The Power of Love (Jennifer Rush song)

"The Power of Love"
Cover art for the original UK 7-inch single
Single by Jennifer Rush
from the album Jennifer Rush
B-side	"I See a Shadow (Not a Fantasy)"
Released	December 1984 (1984-12)
Studio	CBS Studios International, Frankfurt[citation needed]
Genre	Pop
Length	6:00 (album version) 4:20 (single version)
Label	CBS
Composer(s)	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge
Lyricist(s)	Jennifer Rush Mary Susan Applegate
Producer(s)	Gunther Mende Candy DeRouge
Jennifer Rush singles chronology
"Ring of Ice" (1984) "The Power of Love" (1984) "Destiny" (1985)
Music video
"The Power of Love" on YouTube

"The Power of Love" is a pop song co-written and originally recorded by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Rush in 1984. It was released in December 1984 by CBS Records as the fifth single from her debut album, Jennifer Rush (1984), and has since been covered by Air Supply, Laura Branigan, and Celine Dion.

Recorded in Frankfurt,^{[citation needed]} Germany (where Rush is based) and released in West Germany without much success in late 1984, Rush's original version reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in October 1985 and subsequently became the biggest-selling single of the year in the UK, and the ninth best-selling single of the decade.^[1] It also topped the charts in several other European countries, as well as Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Dion's version peaked at number one in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and hit the top ten in several more countries in 1994. The song has been translated into several languages, becoming a pop standard.