{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox song | name = Call the Man | cover = Call the Man (Céline Dion single - cover art).jpg | border = yes | type = single | artist = Celine Dion | album = Falling into You | B-side = "Medley Starmania" (live at the Olympia) | released = {{Start date|df=yes|1997|6|9}} | studio = Hit Factory | genre = Pop | length = 6:08 | label = * Columbia * Epic | writer = * Andy Hill * Peter Sinfield | producer = * Jim Steinman * Steven Rinkoff * Jeff Bova | prev_title = All by Myself | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = J'attendais | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{External music video | type = single | header = Audio | 1 = {{YouTube|rq9_DMbrmpA|"Call the Man"}} }} }}
"'''Call the Man'''" is a song by Canadian singer Celine Dion, recorded for her fourth English-language album, ''Falling into You'' (1996). It was released by Columbia Records and Epic Records as the fifth and final single outside North America on 9 June 1997. Written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield, who had previously penned Dion's 1995 hit "Think Twice", the song was produced by Jim Steinman, also responsible for her earlier single "It's All Coming Back to Me Now". Its music video was directed by Greg Masuak. In 2008, "Call the Man" was included on the European edition of ''My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection''.
== Critical reception == Pip Ellwood-Hughes of Entertainment Focus described the song as a "huge sing-a-long anthem".<ref>{{cite web |author=Ellwood-Hughes, Pip |url=https://www.entertainment-focus.com/music-section/music-reviews/vinyl/celine-dion-falling-into-you-vinyl-review/ |title=Celine Dion – Falling Into You vinyl review |publisher=Entertainment Focus |date=11 October 2018 |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> A reviewer for ''Music & Media'' called it an "epic ballad".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Airborne |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-06-14.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=14 |issue=24 |date=14 June 1997 |page=19 |access-date=8 December 2020}}</ref> ''Music Week'' gave it three out of five, describing it as "Streisand-esque warblings from Dion on this emotive Jim Steinman-produced ballad", and "not as memorable as 'Think Twice'".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-05-31.pdf |title=Reviews: Singles |magazine=Music Week |date=31 May 1997 |page=23 |access-date=27 May 2022}}</ref> Bob Waliszewski of ''Plugged In'' wrote that the song, "which praises a nameless individual capable of calming the chaos and confusion in life with love beyond repair," could be interpreted as referring to Jesus.<ref>{{cite web |first=Bob |last=Waliszewski |title=Falling Into You |work=Plugged In |publisher=Focus on the Family |access-date=27 March 2020 |url=https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/celinedion-fallingintoyou/}}</ref> ''Ealing Leader'' noted that Dion is "in sad, wistful mood for this potent ballad".<ref>"Celine Dion – Call The Man". ''Ealing Leader''. 4 July 1997. page 9. Retrieved 29 March 2020.</ref> Christopher Smith of TalkAboutPopMusic described it as a "long and brooding epic [that] is full of theatrics and drama".<ref>{{cite web |author=Smith, Christopher |url=https://talkaboutpopmusic.com/2019/11/02/review-falling-into-you-celine-dion/ |title=Review: 'Falling into You' – Celine Dion |publisher=TalkAboutPopMusic |date=2 November 2019 |access-date=7 April 2020}}</ref>
== Commercial performance == The single was released shortly before the start of the 1997 European leg of the Falling into You: Around the World tour and peaked at number eight in Ireland and number 11 in the United Kingdom, where it has sold over 80,000 copies.<ref name="uksales" />
== Music video == The accompanying music video for "Call the Man" was directed by Greg Masuak in 1995 and was previously used, in edited form, for "Je sais pas" and "Next Plane Out".
== Live performances == On 17 April 1997, Dion performed "Call the Man" with a 30-voice gospel choir during the World Music Awards ceremony. She was the main star of the evening, winning three awards: Best-selling Canadian Female Singer, Best-selling Artist, and Best-selling Pop Artist, after selling over 25 million albums in 1996. It was the second consecutive year in which she sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite book |author=Glatzer, Jenna |title=Céline Dion: For Keeps |url=https://archive.org/details/celinedionforkee0000glat |url-access=registration |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=0-7407-5559-5}}</ref> Dion also performed the song during her 1996–97 Falling into You: Around the World tour.
== Formats and track listing == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} * '''European CD single''' # "Call the Man" (radio edit) – 4:15 # "Medley Starmania" (live at the Olympia) – 6:33
* '''UK cassette single''' # "Call the Man" (radio edit) – 4:15 # "Medley Starmania" (live at the Olympia) – 6:33 # "Because You Loved Me" (live) – 4:49 {{col-2}}
* '''European and UK CD maxi-single''' # "Call the Man" (radio edit) – 4:15 # "Medley Starmania" (live at the Olympia) – 6:33 # "If We Could Start Over" – 4:23 # "Refuse to Dance" – 4:22
* '''UK CD maxi-single #2''' # "Call the Man" (album version) – 6:08 # "Little Bit of Love" – 4:26 # "Did You Give Enough Love" – 4:20 # "Because You Loved Me" (live) – 4:49 {{col-end}}
== Credits and personnel == Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Falling into You'': * Celine Dion – lead vocals * Jeff Bova – keyboards, drum programming * Ottmar Liebert – acoustic guitar * Shelton Becton – backing vocals * Sharon Bryant-Gallwey – backing vocals * Angela Clemmons-Patrick – backing vocals * Curtis King – backing vocals
== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ {{sro|Weekly chart performance}} ! scope="col"| Chart (1997) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Flanders|45|artist=Céline Dion|song=Call the Man|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 October 2014}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|26|artist=Céline Dion|song=Call the Man|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 October 2014}} |- ! scope="row"| Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-07-12.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=14 |issue=28 |date=12 July 1997 |page=13 |access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref> | 68 |- ! scope="row"| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timarit.is/files/12658655.pdf#navpanes=1&vie |title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (07.08.1997 - 14.08.1997) |publisher=Dagblaðið Vísir – Tónlist |access-date=5 February 2018 |language=is}}</ref> | 7 |- {{single chart|Ireland2|8|song=Call the Man|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 September 2014}} |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/celine-dion/celine-dion-call-the-man-13723 |title=Celine Dion – Call the Man – Top 40 |language=Dutch |publisher=Dutch Top 40 |access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> | 5 |- {{single chart|Dutch100|69|artist=Céline Dion|song=Call the Man|rowheader=true|accessdate=11 October 2014}} |- {{single chart|Scotland|14|date=19970622|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 May 2015}} |- {{single chart|UK|11|date=19970622|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 September 2014}} |- ! scope="row"| UK Airplay (''Music Week'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=12 July 1997 |title=Top 50 Airplay Hits |magazine=Music Week |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-07-12.pdf |access-date=6 January 2026 |page=17}}</ref> | 24 |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ {{sro|Year-end chart performance}} ! scope="col"| Chart (1997) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timarit.is/page/2963913?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up/ |title=Árslistinn 1997 – Íslenski Listinn – 100 Vinsælustu Lögin |newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir |language=is |page=25 |date=2 January 1998 |access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> | 40 |- ! scope="row"| UK Singles (OCC)<ref name="uksales">{{cite web |url=http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201997.html |title=Najlepsze single na UK Top 40-1997 wg sprzedaży |language=Polish |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=22 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604144848/http://hosting1642755.az.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201997.html |archive-date=4 June 2015}}</ref> | 194 |} {{col-end}}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ {{sro|Release history}} ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.}} |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | 9 June 1997 | {{hlist|Cassette|CD}} | <ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-06-07.pdf |title=New Releases |magazine=Music Week |page=33 |date=7 June 1997 |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref> |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Discogs master|248008|Call the Man|type=single}}
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Category:1990s ballads Category:1996 songs Category:1997 singles Category:Celine Dion songs Category:Music videos directed by Greg Masuak Category:Pop ballads Category:Song recordings produced by Jim Steinman Category:Song recordings with Wall of Sound arrangements Category:Songs with lyrics by Peter Sinfield Category:Songs written by Andy Hill (composer)