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Celine Dion and the Bee Gees are some of the greatest artists of all time and Celine shared a special relationship with the Bee Gees brothers.<\/p>\n
Celine Dion and the Bee Gees had a unique friendship that was highlighted during their collaboration together in the 1990s.<\/p>\n
Celine collaborated with the Bee Gees on the hit song Immortality in 1998 - when it was released it reached number five in the official UK singles chart.<\/p>\n
In rare behind-the-scenes footage, Celine and the Bee Gees' friendship is clearly seen as they record the song in the studio together.<\/p>\n
Immortality was gifted to Celine from the Bee Gees and they wrote it with her in mind - after struggling to compose the song, at the end of a recording session the band managed to create the track in a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n
According to the bands official website, the Bee Gees created Immortality with their music engineer John Marchant and he recalled the unforgettable moment. <\/p>\n
John mentioned that the brothers were coming to the end of a long songwriting session and they were trying to work on one specific idea. As the group struggled to make the idea work, they decided to take a break. <\/p>\n
Its thought that Barry suggested that the Bee Gees return to the idea the following morning - he also mentioned that he had another idea in mind that they might be able to do something with.<\/p>\n
John recalled the story and said that he gets goosebumps every time he shares it because they managed to create it in one pass.<\/p>\n
He started playing the intro for the song Immortality,' Maurice listened, and played the first chord, and then three and a half minutes later, they wrote the songin real-time, in just one pass, John explained.<\/p>\n
I get goosebumps telling that story. It was unbelievable. Barry would change chords, and Maurice would be there immediately, like he knew where Barry was going.<\/p>\n
He continued: They locked in together in a way, both timing-wise and intonation-wise, that only someone who knows what the other person is thinking before they think it could do.<\/p>\n
So, the way you hear Celine Dion perform [Immortality] now is exactly how they did it [that night], John added.<\/p>\n
In 2017, Celine performed Immortality at a televised concert titled Stayin Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees.<\/p>\n
Its a song that means more and more to me each day, Celine said as she introduced the track and dedicated it to the Bee Gee brothers.<\/p>\n
She added: Tonight I sing it with love for Barry and in memory of Robin, Maurice and Andy.<\/p>\n
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