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Treat Her Like a Lady (Diana King song)
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Wikipedia article
"'Treat Her Like a Lady'" is a song written and recorded by Jamaican reggae singer, Diana King in 1995 for her album 'Tougher Than Love'. Celine Dion covered the song in 1997 for 'Let's Talk About Love' and released it as a single in 1999. Dion's version reached top forty in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Iceland and Spain.
Celine Dion version
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"Treat Her Like a Lady" is the last single from Celine Dion's album 'Let's Talk About Love'. It was released on 22 March 1999 in Europe. Dion changed some lyrics, thus gaining co-writing credit. She recorded it together with King and the American girl group Brownstone who did the backing vocals. The track was later remixed by Ric Wake and Metro.
Background and release
The single was released between March and June 1999 in Europe, to support the forthcoming Let's Talk About Love Tour. The performance from the tour was included on the 'Au cur du stade' DVD.The "Treat Her Like a Lady" live music video was directed by Grard Pullicino. It was included on the UK enhanced CD single.
In 1999, the song peaked at number 16 in Austria, number 29 in the UK and number 40 in Ireland. As radio stations in Quebec started playing the song in 1998, it entered the chart there on 30 May 1998 and peaked at number nine.
The recording of this track was included as a part of the 'Au cur du stade' DVD bonus.
Dion with Diana King (as a surprise guest) performed the song for the first time in 13 years during her headlining performance at the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival on 27 January 2012. On 17 June 2017, Dion performed "Treat Her Like a Lady" in Copenhagen during her opening night of her Live 2017 Tour.
Critical reception
'Entertainment Weekly' editor David Browne called Dion's cover an "overarranged stab at reggae dancehall" and "unintentionally amusing". 'The New York Observer' editor Jonathan Bernstein wrote, "She's fallen on her face before when attempting to be as one with the rhythm, but Celine Dion has never humiliated herself as comprehensively as she does when mashing it up in a dance-hall style on "Treat Her Like a Lady." As Seinfeld' s George Costanza remarked in a similar situation, "Sweet fancy Moses!"" Steven Wells from 'NME' commented, "Celine raps hardcore radical feminism! Yes she does! She says that we've got to treat women like "ladies". Otherwise they might go "crazy". This is possibly the most profound statement on the subject of women's oppression since Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch."Formats and track listings
'European CD single'#"Treat Her Like a Lady" 4:05
#"To Love You More" (Tony Moran Pop Edit Mix) 4:53
'European CD maxi-single'
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" 4:05
#"To Love You More" (Tony Moran Pop Edit Mix) 4:53
#"Unison" (Single Dance Mix) 4:03
'UK cassette single'
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" 4:05
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" (Ric Wake Radio Mix) 3:34
#"The Prayer" (with Andrea Bocelli) 4:30
'UK CD single'
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" 4:05
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" (The Metro Club Mix) 7:06
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" (Ric Wake Club Mix) 8:17
'UK CD single #2'
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" (Live) 4:19
#"Love Can Move Mountains" (Live) 4:53
#"The Prayer" (with Andrea Bocelli) 4:30
#"Treat Her Like a Lady" (Video) 4:19
Charts
Release history
References
Category:1999 singles
Category:Celine Dion songs
Category:Songs written by Billy Mann
Category:Songs written by Andy Marvel
Category:Songs written by Celine Dion
Category:Song recordings produced by Ric Wake
Category:1995 songs
Category:Diana King songs
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Epic Records singles
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