When reading the book in preparation for the film, Tom Hooper realised that one major thing missing was an acknowledgment of the importance of Cosette's love to Valjean, as well as his accepting of fatherhood.
"[1] Universal Pictures president of film music and publishing Mike Knobloch explains that Hooper "went to Claude-Michel Schonberg and Alain and Herbert and said, 'If we were going to do a new song, what if it were there?
There's a castle just waiting for you...There has been speculation by news outlets such as BroadwayWorld that the song "may be added to the stage show at some point.
Hugh Jackman performed the song as part of a Les Misérables medley at the 85th Academy Awards.
Scott Ross of NBC Bay Area said the song "fits seamlessly into the fabric of the musical".