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I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston recording)

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1992 single by Whitney Houston
"I Will Always Love You"
US CD single
Single byWhitney Houston
from the albumThe Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
B-side
  • "Jesus Loves Me"
  • "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
ReleasedNovember 2, 1992 (1992-11-02)[1]
RecordedApril 22, 1992
StudioOcean Way Recording (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length4:31
LabelArista
SongwriterDolly Parton
ProducerDavid Foster
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"We Didn't Know"
(1992)		"I Will Always Love You"
(1992)		"I'm Every Woman"
(1993)
Music video
"I Will Always Love You" onYouTube
Audio sample

"I Will Always Love You" is a song recorded by American singerWhitney Houston. It is a cover ofthe original song written and recorded byDolly Parton, and was inspired by a version recorded byLinda Ronstadt. It was released on November 2, 1992, byArista Records as the lead single fromthe soundtrack toThe Bodyguard, Houston's film acting debut. Her version was produced by Canadian musicianDavid Foster. The song was a global success, topping the singles charts in 34 countries. Considered one of the most famous and iconic singles of all time,[5][6] it has sold over 24 million copies worldwide, making it thebest-selling single by a female artist of all time as well as one of thebest-selling singles of all time.[7][8][9] It was also the best-selling single of 1992 in the UK.[10] The music video for "I Will Always Love You" is the first video of the 20th century by a solo act to reach 1 billion views onYouTube.[11] As of February 2026, it has reached over 1.8 billion views, making it one of the most watched videos of all time.

Houston wonRecord of the Year andBest Female Pop Vocal Performance at the36th Annual Grammy Awards for the song.[12] A live performance was included on the 1999 releaseDivas Live '99, and a 1994 performance of the song at Houston's acclaimed and history-makingconcert at Johannesburg, South Africa, where she became the first international artist to tour the region following the abolishing ofapartheid and the presidency ofNelson Mandela, was included on the 2014 CD/DVD release ofWhitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances.[13]

Houston's version of the song appeared at number eight onNME's Greatest No 1 Singles in History list.[14] It was included in the list ofSongs of the Century by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and theNational Endowment for the Arts. In 2004, Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You" placed at number 65 onAFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.[15] It was also ranked at number 22 onThe Guardian's list of Britain's favorite 100 songs, published in May 2002.[16] In February 2014, the song placed at number six onBillboard's list of the Top 50 Love Songs of All Time.[17] A year later, in 2015, Rod Couch ranked the song as the number one song of therock era in his book,The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era: 1955-2015. In addition, the song has been inducted into theGrammy Hall of Fame and was culturally preserved by theLibrary of Congress'National Recording Registry.

The single is cited as one of Houston'ssignature songs and helped cement herstatus as a pop culture icon.

Background

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A man is seen singing into a microphone onstage
Though initially chosen forThe Bodyguard, after British singerPaul Young recorded "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" for another film, Houston and Costner dropped suggestions of recording it for the movie.

In April 1991, Houston announced that she was to co-star withKevin Costner in a film titledThe Bodyguard.[18] The decision to do the film by Houston initially "didn't impress"Clive Davis, the head of Houston's record labelArista, describing the film's first draft of the script as a "purethriller", later admitting that he was "nervous" of the film's aspects and what it would do for Houston's film career.[19][20] Due to Houston's worldwide fame as a music superstar, Davis felt the idea of Houston doing the film "without really previously ever testing her acting chops... was speculative. It was risky. You don't come fully confident that she can do everything. And will the script be up to the mettle of somebody who would become the best-selling vocalist of all time?"[19] Davis wrote a letter to the film's producers, which included Costner, where he told them of his concern of having Houston in the film without any music.[19] The producers agreed with Davis and Houston, in a deal with the film's distributor,Warner Bros. Pictures, signed a deal for control of the soundtrack album and back royalties from each sale the album would make.[19] Houston eventually agreed to record six songs, five of which would be prominently featured in scenes on the film. According to Canadian producerDavid Foster, he met Costner at the premier of his 1990 film,Dances with Wolves and claimed Costner told him that he would be the right man to produce the soundtrack for the film.[20]

Work on the soundtrack of the film began in Los Angeles that November, the same month whereprincipal photography on the film took place. Between November 1991 and February 1992, in between filming the movie, Houston recorded four songs.[19] The songs included therock song "Queen of the Night", a song Houston herself co-wrote, apop-soul rendition of thegospel hymn "Jesus Loves Me" and the pop ballads "Run to You" and "I Have Nothing", the latter two becoming Houston's first collaborations with producerDavid Foster. For the fifth song, Houston, Costner and the film'smusic supervisor Maureen Crowe searched for the song they feel could be the "key moment in the plot" of the film. That March, it was suggested by Costner that they cover theJimmy Ruffin soul ballad, "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted".[19] Neither Houston nor Crowe, however, felt the song was appropriate for a song to be performed at the end of the film.

When the actor suggested the song to be recorded in a slowed down arrangement, Crowe toldThe Telegraph in 2022 that the arrangement "was like a dirge: 'Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion...'", adding jokingly, "you wanna kill yourself at the end of it!"[19] Houston herself reportedly told Foster that the song "[didn't] really fit [her]" and, Foster added, "didn't have the 'meat'... for her vocals in a final act song".[21] Houston suggested, politely to Foster, to "try and make one moredemo. And make it a little more... interesting?"[21] After British singerPaul Young's rendition of the song from the soundtrack of the film,Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), reached the top 30 of theBillboard Hot 100 that month and became an inescapable radio hit, they agreed to search for another song. According to Crowe, she felt the song chosen had to "answer the question: what would you sing to somebody that you had an affair with, who had just taken a bullet for you and had saved your son's life, but you are going to go in completely separate directions after your brief affair, and you will probably never see him again? So, bittersweet memories. I always say when you're trying to find a song: what does the song have to do in the story? And if you ask enough questions, the song will present itself."[19]

Recording

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A woman is seen singing onstage.
The inspiration behind the pick of "I Will Always Love You" for the soundtrack toThe Bodyguard came from a 1975 rendition by American singerLinda Ronstadt.

Crowe later stated that she considered "California oldies", songs from artists such as theEagles andNeil Young.[19] Houston, who was theexecutive producer of the soundtrack, suggested an R&B song in Crowe's retelling of the script.[19] Despite film producers being adamant of "not wantingcountry [music], because Hollywood has a feeling that country makes it something else", Crowe picked out California-based singerLinda Ronstadt's 1975 rendition ofDolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You", from her album,Prisoner in Disguise; Houston agreed to record it.[19][21][22][23]

Davis agreed on the track, seeing its "full potential, lyrically and musically" and looked at it as "raw material. With the lyric, the music, with the potential arrangement, could it fulfill the potential of that scene? And the answer was yes."[19] There were two recordings of the song, the first was recorded live at theFontainebleau inMiami Beach around March 1992 with Houston and members of her live band.[24]

Costner suggested Houston sing the first versea cappella.[25] Though Foster told Costner and Houston that he thought the idea of starting the song a cappella was "ridiculous", he reluctantly agreed as he had ideas of adding strings and horns later in the song's studio recording.[21][19][26] Costner later explained toKelly Clarkson his reasoning behind the acapella intro with regard to the plot line of his and Houston's characters in the film: "Whitney was doing almost an apology moment at that point... And what better way to let someone know they really mean what they’re singing to you than when they say, 'I don’t even need to have music behind it. Let me sing to you what I feel about you.'"[25] Though filmmakers already had a backing track for her to sing along to, Houston still suggested using members of her live band so "she could hold notes out to her liking and perform the ballad in a more organic way."[21] Houston's motherCissy later wrote that she cried as she witnessed Houston performing it in Miami.[27] According to Foster, Cissy leaned to him and told him "you're witnessing greatness right now, I hope you know that."[28] In addition to the performance, arock-arranged recording of the song, sung byJohn Doe of thepunk rock bandX, could be heard playing on the jukebox in a scene where Houston dances with Costner.

A studio recording commenced on April 22 atOcean Way Recording in Los Angeles.[29] Prior to recording, Foster was contacted by Parton over the recording and the songwriter suggested Houston add the third verse from her 1974 original version.[30] Parton stated because the third verse in her original version was a recitation, country radio programmers at the time chose not to play it, cutting it out to go straight into the final chorus. As a result, when the song was covered by Ronstadt and other singers, the recitation wasn't used. Parton suggested Houston to fully sing the third verse. According to Foster, Houston learned the third verse within several minutes and added her own vocal arrangement to the verse.

Again, like in the live Miami performance, Houston brought along her bandmates, namely musical directorRickey Minor, drummerRicky Lawson, percussionistBashiri Johnson and saxophonistKirk Whalum, to record on the studio version in Los Angeles.[31] Houston recorded two takes of the song at Ocean Way. Foster decided to keep the first take because it was "flawless and raw".

According to Clive Davis, when Foster first sent him the record, he told Foster that he loved it, to which Foster quickly retorted "don't get demo-itis! Don't fall in love! Because I'm gonna sweeten it, I'm gonna add strings and horns and do my thing!'," adding that after Foster kept submitting subsequent versions of the song that it "sounded slick".[19] Davis stated that the "raw purity of that first mix, with the a cappella [opening bars]... just haunted me. But David kept saying 'just wait, I'm not done yet,'", further adding that Foster's later mixes sounded "a little sweet".[19] When Warner Bros. Pictures demanded a leading single to promote the film to be released immediately at the start of November, Davis made the decision to release the song as it was in the first version, called the "board mix" by Crowe and called the "first rough draft" by Davis himself.[19] When Foster learned of Davis' plans to release the first version, he was initially angry and reportedly cursed at Davis. 24 hours later following the song's release, however, a more calmed down Foster called Davis back, apologizing and agreeing with the impresario, saying to him, "thisis magic, thank you."[19]

Arrangement

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Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" is a plaintiveR&Blove ballad withpop,soul andgospel elements, arranged by Foster and Houston.[32] The song starts offa cappella and remains that way for around 44 seconds until the chorus, in which by then, strings and keyboard flourishes are added in. The first verse and chorus are sung in a softer range by Houston while the second verse and chorus features restrained belting

The song has an alto saxophone solo by Kirk Whalum and drumming from Ricky Lawson, including a one-note solo tom on the drum that leads to akey change and a final chorus, sung with Houston's full range.

The song then slows back down with Houston singing softer again and ends with a vocal soprano wail on the word "you", which Houston sustains for eleven seconds with her range going from F♯—B—D♯.

Sheet music for Houston's version of this song provided byHal Leonard Music Publishing shows the key ofA major and a4
4 incommon time with a tempo of "freely" at 60beats per minute. After the acapella intro, the song follows a chord progression of A–F♯m–D7–E–A–F♯m–C♯–Bm7–A2. Three minutes and thirty-one seconds later, it shifts toB major and the chord progression shifts to Bm–G♯–Em7–F♯–B–G♯m–F♯–B2–D♯.[33]

Houston's vocal range in the song goes from the low note of F♯3 to the high note of G♯5 while Foster's piano range in the song goes from the low note of C♯1 to the high note of D♯6.[33]

Critical reception

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Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" received universal acclaim from music critics, being now regarded as one of her "signature'' songs.Larry Flick ofBillboard magazine wrote that the song is "bolstered by a remarkably restrained (and ultimately effective) vocal by Houston. She builds to dramatic, heartfelt conclusion that makes sense, given the unusually slow-building created by producerDavid Foster."[34] Randy Clark ofCashbox noted that "the unstoppable voice and unquestionable talent of Whitney Houston will no doubt come roaring back onto the charts with this cover".[35] Amy Linden ofEntertainment Weekly said it "is artistically satisfying and uncharacteristically hip for theMOR songbird."[36] John Martinucci ofGavin Report asserted that Houston "delivers a powerful rendition that reminds us of her natural abilities as a singer with or without musical accompaniment."[37]Stephen Holden ofThe New York Times called it a "magnificent rendition", commenting,

Houston transforms a plaintive country ballad into a towering pop-gospel assertion of lasting devotion to a departing lover. Her voice breaking and tensing, she treats the song as a series of emotional bursts in a steady climb toward a final full-out declamation. Along the way, her virtuosic gospel embellishments enhance the emotion and never seem merely ornamental.[38]

Peter Stanton ofSmash Hits commented, "A slow intro moulds into a crescendo of huggy-kissy-smoochiness that could melt the heart of the yeti of Northern Siberia."[39] Writing forUSA Today on November 17, 1992,James T. Jones IV labeled it a "tour-de-force", and added "[Houston] gives a 31⁄2-star [out of four] performance. Where Dolly Parton's original 'I Will Always Love You' was plaintive and tear-stained, Houston's is gospel-infused and dramatic."[40]

Thekey change after the third verse drew much mention. Chris Willman of theLos Angeles Times commented that the singer "has the goods to deliver on the tune's haunting beauty and resists overpowering it – until the finale, when the key change and stratospheric notes drain all the heart-rending sadness out of the song and make it sound like just another anthem of survival."[41] But more typical is this 2004 take inThe Guardian, in which Glenn Waldron calls the modulation "all-conquering, all-powerful".[42]

Commercial performance

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The song debuted at number 40 on theBillboard Hot 100 for the week of November 14, 1992 becoming the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week,[43] and became Houston's tenth number-one entry two weeks later for the week of November 28, unseatingThe Heights' "How Do You Talk to an Angel" from the top spot.[44] At the time, due to an "explosion" in sales and radio airplay, it was the fastest single to rise to number one on theBillboard Hot 100 sincePaul andLinda McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" in 1971.[45][46] At the time, Houston tied withMadonna for the most number one singles by a female artist.[45] It spent 14 cumulative weeks at the top of the USBillboard Hot 100, which at the time was a record.[47][48][49]

It became Houston's longest run atop the chart, surpassing her previous record of three weeks with "Greatest Love of All" in 1986. It is also the longest running number-one single from a soundtrack album. It holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one in the US by a solo artist, sharing the title withElton John's "Candle in the Wind '97" andShaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)". It is the longest running female consecutive number one single in history, earning Houston aGuinness World Record.[50]

The song also dominated otherBillboard charts, spending 14 weeks at the top of theBillboardHot 100 Single Sales chart, and 11 weeks at number one on itsHot 100 Airplay chart. The song remained at number one on theMainstream Top 40 chart for nine consecutive weeks. It was Houston's first single on the chart and her first number one.

The song debuted at number 58 on theHot R&B Singles chart on November 14, 1992[51] and topped theHot R&B Singles chart on December 5, displacing "If I Ever Fall in Love" byShai, and would spend eleven consecutive weeks at number one, becoming Houston's sixth number one single on the chart and also her longest-running chart-topper there.[52][53] It established another chart record at the time, overtaking both "I Can't Stop Loving You" byRay Charles and "Sexual Healing" byMarvin Gaye as the longest-running number one single sinceBillboard merged its previously separate R&B sales and airplay charts in 1958.[54]

It debuted at number 28 on theHot Adult Contemporary chart on November 14, 1992, becoming the Hot Shot Debut of the week.[55][56] Just six weeks later, on December 19, it topped the chart, displacingMichael Bolton's rendition of "To Love Somebody", where it would stay for five weeks, becoming her longest-running number one on that chart.[57][58]

Houston set several more chart records in the United States with the song becoming Houston's fourth "triple-crown" number one hit onBillboard after topping the pop, R&B and adult contemporary charts following its ascent to the top of the latter chart on December 19. In doing so, it matched her withMotown artistLionel Richie for the most solo triple-crown number one singles in history.[59][a] Houston remains the only female artist to accomplish this feat.[60]

It also set the record for the most simultaneous weeks at number one on three majorBillboard charts as it would simultaneously stay at number one on the Hot 100, Hot R&B Singles and Adult Contemporary charts for five consecutive weeks from December 19, 1992 to January 16, 1993, breaking the 30-year chart record set by American musicianRay Charles, whose 1962 hit "I Can't Stop Loving You" had simultaneously topped all three charts for four weeks.[61]

During the song's initial chart tenure on theBillboard Hot 100, it remained in the top 40 for 24 weeks.[62] It remainsArista Records' biggest hit.

The song stayed at number one in the U.S. throughout January and February 1993, making it the first timeBillboard did not rank a new number-one single until March of the new year where "A Whole New World" byPeabo Bryson andRegina Belle finally unseated it. In addition, for the weeks of March 13 and March 20, 1993, the song was joined by two other Houston singles from the soundtrack -- "I'm Every Woman" and "I Have Nothing" -- in being placed inside the top twenty of theBillboard Hot 100, the first time in history for a female artist.[63] Houston's "I Will Always Love You" was also the year-end number one single of 1993 in the US.[64]

Houston's "I Will Always Love You" was also a massive international hit, topping the singles charts in almost every country, including theEurochart Hot 100 Singles, where it spent 13 weeks at the top, then a record for a female artist. The single ruled the summit position for ten weeks in Canada, ten weeks in Australia,[65] five weeks in Austria,[66] seven weeks for Belgium,[67] eight weeks in France,[68] six weeks in Germany,[69] eight weeks in Ireland,[70] six weeks in the Netherlands,[71] fourteen weeks in New Zealand,[72] nine weeks in Norway,[73] one week in Spain and Uruguay, six weeks in Sweden,[74] eight weeks in Switzerland,[75] and ten weeks in the UK.[76] Houston's ten-week reign in the UK was the longest run at the top by a solo female artist in the history of the British singles chart, until it was overtaken byTones & I's hit, "Dance Monkey", in 2019.[77][78][79] Houston holds the record for themost simultaneous weeks at number one in the US and UK by a woman with ten with the song, second only to "Shape of You" byEd Sheeran. Houston set another UK chart record by blocking American singerMichael Jackson's hit "Heal the World" from the number one slot during the Christmas holiday week, making her the first female artist to have aChristmas number-one single in the country. It became the number one single of the year in the UK and was the ninth biggest single of 1993 in the same country, marking the first time in history that a song made the top ten of the year-end list twice.[80] In Australia, it was the number 17 single of 1992 and the number two song of 1993.[81][82] It was the year-end number one song for in three countries – the U.S., Canada and the UK.

Houston's single sold approximately 400,000 copies in its second week at the top of the charts, making it the best-selling song in a single week surpassingBryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". It broke its own record in the following three weeks, peaking at 632,000 copies in the week ending on December 27, 1992.[83] The January 9, 1993, issue ofBillboard reported it had broken its own record for most copies sold in a single week for any song in the Nielsen SoundScan era.[84] This record was broken byElton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight", which sold 3.4 million in the final week of September 1997.[85] "I Will Always Love You" was certified four times Platinum in the U.S. for shipments of over 4 million copies by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on January 12, 1993, making Houston the first solo artist with a single to reach that level in RIAA history as well as the only female artist to achieve that feat.[86][87] It was also just the second single after "We Are the World" to reach four million certified units in the United States.[88] According toNielsen SoundScan, as of 2009, the single had sold 4,591,000 copies, and had become the second best-selling physical single in the US.[89][90] On January 12, 2022, the single was certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling 10 million equivalent sales units from sales and streams, becoming the second-eldest song in history to do so afterQueen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the third song overall in the 20th century to do so, preceded by "Bohemian Rhapsody" andMariah Carey's 1994 Christmas single, "All I Want for Christmas is You".[91] With this accomplishment, Houston became only the third female artist to have a diamond single and album in the United States.[91] In June 2025, three years after its last certification, the song was certified eleven times platinum by the RIAA for equivalent sales of 11 million copies.[92]

In the UK, the single sold over 1,550,000 copies, becoming the tenth best-selling single of the 1990s, and was certified two times Platinum by theBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI) on January 1, 1993.[93][94][95] In doing so, it became just the second single by a female artist in UK music history afterJennifer Rush's "The Power of Love" to sell a million copies in the UK.[96] In 1992 alone the single had sold 960,000 copies in United Kingdom.[97] In 1993 the single sold 395,000 copies in United Kingdom.[98] Houston earned anotherGuinness World Record with the song in the UK as it was deemed the best-selling UK single by a female R&B artist of all time, a record Houston also maintains to this day.[99] It was certified Platinum for shipments of over 500,000 copies by theBundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) in Germany.[100] In Japan, "I Will Always Love You" sold over 810,000 copies, staying for 27 weeks on the chart, and became the best-selling single by a foreign female artist at the time, despite not topping the charts.[101][102]

Only a few hours after Houston's death on February 11, 2012, "I Will Always Love You" topped the USiTunes charts. A week later, the single returned to theBillboard Hot 100 after almost twenty years, debuting at number seven, and becoming a posthumous top-ten single for Houston, her first since 2001. The song eventually peaked at number three (two spots shy of repeating the feat achieved byChubby Checker when "The Twist" returned to the top position after previously falling off the chart).[103] It was just one of twelve songs to re-enter theBillboard Hot 100 inside the top ten and just the third song in history to do so at the time.[104] It debuted on theBillboard Hot Digital Singles Chart at number three on the chart dated February 25, 2012, with over 195,000 copies downloaded.[105] In the UK, the song charted at number ten the week of Houston's death.[106]

Accolades

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"I Will Always Love You" won the 1994Grammy Awards forRecord of the Year andBest Female Pop Vocal Performance, Houston's third win in the latter category after earlier wins in 1986 and 1988.[107] During the Grammy Award telecast, Dolly Parton and David Foster presented the latter Grammy to Houston. The song was ranked the number one single of 1993 simultaneously on theBillboard Hot 100 andHot R&B Singles year-end charts, the first time in nine years that a single accomplished the feat after "When Doves Cry" byPrince back in 1984. It was also the first song by a woman to accomplish this milestone. In addition, it receivedFavorite Pop/Rock Song andFavorite Soul/R&B Song awards atthe 21st American Music Awards, which was the first record by a solo artist to win both categories, and the second overall in AMA history behind "Endless Love" byLionel Richie &Diana Ross in 1982. "I Will Always Love You" won two Japan Gold Disc Awards in 1993 for International Song of the Year, and a 1994 International Song of the Year Special Award for Japanese sales of over one million units.[108]

In 2009, the ballad was ranked the 17th most played song in public places inGreat Britain byPhonographic Performance Limited (PPL).[109] In February 2013, the song was voted the number one love song of all time byThe Harris Poll.[110] In 2019, "I Will Always Love You" was selected by theLibrary of Congress for preservation in theNational Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[111] In 2021, "I Will Always Love You" was listed at number 94 on the updated list ofRolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[112] In 2023, "I Will Always Love You" was listed at number 60 onBillboard's list of the 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time, Houston's second highest-ranked song on the list.[113]

Accolades for "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston
OrganizationYearAwardResultRef.
American Music Awards1994Favorite Pop/Rock SingleWon[114]
Favorite Soul/R&B SingleWon
Billboard Music Awards1993#1 Hot 100 Single (Hot 100 Single of the Year)Won[115][116]
#1 Hot R&B Single (R&B Single of the Year)Won
Special Award: Single Most Weeks at No. 1 (14 weeks)Won
No. 1 World SingleWon
No. 1 Hot 100 Singles SalesWon
No. 1 Hot R&B Singles SalesWon
Grammy Awards1994Record of the YearWon[117]
Best Pop Vocal Performance – FemaleWon
Grammy Hall of Fame2018Grammy Hall of FameInducted[118]
Japan Gold Disc Awards1993Song of the Year – InternationalWon[119]
1994Special AwardWon
Library of Congress2020National Recording RegistryInducted[111]
MTV Movie Awards1993Best Song from a MovieWon[120]
People's Choice Awards1993Favorite New Music VideoWon[121]
Soul Train Music Awards1993Best R&B/Soul Single – FemaleWon[122]
1994Best R&B Song of the YearWon[123][124]

Critic lists

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"I Will Always Love You" on select critic lists
Publisher/criticYearListicleRankRef.
American Film Institute2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs65[125]
Billboard2023The 500 Best Pop Songs of All Time60[113]
Top 50 Love Songs of All Time6[126]
2024The Top 75 Movie Songs of All Time7[127]
Cleveland.com2020BestBillboardHot 100 No. 1 Songs of the 1990s7[128]
Cosmopolitan2022A Definitive Ranking of the 82 Best '90s Love Songs1[129]
202460 of the Best '90s Songs for the Ultimate Throwback Playlist57[130]
LiveAbout2021100 of the Best Pop Songs of All Time37[131]
Elle2020The Best Love Songs of All TimePlaced[132]
Esquire2024The 50 Best Songs of the '90s33[133]
Forbes2024The 50 Best Songs Of The 1990s1[134]
The Guardian201450 Best Covers of All Time10[135]
Glamour202053 Best '90s Songs That Are All That and a Bag of Chips5[136]
Mental Floss2023The 25 Most Powerful Songs of the Past 25 Years23[137]
MTV2007100 Greatest Songs of the '90s4[138]
MTV Australia2013The Official Top 1000 All Time ClassicsNo order[139]
NME2012NME's Greatest No. 1 Singles in History8[140]
Paste2023Best #1 Hits of 19931[141]
The 100 Greatest Cover Songs of All Time10[142]
Phonographic Performance Limited2009Most Played Songs in Public in Britain17[109]
Pitchfork2022The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s59[143]
Refinery292014Sad Breakup Songs of All Time5[144]
Rolling Stone2007100 Greatest Songs of the '90s4[138]
201320 Great Songs From 1993Placed[145]
2021The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time94[112]
Smooth Radio2024The 100 Greatest Songs of the 1990s8[146]
Time Out202450 Greatest Breakup Songs of All Time13[147]
VH12000100 Greatest Pop Songs40[148]
2003100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years8[149]
201240 Greatest R&B Songs of the '90s3[150]

Controversy

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Dolly Parton, the song's original performer and writer(pictured in 1977), denied tabloid reports of a feud between her and Houston over the song.

After Houston's recording became a hit in 1992, thetabloid press began reporting on a 'feud' between Houston and Dolly Parton, stemming from Parton allegedly reneging on an agreement that she would not perform the song for a number of months while Houston's version was on the charts, so as not to compete with Houston's recording.

However, both Parton and Houston dismissed any rumors, speaking glowingly of one another in interviews.[151][152]

Houston praised Parton for writing a beautiful song. In return, Parton thanked Houston for bringing her song to a wider audience and increasing the amount ofroyalties in the process. Parton also gave a live interview, confirming this. Parton also publicly stated she liked Houston's version of the song better than her own.[113]

Parton recalled that when she first heard the song while driving in Nashville the week of its release that she "just heard this voice come on the radio. It kind of rang a bell, but it didn't hit because she was kind of talking it. Then, all of a sudden, it went into the 'I Will Always Love You' part and I just about wrecked. I had to pull off the side of the road, seriously, to listen to it."[153]

Parton stated that she was “overwhelmed” and that Houston “made it so much more than it ever would have been.”[153]

Houston toldRolling Stone in 1993, "I think Dolly Parton is a hell of a writer and a hell of a singer. I was so concerned when I sang her song how she'd feel about it, in terms of the arrangement, my licks, my flavor. When she said she was floored, that meant so much to me."[154]

When Houston won theBest Pop Vocal Performance, Female award at the36th Annual Grammy Awards for her recording, Parton (along withDavid Foster) presented the award. In a statement toBillboard mourning Houston's death in February 2012, Parton said:

Mine is only one of the millions of hearts broken over the death of Whitney Houston. I will always be grateful and in awe of the wonderful performance she did on my song and I can truly say from the bottom of my heart, 'Whitney, I will always love you. You will be missed.'[155]

Music video

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The single's music video is credited toAlan Smithee (Nick Brandt removed his name due to the wayClive Davis re-edited the video), and produced by Rob Newman. It begins with the performance of the song Houston gives at the end ofThe Bodyguard. The video then cuts to the singer in a dark blue suit sitting in an empty theater with the spotlight shining on her, singing of her love, and when she starts to sing her dramatic vocal finale, the theater becomes an open-air snowy field, which is meant to be at Fallen Leaf Lake, California, whereThe Bodyguard's boat scene was filmed.

The video is interspersed with scenes from the film and gives the viewer the experience of reliving the moments with Houston. At the time of the video's shooting, the singer was pregnant with her daughter Bobbi Kristina, so she is shown only sitting in the theater scenes.[156]

The video immediately premiered onMTV to heavy rotation and became one of her most popular music videos to date, also earning heavy rotation on every music video channel, includingBET andVH1.[157]

On October 24, 2020, the video for "I Will Always Love You" reached at least one billion views on YouTube, making it the first music video of the 20th century by a solo artist to reach the milestone.[158]

Live performances

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A woman singing onstage with a microphone
Houston performing at theMediolanum Forum inMilan during theNothing but Love World Tour in May 2010

Houston would first perform the song on English comedianDes O'Connor'sITV variety show,Des O'Connor Tonight in late 1992. Houston would perform the song for all of the remainder of herconcert tours starting with theBodyguard World Tour (1993–1994) and ending with her final concert tour, theNothing but Love World Tour (2009–2010). During the song's key chord change in shows throughoutThe Bodyguard World Tour, as Houston belted the chorus,pyrotechnics from the back of the stage would shoot up behind her and her band. The song was also performed live on her secondHBO concert special,Whitney: The Concert for a New South Africa atJohannesburg'sEllis Park Stadium on November 12, 1994. Houston had made history by becoming the first international artist to headline atSouth Africa following the end of the country'sapartheid rule and the inauguration ofNelson Mandela. In the performance, the pyrotechnics shot from up in the sky. During a long pause in the performance where audiences cheered the singer on, Houston told the audience, "my heart belongs to you, South Africa", before finishing the song. The landmark performance would later be dramatized for the Houston biopic,Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).

Houston also gave a memorable performance of the song at the36th Annual Grammy Awards in March 1994, which opened the show. The performance has since been hailed as one of the greatest Grammy performances of the award ceremony's history.[159] The performance re-aired during the54th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2012, following Houston's death and, again, in November of that year, for the Grammy special,We Will Always Love You: A Grammy Salute to Whitney Houston. Later in 1994, Houston performed the song at theWorld Music Awards and at the1994 FIFA World Cup at theRose Bowl inPasadena, California in front of 92,000 fans at the stadium and with over a billion people watching on television.[160] In August 1996, Houston performed the song at theJerudong Park Amphitheater atJerudong Park,Bandar Seri Bagawan,Brunei, for theWhitney: Brunei The Royal Wedding Celebration.[161][162] Houston also performed the song on her third HBO concert special,Classic Whitney: Live from Washington, D.C. (1997) where she opened the concert by performing the ballad. During the promotion of the album,My Love Is Your Love, in April 1999, Houston performed the song duringDivas Live '99, receiving a standing ovation after hitting the high note after the famous delayed drum beat. A year later, she performed the song again on theArista Records silver anniversary special,25 Years of #1 Hits - Arista Records 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000); that same year she walked onstage singing the song's chorus a cappella at the2000 MTV Video Music Awards after an introduction byBritney Spears andChristina Aguilera, walking out to cheers and a standing ovation. Houston performed the song, alongside "I Have Nothing" at the first annualBET Awards where she became the first recipient of the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Three years later, in September 2004, Houston performed the song again, alongside her 1996 hit ballad, "I Believe in You and Me", at theWorld Music Awards at theThomas & Mack Center inLas Vegas.

Legacy and cultural impact

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Impact on music and culture

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Houston's vocal performance on "I Will Always Love You" has been hailed as one of the most influential moments in pop music and culture.[163] According to Nick Levine of theBBC, the song "wasn't just a hit, but an unstoppable cultural phenomenon."[163] Along withMariah Carey's "Hero" andCeline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", the song "set a template – and a very high bar – for many female singers who sought to break through on the popular TV talent shows of the early 2000s," Levine continues.[163] In the same article, vocal coaches Carrie and David Grant, who worked with contestants on the British talent showsPop Idol andFame Academy, said that the song, among some of the singer's other landmark recordings such as "Greatest Love of All" and "I Have Nothing", became a gold standard that was rarely attainable.[163]

Said Carrie Grant, "Just about every singer we taught or auditioned for about five years wanted to master I Will Always Love You or The Greatest Love of All or I Have Nothing... Most of [them] should have tried something a little easier – many a singer has been wiped out in an attempt to do Whitney!"[163]

Korean pop singerDami Im, one of the singers heavily influenced by Houston, told the BBC, "Whitney knew how to use the full range in her voice to fully connect emotionally with the song and create such drama." Im went on to say in regard to Houston that she "raised the bar for all female vocalists with her use of range and dynamics."[163]

In addition, pop singerRihanna credited the song to influence her decision to enter the music industry, tellingMTV News: "My first song that I remember falling in love with was a Whitney Houston song: 'I Will Always Love You'. It was really inspiring, and it made me develop a passion for music, so really, she’s partly responsible for me being here in this industry."[164]

Houston was credited for popularizingmelisma following the release of "I Will Always Love You". Lauren Everitt fromBBC News commented: "An early 'I' in Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' takes nearly six seconds to sing. In those seconds the formergospel singer-turned-pop star packs a series of different notes into the single syllable", stated Everitt. "The technique is repeated throughout the song, most pronouncedly on every 'I' and 'you'. The vocal technique is called melisma and it has inspired a host of imitators. Other artists may have used it before Houston, but it was her rendition of Dolly Parton's love song that pushed the technique into the mainstream in the 90s. [ ... ] But perhaps what Houston nailed best was moderation." Everitt said that "[i]n a climate of reality shows ripe with 'oversinging,' it's easy to appreciate Houston's ability to save melisma for just the right moment."[165] "I Will Always Love You" is considered the "Olympic gold standard of performances".[163]

In addition to the song's impact on vocal performance, the song also reflected Houston's own transition from her previous material. In 2000, while being interviewed forOut as she was about to release her first compilation album,Whitney: The Greatest Hits, the singer stated, "from 'How Will I Know' to 'Love Will Save the Day', that girl's gone. From 'I Will Always Love You' on, that's a woman."[166]

In its list of 40 best Whitney Houston songs,BET ranked it first place calling it "quite simply one of the biggest and boldest moments in American pop music history."[167]

Paste listed the rendition of the song as the tenth greatest cover of all time and wrote that while Dolly Parton's original was a "gorgeous ballad for the ages", that Houston's version "transformed it into one of the most powerful and heartbreaking proclamations of love and loss in pop music history", and that it was a "masterclass in how to sing a soul ballad."[142]

In December 1999, it was ranked the 13th most played song of the 20th century byBMI.[168]

In 2015, the song was also named one of the most iconic songs of all time according to a study by Goldsmith's College, which analyzed various songs featured in numerous 'all-time best' lists, using analytical software to compare their key, BPM, chord variety, lyrical content, timbral variety, and sonic variance.[169]

Songfacts claimed in 2002, as the United States prepared to go to war with Iraq,Saddam Hussein had the song covered by an Iraq-based vocalist during his re-election campaign. Houston's record label filed a complaint to the Iraqi mission in theUnited Nations.[170]

In July 2020, a digital publicationThe Pudding carried out a study on the most widely-known songs from the '90s and songs that are most known byMillennials and the people ofGeneration Z. "I Will Always Love You" was the tenth song with the highest recognizability rate.[171]

In addition, the song has been heavily featured in box office films and TV shows since its release, includingThe Simpsons,American Dad,Futurama,Spider-Man: Far From Home andThis Is the End among others.[172] ForSuper Bowl LX, the song was used in a commercial forBud Light startingPost Malone,Peyton Manning andShane Gillis.[173][174]

Covers, samples and tributes

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SingersJennifer Hudson (left) andBeyoncé (right) have covered Houston's rendition of "I Will Always Love You" among many other artists.

Houston's rendition of the song has been covered over the years with 189 renditions. Among the most notable covers of Houston's rendition of the song includeZapp & Roger andShirley Murdock,LeAnn Rimes,Keke Wyatt,Jennifer Hudson andBeyoncé, who sang it live during herRevel Presents: Beyoncé Liveresidency tour at theRevel resort inAtlantic City, New Jersey during May 2012, in tribute to Houston, whodied that February, often covering it before segueing into her hit, "Halo", to which was also dedicated to Houston during the residency.[175][176][177]

In 2012, YouTuberJonTron did his short version on hisBanjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts review.

Later, in 2013, during herThe Mrs. Carter Show World Tour, Beyoncé also sang the opening lines of "I Will Always Love You" prior to the performance of "Halo" as the final song of the tour.[178] That year, on theFamily Guy episode, "Boopa-dee Bappa-dee",Chris Griffin sang it in his version as part of the national anthem.[179]

Hudson sang the song for Houston when she received theBET Honors Entertainers Award in January 2010[180] and, again, on February 12, 2012, as a tribute to Houston, who died the night before.[181] Parton complimented Hudson on her performance, saying,

I was brought to tears again last night, as I'm sure many were, when Jennifer Hudson sang "I Will Always Love You" on the Grammys in memory of Whitney. Like everybody else, I am still in shock. But I know that Whitney will live forever in all the great music that she left behind. I will always have a very special piece of her in the song we shared together and had the good fortune to share with the world. Rest in peace, Whitney. Again, we will always love you.[182][183]

Twelve years later, in a tribute to Houston at the 50th anniversary special for theAmerican Music Awards, Hudson covered the song again, while also adding in the song "I Loves You, Porgy", to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Houston's legendary1994 American Music Awards performance where she also covered "I Loves You, Porgy" along with theDreamgirls ballad, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".[184]

In addition, the song has also been heavilysampled, with around 63 songs from various genres either directly sampling Houston's vocals from the hook or reinterpreting the song's hook.

Canadian deejay Sickick performed amashup of the song along with fellow pop divaCeline Dion's own landmark hit, "My Heart Will Go On" (1997), in his 2022 song, "Go On".[185]

Other samples of the song were produced by the likes of British rapperTheophilus London[186], theelectronic music bandSalem[187], American rappersTwista[188],Juelz Santana[189] andGudda Gudda[190], American R&B groupNext[191] and singerSheléa.[192][193]

The song was played at Houston's funeral as her casket was brought out of the church. The song title also served as theepitaph on Houston's gravestone.[194]

At the 2017 commencement of the University of Southern California, comedic actorWill Ferrell sang "I Will Always Love You" to the graduating class.[195]

Parton's Nashville investment

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In 2021, Dolly Parton reportedly toldAndy Cohen on his showWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen that she used some of the money she earned from composing the song to invest in a black neighborhood inNashville, Tennessee as a tribute to Houston.[196]

Said Parton, "it was mostly just black families and people that lived around there," Parton said. "It was a whole strip mall. And I thought, 'This is the perfect place for me to be, considering it was Whitney'."[196] Continued Parton: "I just thought, 'This was great. I'm going to be down here with her people, who are my people as well.' And so I just love the fact that I spent that money on a complex. And I think, 'This is the house that Whitney built.'"[197]

The Whitney Houston TikTok challenge

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In 2025, a series of videos on the video platformTikTok called "The Whitney Houston Challenge" began circulating. The challenge consists of a person or a group of people standing in front of a drum set, hoping to match the delayed famous "tom" drum beat that hits right before the final chorus.[198]

It has since been attempted by famous celebrities and musicians such asScarlett Johansson,Jonathan Bailey,Paula Abdul,Calum Scott,Simple Plan and the crew ofGood Morning America as well as aSlipknot cover band.[199][200][201]

Formats and track listings

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UK and Europe 12-inch vinyl single[202][203]

UK, European, and U.S. 7-inch vinyl single[204][205][206]


US and Europe maxi-CD single[207][208]

  1. "I Will Always Love You" – 4:31
  2. "Jesus Loves Me" – 5:11
  3. "Do You Hear What I Hear?" – 3:31

Maxi-CD singles (1999 remixes)

  1. "I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector radio edit) – 4:50
  2. "I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector 12-inch club mix) – 9:51
  3. "I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector Anthem dub mix) – 5:44

Credits and personnel

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Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1992–1993)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[65]1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[66]1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[67]1
CanadaRetail Singles (The Record)[209]22
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[210]1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[211]1
Canada Contemporary Hit Radio (The Record)[209]1
Chile (UPI)[212]5
Denmark (IFPI)[213]1
Dominican Republic (UPI)[212]5
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100 Singles)[214]1
Europe (European Dance Radio)[215]1
Europe (European Hit Radio)[216]1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[217]2
France (SNEP)[68]1
Germany (Official German Charts)[69]1
Greece (IFPI)[218]2
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[219]1
Ireland (IRMA)[70]1
Israel (IBA)[220]1
Italy (Musica e dischi)[221]2
Japan (Oricon)[222]5
Mexico (AMPROFON)[223]1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[71]1
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[224]1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[72]1
Norway (VG-lista)[73]1
Panama (UPI)[225]1
Peru (UPI)[212]3
Portugal (AFP)[226]1
Quebec (ADISQ)[227]1
Spain (AFYVE)[228]1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[74]1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[75]1
UK Singles (OCC)[229]1
UK Airplay (Music Week)[230]1
Uruguay (UPI)[212]1
USBillboard Hot 100[231]1
USHot R&B Singles (Billboard)[232]1
USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)[233]1
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[234]1
Chart (2012)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[235]8
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[236]10
CanadaHot 100 (Billboard)[237]6
Denmark (Tracklisten)[238]10
Euro Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[239]8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[240]17
France (SNEP)[241]2
Germany (GfK)[242]19
Ireland (IRMA)[243]13
Israel Airplay (Media Forest)[244]3
Italy (FIMI)[245]7
JapanHot 100 (Billboard)[246]5
LuxembourgDigital Song Sales (Billboard)[247]4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[248]17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[249]5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[250]7
Norway (VG-lista)[251]12
PortugalDigital Song Sales (Billboard)[252]2
Scotland Singles (OCC)[253]19
South Korea International (Circle)[254]20
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[255]2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[256]56
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[257]3
UK Singles (OCC)[258]14
USBillboard Hot 100[259]3
2025 weekly chart performance for "I Will Always Love You"
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Moldova Airplay (TopHit)[260]57

Year-end charts

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Chart (1992)Position
Australia (ARIA)[81]17
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[261]85
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[262]97
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[263]61
Sweden (Topplistan)[264]57
UK Singles (OCC)[265]1
Chart (1993)Position
Australia (ARIA)[82]2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[266]8
Belgium (Ultratop)[267]16
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[268]1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[269]7
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[270]3
Europe (European Dance Radio)[271]11
Europe (European Hit Radio)[272]9
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[273]5
Germany (Media Control)[274]7
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[275]1
Japan (Oricon)[276]31
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[277]13
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[278]5
New Zealand (RIANZ)[279]2
Sweden (Topplistan)[280]12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[281]7
UK Singles (OCC)[282]10
UK Airplay (Music Week)[283]28
USBillboard Hot 100[284]1
US Hot Adult Contemporary Singles & Tracks (Billboard)[285]18
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[286]1
USCash Box Top 100[287]5
Chart (2012)Position
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[288]49

Decade-end charts

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Chart (1990–1999)Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[289]33
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[290]24
UK Singles (OCC)[291]9
USBillboard Hot 100[292]7

All-time charts

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ChartPosition
Dutch Love Songs (Dutch Top 40)[293]14
UK Singles (OCC)[294]27
USBillboard Hot 100[295]54

Billboard Hot 100 anniversary lists

YearTitleCategoryPositionRef.
1998Billboard 40 Years of the Top 40The Top 10 Remakes2[296]
The Top 10 "Love" Songs2[296]
Billboard The Hot 100 of the Hot 100: Top Songs of Four Decades6[297]
The Top 10 Soundtrack Songs1[298]
Song with the Most Weeks at No. 1 (14 weeks)2[298]
2008Billboard Hot 100 50th AnniversaryThe Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs68[299]
The All-Time Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs27[300]
Hot 100 Song of the Year – 19931[301]
2013Billboard Hot 100 55th AnniversaryThe Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs49[302]
The All-Time Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs27[303]
Hot 100 Song of the Year – 19931[304]

Certifications and sales

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RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[305]4× Platinum280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[306]Gold25,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[307]Platinum90,000‡
France (SNEP)[308]Gold250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[309]Platinum500,000^
Italy (FIMI)[310]Platinum50,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[312]
Physical single		5× Platinum810,000[311]
Japan (RIAJ)[313]
Digital single		Platinum250,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[314]Gold30,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[315]Platinum75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[316]2× Platinum60,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)[317]Platinum60,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[318]Platinum60,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[319]Platinum50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[320]2× Platinum1,670,000[291]
United States (RIAA)[321]11× Platinum11,000,000‡
Summaries
Worldwide—24,000,000[8]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United KingdomNovember 2, 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
Arista[1]
United StatesNovember 3, 1992[322]
AustraliaNovember 23, 1992
  • CD
  • cassette
[323]
JapanDecember 2, 1992Mini-CD[222]

See also

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  1. ^In his write-up,Billboard chart researcher Paul Grein claimed Richie had five triple-crown number ones from 1978-1986, adding in his hit withthe Commodores, "Three Times a Lady", which topped all three charts in 1978. Richie had four solo triple-crown chart-toppers: "Endless Love", "All Night Long (All Night)", "Hello" and "Say You, Say Me".[59]

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