"I'll Be Your Shelter" is a song performed by Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne was born Leslie Wunderman on March 7, 1962 before later adopting her current stage name. She is an American pop vocalist, songwriter, and dance artist. Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine...

. Released as the third single from Dayne's second album, Can't Fight Fate

Can't Fight Fate

Can't Fight Fate is the second album by American singer Taylor Dayne. The album continued her chart success and was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA...

, the song was a departure from her dance roots, displaying more of a mid-tempo pop/rock quality, yet maintaining the intense vocals for which she had become known.

The song was written by Diane Warren

Diane Warren

Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...

, who wrote two other songs on Can't Fight Fate (the song titled "You Can't Fight Fate" as well as the U.S. chart-topping ballad Love Will Lead You Back

Love Will Lead You Back

"Love Will Lead You Back" is a song performed by Taylor Dayne. Released as the second single from Dayne's second album Can't Fight Fate , the ballad debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 27, 1990. It reached number one on April 7 that same year and spent 15 weeks in the Top 40...

). As explained by Diane Warren on American Top 40

American Top 40

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 with Shadoe Stevens

Shadoe Stevens

Shadoe Stevens is an American radio host, voiceover actor, and television personality. He was the host of American Top 40 from 1988 to 1995...

, she originally intended for the song to be sung by Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

, but when Turner passed on it, the song was offered to Dayne instead. It features background vocals by Kathy Troccoli

Kathy Troccoli

Kathleen Colleen "Kathy" Troccoli is a contemporary Christian singer, author, and speaker.-Personal:Born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 24, 1958, Troccoli moved at age three and was raised in Islip Terrace, Long Island, New York, graduating from East Islip High School. At 15, she lost her father...

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Chart performance

This was Dayne's seventh consecutive U.S. Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, where it peaked at #4 during the summer of 1990. It also ranked at #63 on Billboard's year-end Top Pop Singles chart for that year. The song reached #1 in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 for one week in August 1990, and peaked at #43 in the UK

Peak positions

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	4
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	15
Australian Singles Chart	4
Canadian Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	43

End of year charts

End of year chart (1990)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	63

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 was directed by Dominic Sena (Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...

's Rhythm Nation 1814

Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on September 19, 1989, by A&M Records. Despite demands from label executives for material similar to her previous album, Control , she insisted on creating a concept album addressing...

short film), now a film director of such films as Gone in 60 Seconds and Swordfish

Swordfish (film)

Swordfish is a 2001 crime-thriller film, directed by Dominic Sena and starring John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle and Vinnie Jones. The film is an action thriller that was also notable for Halle Berry's first topless scene...

, among others. The video would be later included in Dayne's music video collection Twist of Fate.

Remix

Even though mainly a rock song, two remixes were produced of the song, giving it a more pop sound (the "Extended Remix" and the "Groove Mix"). It was very hard to find until recently when it was released on her collection of remixes Dance Diva: Remixes & Rarities.