I will always love you
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| Dolly Parton | |
| publication | April 4th 1974 |
| length | 2:55 |
| Genre (s) | Country music , pop music |
| Author (s) | Dolly Parton |
| album | Jolene |
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| 1992 | Whitney Houston |
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I Will Always Love You is a song by American country musician Dolly Parton from 1974, which became a global hit in 1992 in the cover version of Whitney Houston . Houston's version comes from the soundtrack for the film Bodyguard and was number one on the pop charts in 16 countries, including Germany , Austria , Switzerland , the United States and the United Kingdom, and achieved multiple platinum status.
The version of Dolly Parton
The song was written by Parton in 1973, recorded on RCA Records in Nashville in June 1973 , and released on Parton's album Jolene in February 1974 ; The producer was Bob Ferguson. The single was released in April 1974. The piece reached number 1 on the country charts in 1974 and in 1982 in a newly recorded version for the film The Most Beautiful House of Joy in Texas again top of the country and number 53 of the pop charts. In the mid-1970s, Elvis Presley wanted to record a cover version of the song. On the day of the recording, Presley's manager, Colonel Tom Parker , informed Parton that Presley would only record the song if he would get half of the release rights, which Parton declined.
In 1995 Parton recorded the song again, this time in a duet version with Vince Gill , and reached the charts for the third time with the same title. In 2003 the piece was voted number 16 of the “100 Greatest Songs in Country Music” by CMT and in 2004 it was voted number one of the “100 Greatest Country Love Songs”. In interviews, Parton said she wrote the piece for her former long-time partner and mentor, Porter Wagoner ; it was meant to express how much she valued what he had taught her.
Whitney Houston's version
1992 Whitney Houston recorded the song for the film Bodyguard , from whose soundtrack it was released as a single on November 3, 1992. David Foster was the producer ; the tenor saxophone solo was recorded by Kirk Whalum .
The piece was for many years the best-selling single in the USA and was included at number 68 in the "Billboard Greatest Songs of All Time". In Songs of the Century of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is ranked No. 108 and held with 14 weeks for some time to record the single, which was on the Billboard Hot longest number one 100th It was the number one Christmas hit of 1992 in the UK .
After Houston's death in early 2012, the song came back on the Billboard Hot 100. In the first week, the song was at number 7, a week later it reached number 3 on the charts. Also in Germany (19th place), Austria (10th place) and Switzerland (3rd place) the song made a return. Also in 2012, the song was described by the TV station RTL in the ultimate chart show as the "most successful world hit of all time".
Versions in other languages
In 1998 Angelika Milster recorded a German-language version entitled Es ist die Liebe zu Dir , which appeared on her album The Biggest Hits in Film History .
Music awards
In 1994 , the song won a Grammy for Single of the Year, and Houston received a Grammy for Best Female Vocal Performance - Pop. The piece was also awarded two American Music Awards and numerous other music prizes around the world.
Awards for music sales
Houston's I Will Always Love You has been awarded 4 × gold and 25 × platinum worldwide. According to the awards and sources, the single sold over 11.6 million times (including premium streaming).
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for Mu-sik-ver-käu-fe (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 4 × platinum
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280,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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 gold
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30,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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platinum
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500,000 |
 France (SNEP)
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gold
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250,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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platinum
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50,000 |
 Japan (RIAJ)
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 5 × Platinum (Physical)+ Platinum (Download)
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700,000 |
 Mexico (AMPROFON)
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gold
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30,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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platinum
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15,000 |
 Netherlands (NVPI)
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platinum
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75,000 |
 Austria (IFPI)
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gold
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25,000 |
 Sweden (IFPI)
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platinum
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50,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
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8 × platinum
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8,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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2 × platinum
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1,660,000 |
| All in all |
4 × gold 25 × platinum |
11,665,000 |
Main article: Whitney Houston / Music Sales Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK Charts US Charts US Dolly Parton
- ↑ cmt.com: Dolly Parton Reflects on Her Greatest Moments
- ↑ Dolly Parton. In: answers.com. Accessed December 31, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Whitney Houston "I Look To You" (live on Wetten dass ...?) & Talk In: wettendass.zdf.de
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-titles-70.shtml ( Memento from September 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Billboard. P. 94. Limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ Whitney Houston back on the charts. In: fr-online.de (Newsticker). February 21, 2012, accessed December 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Steffen Hung: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - austriancharts.at. In: austriancharts.at. February 14, 2012, accessed December 31, 2014 .
- ↑ Steffen Hung: Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You - hitparade.ch. In: hitparade.ch. February 14, 2012, accessed December 31, 2014 .
- ↑ The ultimate chart show: The world's most successful hits - list (PDF; 324 kB)
- ↑ Justin Myers: The Official Top 20 bestselling Christmas Number 1s. officialcharts.com, December 3, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .