


I can’t thank her enough for writing this music for me and I only hope everyone else loves it as much as I do. She makes it look so easy, where I imagine it must be unbelievably hard, to do what she does so amazingly well over so many years and so many records. But I do have two different situations occur fairly regularly: I pick up a.

Then a chance encounter in a coffee shop led me back to the wonderful Diane Warren and she gave me the incredible gift of this song and the other songs on my new EP.”Ĭarlisle goes on to add, “Diane’s songwriting is both a joy and mystery to me. I rarely sit down with a goal of writing a song. This song saw Belinda team up with Dolly Parton, Cyndi Lauper, Gloria Estefan and Debbie Harry – a line-up of female icons for the ages.ĭiscussing working with Diane Warren, Belinda Carlisle commented, “Twenty-seven years on from making my last English language pop record I really wasn’t thinking I would ever make one again…… and I was quite happy with that idea.

In addition to Belinda’s new solo outings, she has also recently recorded another Diane Warren track – “Gonna Be You” which is featured in the movie 80 For Brady. I had a great chat with Warren about how her latest potential Oscar contender came about, which one of her 13 nominated songs she would want to represent her Honorary Oscar, and why this new hardware could use a buddy.More on their history together, per a news release:īelinda and Diane first collaborated in 1987 for Belinda’s second solo album Heaven on Earth, which featured the Diane Warren penned songs, “I Get Weak” and “World Without You,” and also the anthemic, “Heaven Is A Place On Earth,” the track that shot to the top of the charts all over the world and established Belinda Carlisle as a global star. “And then go back to beating the shit out of myself,” she says with a laugh. And I have, actually, this is interesting, I have a lot of letters that they had. Maybe I should give myself applause for a second,'” says Warren. Give yourself some love ’cause you’re worth it/You’re worth it The journal's Bruce Miller sits down to talk to Warren about her. Give yourself some respect ’cause you’ve earned it No one has more single Oscar nominations for best song than Diane Warren. Give yourself some applause/You deserve it Thankfully, last year she finally earned an honorary one, and when she received word about it, she was working in the studio on “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman, which felt strangely appropriate given the lyrics from the song. Download: Diane Warren On Her Song 'Applause' from 'Tell It Like a Woman,' Plus Which Song Might Represent Her Honorary Oscar Awards Daily talks to 13-time Academy Award nominee Diane Warren about how “Applause” came together for Tell It Like a Woman and putting together an ’80s supergroup for the upcoming “Gonna Be Me” from 80 for Brady.Īfter 13 nominations for Best Original Song, Diane Warren is not shy about wanting an Oscar.
