The chorus uses the common chord progression of vi–IV–I–V, with Dion's vocal range spanning from note D 3 to D 5.

Having a tempo of 57 beats per minute with syncopation, the song is written in the key of G minor and it would feature piano, string ensemble, drums and a synthesizer. A lushly orchestrated love song that has been covered numerously, it is about an enamoured individual who would surrender everything just to be with their lover. 'I Surrender' is a power ballad written by Louis Biancaniello and Sam Watters, and recorded by Canadian singer Celine Dion from her seventh English-language studio album, A New Day Has Come (2002). All told, though, we’re really looking forward to next week, when producers tell everybody what to sing again.Celine Dion performing 'I Surrender' in Las Vegas, 2007 On a positive note, Scott MacIntyre totally won us over with the only salvageable two minutes of last night’s episode, his solo piano version of Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” (see below). But the top stinker came courtesy of Megan Joy, who will almost certainly be sent home tonight for doing this: And the generally loathsome Danny Gokey did Rascal Flatts’s “What Hurts the Most,” implicitly dedicating it to his deceased wife (have you heard? His wife is deceased).īut who was the worst? On any other episode, Adam Lambert’s version of “Play That Funky Music,” which managed the seemingly impossible feat of making the song even more atrocious, would’ve earned that distinction (though it was truthfully no worse than his “Satisfaction” or “Black or White,” which probably means he’s safe). The overrated Lil Rounds sang Celine Dion’s “Surrender” and bored even the judges, which caused panicked producers to send Ryan Seacrest into the audience to interview her two small children, ensuring she won’t be sent home, sadly. Matt Giraud, the competition’s ostensible R&B singer, sang the Fray’s mopey “You Found Me,” forfeiting his front-runner status. Anoop Desai, who scored points the past two weeks singing ballads and ignoring his R&B impulses, did a hatchet job on Usher’s “Caught Up” that prompted Kara to compare him to a “frat boy on a dare” (cameras cut to a shot of booing frat boys). Like us, very few of this year’s finalists seem to understand exactly what it is that America likes about them. On last night’s show, the nine remaining singers were tasked with performing any track, as long as it was a “popular download on iTunes.” Sadly, none of them selected John Cage’s “4’33”,” although it certainly would’ve been a better choice than Bob Marley’s “Turn Your Lights Down Low”! Though we’ve suffered through some pretty awful theme nights already on this season of American Idol, seldom are episodes more harrowing than the ones in which contestants are permitted to select whichever songs they like, irrespective of the genre.

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