I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

"I Will Always Love You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973. Parton's version of "I Will Always Love You" was a commercial success, reaching number one. number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart at two different times. It first peaked at number one in June 1974, and then again in October 1982, with her re-recording of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack, helping Parton become the first artist in history to reach number one on two separate occasions for the same song.

In 1992, Whitney Houston covered the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. This version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 consecutive weeks, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time and the best-selling single in music history by a female artist. The single spent 14 weeks at number one in the United States, a record on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time. It is also the longest-lasting single of Whitney's career, breaking the previous record of three weeks with Greatest Love of All. Internationally, the song reached number one in almost all the countries it charted, including the European Hot 100 Singles (at number one for 13 weeks), as well as number one in Australia for 10 weeks. weeks, 5 weeks in Austria, 7 weeks in Belgium, 8 weeks in France, 6 weeks in Germany, 8 weeks in Ireland, 2 weeks in Italy, 6 weeks in the Netherlands, 11 weeks in New Zealand, 9 weeks in Norway, 6 weeks in Sweden, 8 weeks in Sweden, and 10 weeks in the UK.

Meaning: I Will Always Love You is often mistaken for singing about happy love and is played on occasions such as weddings, year-end parties... But when composing a song for Porter, Dolly wanted to express it as a lyric broke up, ending their seven-year musical journey.

Publishing year: Dolly Parton: 1973; Whitney Houston: 1992