"That's the Way It Is" is a hit single from Céline Dion's All the Way... A Decade of Song album, released on November 1 1999.
"That's the Way It Is" was written and produced by a team under the direction of Swedish producers Max Martin and Kristian Lundin, who have worked with artists such as 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys. Céline Dion sang it live with 'N Sync, during her CBS TV special (1999). She also performed it at the end of her Let's Talk About Love Tour. Dion promoted the song during various TV shows, including the 1999 Billboard Music Awards. She also sang it in 2002 on different occasions. Album version of this song was included later on The Collector's Series, Volume One compilation. Several club remixes were created by the Metro. Some pressings of the single included the song "I Met an Angel (On Christmas Day)," a non-album track.
"That's the Way It Is" music video, directed by Liz Friedlander, premiered on VH1 on November 8 1999. It was nominated for the MuchMusic Video Award. The video was included on Dion's All the Way... A Decade of Song and Video DVD.
The song spent eight weeks at #1 on the United World Chart. It was also #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts in the United States (one week) and Canada. "That's the Way It Is" reached top twenty elsewhere. It was Dion's first airplay-only single that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #6 (#2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay). The commercial single was released nine months later as a double A-side with "I Want You to Need Me" (#62 on the Hot 100 Singles Sales).
"That's the Way It Is" was very successful, being certified platinum in Sweden (20,000), gold in Australia (35,000), Belgium (25,000), Germany (250,000) and silver in France (157,000). It sold 88,100 copies in the United Kingdom and 58,000 in the U.S.
According to Billboard, "That's the Way It Is" received the "BDS Certified Spin Award - 500,000 Spins" in August 2006. Since the song was released in November 1999, it has cycled 500,000 times on almost 1400 radio stations across Canada and the U.S.
