<P> The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song . Both awards, however, went to "My Heart Will Go On", a song from Titanic, a film directed by James Cameron . "Go the Distance" peaked at #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and went to #1 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, Bolton's ninth song to top this chart . </P> <P> The song was recorded by American actor Roger Bart in his film role as the singing voice of Hercules . </P> <P> "Go the Distance" is performed in the film by Hercules (age 15) who possesses god - like strength and finds it increasingly hard to fit in with his peers . The song serves as Hercules' prayer to the Gods to help him find where he truly belongs . His prayers are answered, as he is revealed to be the long - lost son of Zeus, king of the gods . Hercules is also told that he must become a true hero in order to rejoin his father on Mount Olympus . The number is later reprised when Hercules sets off on his quest to become a true hero, proclaiming that he wants to "go the distance" in order to prove himself . </P> <P> Back in 1993, Disney USA loved so much Joël Legendre (fr)'s (Canadian French) Aladdin that he was later asked to come back as Hercules, while Alex Baroni (Italian), together with the whole Italian cast of the movie, received a prize for the best foreign version . </P>

Who made the charts with the hit single go the distance in 1997