It was written by Kara DioGuardi and former Eurythmics member, Dave Stewart for their band named Platinum Weird.

The song was a success around the world, peaking inside the top ten in Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy and Switzerland.

"Taking Chances" was covered on Fox's hit TV show Glee by Lea Michele's character Rachel Berry.

"Taking Chances" was written by songwriter Kara DioGuardi and former Eurythmics member Dave Stewart.

1, Stewart explains that he and DioGuardi wrote the song in about 10 minutes one afternoon when movers were bringing furniture into her new Los Angeles home.

[2] "I could hear some windchimes just outside the open window where I was laying, so I picked up an acoustic guitar and was trying to play the same random pattern the chimes were making.

Kara is a genius with melody and multitasking so as she's shouting to the movers she starts singing, 'Don't know much about your life,' much to the confusion of the workers.

[3] Dion released it as the title track and first single from her ninth English studio album, which was also the name of her World Tour.

[7] On 9 September 2007, the members of her fan club had a 24-hour advance preview of "Taking Chances" and its accompanying in-studio video.

[8] The song premiered on the radio on 10 September 2007[8] and was released as a music download on 29 October 2007 in the United States and Europe.

In an interview with Dave Stewart, he explained why he recycled the lyric: "Yeah, because Taking Chances is the same, me writing with Kara DioGuardi and deciding to enter into something together.

"[15] Sarah Rodman from The Boston Globe wrote that "it builds from an acoustic strum into the kind of pleasant radio-ready crunch that Michelle Branch would recognize.

"[16] Tammy La Gorce of Amazon.com called it a "hopeful, heartfelt track, which unfolds into an anthemic power ballad midway through, may be the best one.

The guitars surge tastefully; the drums thump like they belong on a Phil Collins solo record and Dion plays the banshee to perfection.

Edna Gundersen from USA Today wrote, "She dials back the bombast on the title track, a midtempo rocker."

Also Edna Gundersen from USA Today and Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly have put this song on their "Download this" lists.

[citation needed] In Canada, the song debuted at number 82 on the Canadian Hot 100 chart issue dated 29 September 2007.

[30] On the chart issue dated 22 December 2007, the song became the "Biggest Free Faller", after falling to number 88, losing 20 positions.

[32] The single was successful on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at number 1 and becoming Dion's second song to do so, after "Misled" in 1994.

[33] "Taking Chances" also peaked at number 6 on the US Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, giving Dion ownership of the most top 10 hits at the format with 21 during the last two decades.

[39] The music video, directed by Paul Boyd, was filmed in three days, between 15–17 September 2007 in several different locations, in the Las Vegas Valley.

[41] He described his cameo appearance as playing "a kind of enigmatic 'boss' character from a James Bond movie," and also commented that it was about 100 °F during filming.

"Taking Chances" was featured as a theme music for the promotional trailers for CBS's TV series Moonlight.

The song was covered on Fox's hit TV show Glee by Lea Michele's character Rachel Berry on the episode entitled "Preggers", in the first season.