Call the Man

The single was released during the second European leg of the Falling into You Tour and peaked at number eight in Ireland and number 11 in the United Kingdom, where it has sold over 80,000 copies.

On 17 April 1997 Dion performed "Call the Man" with a 30-voice gospel choir during the World Music Awards ceremony. She was the big star of that 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 year in a row that Dion has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.{{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}} Dion performed the song during her 1996/1997 Falling Into You: Around the World tour.

In 2008, "Call the Man" was included on the European version of My Love: Ultimate Essential Collection.

Pip Ellwood-Hughes from Entertainment Focus declared the song as a "huge sing-a-long anthem".{{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|accessdate=14 April 2020}} A reviewer from Music & Media named it an "epic ballad".{{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 |accessdate= 8 December 2020}} British magazine Music Week gave it a score of 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'."{{cite magazine|first=|last=|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|accessdate=27 May 2022}} Bob Waliszewski of Plugged In wrote that "Call the Man", "which praises a nameless individual capable of calming the chaos and confusion in life with “love beyond repair,” could easily be interpreted as a song about Jesus."{{cite web|first= Bob |last= Waliszewski |title= Falling Into You |work= Plugged In |publisher= Focus on the Family |accessdate= 27 March 2020 |url= https://www.pluggedin.com/album-reviews/celinedion-fallingintoyou/}} Ealing Leader noted that Dion is "in sad, wistful mood for this potent ballad"."Celine Dion – Call The Man". Ealing Leader. 4 July 1997. page 9. Retrieved 29 March 2020. Christopher Smith from TalkAboutPopMusic described it as a "long and brooding epic [that] is full of theatrics and drama".{{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|accessdate=7 April 2020}}

The accompanying music video for "Call the Man" was directed by Greg Masuak in 1995 and already used for two other songs in edited versions: "Je sais pas" and "Next Plane Out".

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• European CD single

1. "Call the Man" (Radio Edit) – 4:15
2. "Medley Starmania" (Live) – 6:33

• UK cassette single

1. "Call the Man" (Radio Edit) – 4:15
2. "Medley Starmania" (Live) – 6:33
3. "Because You Loved Me" (Live) – 4:49

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• European/UK CD maxi-single

1. "Call the Man" (Radio Edit) – 4:15
2. "Medley Starmania" (Live) – 6:33
3. "If We Could Start Over" – 4:23
4. "Refuse to Dance" – 4:23

• UK CD maxi-single #2

1. "Call the Man" (Album Version) – 6:08
2. "Little Bit of Love" – 4:26
3. "Did You Give Enough Love" – 4:20
4. "Because You Loved Me" (Live) – 4:49

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According to the liner notes of Falling Into You

• Celine Dion – Lead Vocals
• Jeff Bova – Keyboards and drum programming
• Ottmar Liebert – Acoustic guitar and solo
• Shelton Becton – Backing Vocals
• Sharon Bryant-Gallwey – Backing Vocals
• Angela Clemmons-Patrick – Backing Vocals
• Curtis King – Backing Vocals

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