Background and Composition
I'd never actually collaborated, as far as a duet, with anybody before, so it became a lot of fun. They let me do exactly what I wanted to do, and I think we blended real well together. I got to work out all kinds of different arrangement things with them."
—Bryan White reflects on the duet.
"From This Moment On" was written during a soccer game in Italy. Twain once explained “We were in Italy at a soccer game. My husband loves sports. I don’t know the game that well, so my mind drifted and I started writing.” Initially, Twain thought "From This Moment On" would be perfect for singer Celine Dion; however, as Twain and Lange developed the song, they concluded that it would work best as a duet. Despite their first choice for the duet being Elton John, they chose country singer Bryan White instead, who took the opportunity. Twain later described White as "the best male voice in country music. Beyond country music! He's an excellent singer. So he needed to be on this record, because the song soars. It demands that. It demands dynamics." White explained that, by the time he went to the recording, the song was mostly finalized, and, vocally, described it as "extremely challenging."
"From This Moment On" was released as the third single from Come on Over on March 14, 1998 in the North America and Oceania, while being released in Europe on November 16, 1998 only. For the international release, White's vocals were replaced with the ones of Irish recording artist Ronan Keating. Musically, "From This Moment On" is a country pop ballad and is set in common time with a slowly tempo of 72 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of G major with Twain's vocal range spanning from the low note of D3 to the high note of C5. Nick Reynolds of BBC Music described the song as a power new country ballad with "a beautiful melody".
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