You certainly know about the hit album that made Shania Twain a superstar. Come On Over, which dropped in 1997, flew off store shelves and garnered countless fans. One of the tracks on the LP was "You're Still the One." A gentle, romantic ballad, it earned a pair of Grammys. It became a beloved go-to for weddings and other heartfelt occasions.
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But for Twain, it also had some unpleasant memories, per Whiskey Riff. She penned it with her then-husband and producer, Robert John "Mutt" Lange. They were married from 1993 to 2010. Thus it acquired some pretty heavy-duty baggage in her mind when they split. As the outlet put it, "So when they went through the divorce in 2010, which was caused by Lange's affair with Shania's friend and assistant Marie-Anne Thiébaud, it took on an entirely different meaning, obviously."
Twain understood how deeply fans cherished the song. She then looked at it through a different lens.
Twain Eventually Overcame Her Negative Feelings About That Song
Twain finally realized how much the song meant to so many people. That helped her get past the bad feelings that surrounded it for her after her split with Lange. Per the outlet via Etalk, she said, "Well, I'm not just saying this because it seems obvious, but 'You're Still the One' really is one of my favorites to do live. I've gone through quite a few stages with that song of, not really even wanting to sing it live for a while, just thinking, well, okay, I'm divorced now, does it really mean what it used to mean when I wrote it?"
The singer added, "I have a newfound appreciation for it again, and I have for a while. It's mostly fans, fans love it, they want to hear it. It means so much to them in so many ways. They're either getting married to it, or have been married to it, or had an anniversary, or a friendship, or whatever it is. It's more the meaning that it is, or that it represents, to everybody else that makes it so meaningful to me again."
