"The Power of One" is a 2000 song composed by Mervyn Warren and Mark Chait.[1] It was performed by Donna Summer and is the theme song for the movie Pokémon: The Movie 2000. Pokémon: The Movie 2000, subtitled The Power of One, was released in late 1999 and was the second feature-length film based on the Japanese Pokémon video game series. It was also heard in the trailers for all three of the Kids' WB-released films.
"The Power of One" | ||||
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Single by Donna Summer | ||||
from the album Pokémon: The Movie 2000 Soundtrack | ||||
B-side | "The Legend Comes to Life from "The Power of One" score" by Ralph Schuckett | |||
Released | July 11, 2000 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:50 (album version) | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Composer(s) | Mervyn Warren, Mark Chait, Ralph Schuckett, John Loeffler | |||
Lyricist(s) | Mervyn Warren, Mark Chait | |||
Producer(s) | David Foster | |||
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The song was released on July 11, 2000 as the first single from Pokémon 2000 soundtrack album. It was produced by renowned music producer David Foster. Summer and Foster had previously collaborated in 1996 on the song "Whenever There Is Love," the theme to the Sylvester Stallone film Daylight.
"The Power of One" was included as track 1 on the soundtrack album and was released as two different CD singles in the United States. A number of dance remixes by Jonathan Peters and Tommy Musto were also issued on vinyl to nightclub DJs. Following 1999's "I Will Go with You (Con te partirò)" and "Love Is the Healer" which both topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart that year, the club remix of "The Power of One" became another dancefloor success for Summer, peaking at #2 on the same chart in 2000. The 4-track remix CD was released on October 31 in the same year.
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Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[2] | 2 |
Herman Cain, a former Republican candidate for President of the United States, quoted lines from the Donna Summer song multiple times throughout his campaign. He first used them in his official campaign announcement, mis-attributing them to the closing song of the 2000 Olympics. He made the same mistake at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 17, 2011. During an August debate, Cain again quoted the lyrics, this time attributing them to a poet.[3] In a December interview with GQ, Cain acknowledged that the song came from a Pokémon film, but reiterated that he heard it during the close of the 2000 Olympics and stated that he had not previously known that it had originated in this film.[4] However, "The Power of One" was not played during the Olympics' closing ceremony.[5]
During Cain's announcement that he would be suspending his presidential campaign, he again quoted these lyrics, acknowledging that they came from a Pokémon movie.[6]
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