Unison (song)

"Unison" is a song written by Bruce Roberts and Andy Goldmark, and first recorded by the English singer Junior in 1983 for the Tom Cruise-starred movie All the Right Moves.

The song's greatest success, however, would come when it was chosen to be the title track of Celine Dion's English debut album.

The song peaked at number 38 in Canada and became a success on the Canadian Dance Chart topping it for seven weeks.

Chicago Tribune's Jan De Knock wrote: "Dion's big voice invites comparisons to the power-pop stylings of Taylor Dayne and Laura Branigan (coincidentally, the disco-flavored title track "Unison" also appears on Branigan's latest LP.

The music video for "Unison" was made for the single mix with rap by Frankie Fudge and released in July 1990.

At the Juno Awards of 1991, "Unison" (mainstream / extended mix) was nominated for the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year but lost to "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" (knife feel good mix) by Jane Child.

[4] It was also voted the song of 1990 in Quebec (ahead of Madonna's "Vogue") on the NRJ radio network's Le choix du Québec.

Arguably, the success of the remix was the springboard Sony Music Canada needed to garner the attention of its US parent company, leading to Dion's release in the US market.