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About the Songs...

ALL I WANT IS YOU, 1981...It was the fall of 1980, things were going badly. I'd spent half a million dollars to get out of a bad record deal only to watch my next record stiff. Someone was trying to sue me, the IRS was on my tail (thankfully, it turned out later that they owed me), and I was close to declaring bankruptcy. I'd released five albums in five years. I was 26, had spent most of the last five years touring and was burned out.

I can still recall the anger when I wrote "All I Want is You." "I don't want my name in lights/You burn out so fast you turn to smoke in the night...I don't want no social graces/Get too damned dizzy wearing all those different faces."

Curiously, this song comes off as pretty upbeat. I knew, somehow, that things would turn around for me if I just kept writing songs.

In 1978, Dan Hill had his first smash hit, Sometimes When We Touch. Ten years later in 1988, Dan's Never Thought (That I Could Love) hit the top of the charts. Keeping with tradition, Dan again found himself with another number one record in 1998 when Sammy Kershaw recorded Dan's Love Of My Life. In fact, Dan's successes aren't just limited to every ten years, his remarkable career has highlights that include four number one songs, twelve top ten records, a Grammy, five Juno's (the Canadian equivalent to the Grammy), four platinum albums and two gold albums.

Career Highlights

1998 ASCAP Award for one of the year's most played songs: "Love of My Life."

1996 Grammy Award for "Producer - 'Falling Into You' by Celine Dion".

Won the Harold Moon Award (The highest honor given to a Canadian songwriter) for great international contributions in songwriting.

Sang the title song, "It's a Long Road" to Sylvester Stallone's first Rambo film, "First Blood."

1 Platinum album in the US: Longer Fuse

2 Gold albums in Canada: Dan Hill, Hold On

3 Platinum albums in Canada: Longer Fuse, Frozen in the Night, Dan Hill Collection

5 Juno Awards (the Canadian equivalent to the Grammies).

1978 Grammy Nomination for "Male Vocalist - Sometimes When We Touch"

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Although most will recognize Dan's unmistakable voice on his self-penned hits: Sometimes When We Touch (#3 pop/chr: 1978), Can't We Try (with Vonda Sheppard) (#1 Billboard a/c Song Of The Year: 1987), Never Thought (That I Could Love) (#1 a/c: 1988), and Unborn Heart (#2 a/c: 1989); it is often Dan's behind the scenes work, including songwriting and producing, that Dan views as his ultimate career contribution.

In 1997, Dan received a Grammy award for his production and songwriting on Celine Dion's breakthrough CD, Falling Into You. In fact, in numerous concerts and interviews, Celine has said that Dan's Seduces Me was her favorite song on the record.

Others that have benefited from Dan's songwriting talents include George Benson, Jeffrey Osborne, Tammy Wynette, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow and Tina Turner. In November of 1997, Dan was presented with the Harold Moon Award, a prestigious honor bestowed upon Canadian songwriters for great international contributions in songwriting.

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