Celine Dion doesn’t want her heart to go on

Celine Dion doesn’t want ‘My Heart Will Go On’ played at her funeral.

While the 45-year-old songstress is grateful for the success of her hit ballad – which featured on the soundtrack to 1997 movie ‘Titanic’ – she is wary of the career-defining song following her into the afterlife.

She said:  »I’m going to die with this song. It’s a good problem to have, when you’re part of a classic and you know that you’re going to die with it. [But] when I die, though, please don’t play the song. »

‘My Heart Will Go On’ has become one of the best-selling singles of all time, with 15 million record sales worldwide, and even earned Celine an Oscar, but the French-Canadian star said she was initially reluctant to record the signature track.

In an interview to air on UK TV’s ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ tomorrow (09.11.13), she explained:  »I didn’t want to sing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ … thank God they didn’t listen to me! I didn’t really like the song at first. I wasn’t sure. I did another song for a movie before and it was very successful and I thought we were pushing our luck.

 »And [my husband and manager, René Angélil] said, ‘Let’s just do a demo, let’s give it a try and we’ll see after.’ The demo is actually the real recording, I never sang the song again … Well, except three million times after that live. »

Celine isn’t the only star with qualms about the song’s enduring legacy, as ‘Titanic’ actress Kate Winslet admitted last year she feels like  »throwing up » when she hears it because people insist on playing it whenever she’s in their presence.

She moaned:  »I wish I could say, ‘Oh listen, everybody! It’s the Celine Dion song!’ But I don’t. I just have to sit there, you know, kind of straight-faced with a massive internal eye roll. »