It’s hard to imagine anyone else owning the song “From This Moment On” by Shania Twain. Originally a hit off her album, Come On Over, in 1997, it’s one of her most well-known tunes, but as it turns out, she didn’t always intend for it to be hers.
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During a recent interview with GQ where she had a conversation with fellow Country artist, Shaboozey, Twain revealed she originally wrote the song for Celine Dion. “I did write a song for Céline Dion years ago, called ‘From This Moment On,’ she shared. “But then my producer at the time wanted me to record it, and it’s one of my biggest songs. So I guess it’s better that I did it, but I would love to have had her record it. I just wrote it with her in mind.”
Twain admits writing the song with Dion’s powerhouse vocals in mind allowed her to dream beyond what she would have written for herself which expanded her creativity beyond her wildest imagination. “I just feel writing for myself is kind of limiting because it’s my voice, it’s my range, it’s my style. Writing for other voices opens up my world as a writer.”
Shaboozey also knows a thing or two about writing for other artists as he’s pitched several and even had few in mind for Beyoncè’s Cowboy Carter project. While the songs he wrote didn’t land on that specific album, he says they still stretched his creativity and remain some of his favorite to date.
“Technically, Beyoncé didn’t end up taking the ones I cut for her to sing, but they’re still some of my favorite songs ever,” he said before reflecting on the song he ended up recording with Bey titled, “Spaghettii.” While not originally moved by the song, Boozey said after playing with it and putting his own spin on things, it came out “fire.”
“When I was listening to ‘Spaghettii,’ I heard it and I was like, ‘Okay, Beyoncé is rapping. I’m not too sure what she wants me to do on this or where I’m going to fit in on this song. This isn’t really my style, my vibe. [But] it’s Beyoncé. I can’t say no.’”
He continued, “And then the song switched up to this very dark outlaw [thing], and I was like, ‘I know exactly what to do….’ I was like, ‘Yeah, Beyoncé’s going to hear this and be like, This is fire.’
I saw her two days ago and she confirmed. She was like, “Wait, what you did on ‘Spaghettii’? Fire.”
If there was any question, the song is still proving its heat as it just received a GRAMMY nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance. Additionally, Shaboozey received additional noms for Best New Artist, Song of the Year (“A Bar Song- Tipsy”), Best Re-mixed Recording (“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” David Guetta Remix), Best Country Solo Performance (“A Bar Song -Tipsdy”) and Best Country Song (“A Bar Song- Tipsy”).
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