| "Ashes" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ashes_single_by_Celine_Dion.jpg) Steve Aoki remix cover | ||||
| Single by Celine Dion | ||||
| from the album Deadpool 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
| Released | May 3, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Steve Mac | |||
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| "Ashes" on YouTube | ||||
"Ashes" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion for the soundtrack of the 2018 American superhero film Deadpool 2, which is based on the Marvel Comics character Deadpool and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It was written by Petey Martin, Jordan Smith, and Tedd T and produced by Steve Mac with a remix version produced by Steve Aoki. It was released as the lead single for the film's soundtrack by Columbia Records on May 3, 2018, along with its music video. It was received positively by critics and reached number one on the US Dance Club Songs chart, becoming Dion's third number one hit on the chart, after "Misled" (July 1994) and "Taking Chances" (February 2008).[1]
Director David Leitch wanted to create an original song for Deadpool 2 that could support the emotional core of the film, with "Ashes" being the song that was ultimately written. He and actor-producer Ryan Reynolds asked Dion to record the song, and she agreed to do it. The song is meant to balance a satire of similar songs in other films with its role as the actual emotional through-line of this one. Leitch also directed a music video for the song featuring Dion and Reynolds, as well as dancer Yanis Marshall also portraying Deadpool for sequences in which the character dances around a stage in high heels.
In November 2019, Billboard reported that "Ashes" has already over 64 million on-demand streams in the United States, making it Dion's sixth most streamed song in the country.[2]
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