Diane Warren - Definition and Overview

Diane Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys, California) is an American pop music songwriter. Recordings of her songs are typically very successful, and she has received numerous Academy Award nominations.

Her first hit was "Solitare", which Laura Branigan took to No. 7 in the US pop charts in 1983. Other notable hits include:

• "Because You Loved Me", recorded by Céline Dion, from the film Up Close and Personal (Oscar nominee)
• "Faith of the Heart"
  • recorded by Rod Stewart for the movie Patch Adams
  • recorded by Russell Watson for the television show Star Trek: Enterprise
• "How Do I Live?" recorded by both Trisha Yearwood (from the film Con Air, Oscar nominee) and LeAnn Rimes
• "How Can We Be Lovers?", recorded by Michael Bolton
• "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing", recorded by Aerosmith, from the film Armageddon (Oscar nominee)
• "I Learned From The Best", recorded by Whitney Houston
• "I Get Weak", by Belinda Carlisle
• "I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)", recorded by Meat Loaf
• "If I Could Turn Back Time", recorded by Cher
• "I'll Never Get Over You (Getting Over Me)", recorded by Exposé
• "Just Like Jesse James", recorded by Cher
• "Music of My Heart" from the film Music of the Heart (Oscar nominee)
• "Nothing Hurts Like Love", recorded by Daniel Bedingfield
• "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (co-writer), recorded by Starship, from the film Mannequin (Oscar nominee)
• "Rhythm of the Night", recorded by Debarge
• "Set the Night to Music", recorded by Roberta Flack
• "There You'll Be", recorded by Faith Hill, from the film Pearl Harbor (Oscar nominee)
• "Too Lost In You", recorded by the Sugababes
• "Un-Break My Heart", recorded by Toni Braxton

External links

• Diane Warren, Hitmaker (http://www.octopusmediaink.com/DianeWarren.html) (from The Toronto Star)
• Diane Warren (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005534/) at the Internet Movie Database