category:Celine Dion songs]]
[[Category:1991 singles]]
[[Category:Best Original Song Golden Globe winning songs]]
[[Category:Best Song Academy Award winning songs]]
[[Category:Disney songs]]
[[Category:Sarah Brightman songs]]
[[Category:Songs from musicals]]
[[Category:Vocal duets]]
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