"I Will Always Love You" | ||||
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![]() US CD single | ||||
Single by Whitney Houston | ||||
from the album The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | ||||
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Released | November 2, 1992 | |||
Recorded | April 22, 1992 | |||
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Length | 4:31 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dolly Parton | |||
Producer(s) | David Foster | |||
Whitney Houston singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Will Always Love You" on YouTube |
"I Will Always Love You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Whitney Houston released on November 2, 1992, via Arista Records for the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, her film debut. Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" was a global success topping the singles charts in 34 countries. It sold over 24 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling single by a female artist of all time as well as one of the best-selling singles of all time.[4] It was also the world's best-selling single of 1992.[5]
Houston won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song,[6] which was originally written and sung in 1973 by Dolly Parton. A live performance was included on the 1999 release Divas Live '99, and a 1994 performance of the song was included on the 2014 CD/DVD release of Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances.[7]
Houston's version of the song appeared at No. 8 on NME's Greatest No 1 Singles in History list.[8] In 2004, Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" placed at number 65 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.[9] It was also ranked at number 22 on The Guardian's list of Britain's favorite 100 songs, published in May 2002.[10] In February 2014, the song placed at number six on Billboard's list of the Top 50 Love Songs of All Time.[11]
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