“To Love You More” is one of those Céliné Dion/David Foster signature songs that helped shaping the adult contemporary sound of the nineties.  It was recorded in 1995 for the popular Japanese TV series, Koibito Yo (meaning My Dear Lover), and eventually released as a single in Japan. It immediately became a smash, selling more than 1.2 million copies, and became the best selling single ever by an international female artist in Japan.  “To Love You More” was later included in the US release of Ms. Dion’s album “Let’s Talk About Love” and on the Canadian version of “Live á Paris.” It was also issued as a single in North America and became a hit on the Adult Contemporary charts.

Foster’s classically inspired arrangement beautifully serves Celine’s vocal performance that develops from a restrained intro to the fireworks of her stunning finale. Another key element of “To Love You More” is the elegant performance of the Japanese crossover trio, Kryzler & Company. Their amazing strings put the song in a different dimension. A Kryzler & Company member, violinist Taro Hakase, also released an instrumental cover of the song that enhanced the classical quality of this composition even more.

Foster co-wrote “To Love You More” with mogul Edgar Bronfman, Jr. who picked the alias Junior Miles for his activity as a songwriter. Soon after they came up with another famous song for Ms. Dion entitled “Be The Man,” also written for a Japanese series.

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Lead Vocal: Celine Dion
Featuring Kryzler & Company:
Violin: Taro Hakase, Bass & Computer Programming: Yoshinobu Takeshita, Synthesizer: Tsuneyoshi Saito
Keyboards: David Foster
Programmed by Felipe Elgueta
Synclavier Programmed by Simon Franglen
Guitars: Michael Thompson
Arranged by David Foster, Kryzler & Company
Produced by David Foster

Lyrics

Take me back in the arms I love
Need me like you did before
Touch me once again
And remember when
There was no one that you wanted more

Don’t go you know you will break my heart
She wont love you like I will
I’m the one who’ll stay
When she walks away
And you know Ill be standing here still

Ill be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I’m the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more

See me as if you never knew
Hold me so you cant let go
Just believe in me
I will make you see
All the things that your heart needs to know

Ill be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I’m the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more
And some way all the love that we had can be saved
Whatever it takes well find a way

Ill be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I’m the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more

Bruce Roberts is one of the most talented pop songwriters on the American music scene. Through the years he has co-written chart hits like “(No More Tears) Enough Is Enough” for Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer, “You’re The Only One” for Dolly Parton, “Lucky One” for Laura Branigan, “Dynamite” for Jermaine Jackson and “You’re Movin’ Out Today” for Bette Midler. “Intimacy,” released in 1995 on Atlantic Records, was his third solo album after his debut in 1978 with “Bruce Roberts” and the follow-up entitled “Cool Fool.” “Intimacy” is a collection of Roberts’ most recent compositions co-written with people like Allee Willis, Donna Summer and Junior Miles. The style is pure adult pop with some tasteful soul overtones. Roberts doesn’t have a very distinctive voice but his tenor delivers nicely, often developing into a tender falsetto. Famous friends like Luther Vandross, David Lasley, K.D. Lang, Elton John, James Ingram and Ashford & Simpson add strength and weight to the performances. The songs are mostly slow ballads with a nostalgic feel like the acoustic title track, the breathtaking “My One Joy,” or “The Man Who Loves You,” a Philly-soul influenced number with a memorable refrain. David Foster is another old friend of Roberts’ and appears on “Intimacy” to produce “When Loves Goes.” This is a powerful ballad enriched by the usual values of Foster’s production; great work on keyboards and guitar, lush strings and All 4 One providing background vocals. The famous vocal quartet perfectly supports Roberts’ lead with some smart gospel-tinged harmonies that bring the bittersweet song to a higher level of intensity.

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Lead Vocals: Bruce Roberts
Guitars: Michael Thompson
Keyboards & Synthesizers: David Foster
Drums Programming: Simon Franglen
Backing Vocals: All 4 One
Produced by David Foster & Bruce Roberts

Lyrics

When love goes
I feel a ribbon of fire
Raging from my head to my toes
It’s like burning alive when love goes
When love goes
I feel a deep stabbing pain
Of an open heart that’s suddenly closed
It’s dying inside when love goes

And how can I breath when the air goes with you
How can I see when the light goes too
What can I do to make you stay
And where does love go when love goes away

When love goes
I feel like I’ve been cut apart
Leaving all my inside exposed
It’s like losing my life when love goes

And how can I breath when the air goes with you
How can I see when the light goes too
What can I do to make you stay
And where does love go when love goes away