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  Cover BATB1jpg
  Artist Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson
  From Album Celine Dion '' and ''Beauty and the Beast
  Released December 30 1991
  Format CD Single , Cassette Single , Vinyl Single
  Recorded Right Track Recording, The Plant Recording Studios
  Genre Pop
  Length 4:04
  Label Columbia , Epic
  Writer Alan Menken , Howard Ashman
  Producer Walter Afanasieff
  Certification Platinum <small>(Japan)</small><br>Gold <small>(United States)</small>
  Misc {{Extra chronology
  Artist 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)


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"Beauty and the Beast" is the the leading single from the '' Beauty And The Beast '' soundtrack and the first hit single from Céline Dion 's 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 U.S. and the next year in the rest of the world.


SONG INFORMATION


The track was written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Howard Ashman . It was one of Ashman's last works, since he died of AIDS in 1991.

"Beauty and the Beast" is a ballad about the love developing between Belle and the Beast . Two versions of this song can be heard on the film:
  • The version sung by Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts is heard whilst Belle and the Beast dance in the castle ballroom and is sometimes called "Beauty and the Beast (Tale As Old As Time)."

  • The version performed by Céline Dion and Peabo Bryson, also called "Beauty and the Beast (End Title Duet)", heard at the end of the film. This was also the version released on a CD single.


The single's music video was directed by Dominic Orlando and 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.

"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.

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  title "Beauty and the Beast"(1991)
  description "Beauty and the Beast" was largely influenced by classical music, which became a key feature of Dion's later work


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  Before " Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) " from '' Dick Tracy ''
  Title Academy Award For Best Original Song
  Years 1991
  After " A Whole New World " from '' Aladdin ''