I'll Always Love You (Taylor Dayne song)

"I'll Always Love You"

45 Single Cover
Single by Taylor Dayne
from the album Tell It to My Heart
A-side I'll Always Love You
B-side Where Does That Boy Hang Out
Released 1988
Format Cassette single
7" single
12" single
CD single
Recorded 1987
Genre R&B, Pop
Length 4:33
Label Arista
Writer(s) Jimmy George
Producer(s) Rick Wake
Taylor Dayne singles chronology
"Prove Your Love"
(1988)
"I'll Always Love You"
(1988)
"Don't Rush Me"
(1988)

"I'll Always Love You" is a song by Taylor Dayne and is one of her best-known songs. The third single from her debut album Tell It to My Heart, the song was a romantic ballad, showcasing Dayne's softer side after the first two singles released were mainly high energy dance tracks.

Chart performance

This single gave Dayne her first adult contemporary hit and her first (and to date) only song to chart on the R&B chart. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 on September 24, 1988.

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 2[1]
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 21[1]
UK Singles Chart 41[2]
Switzerland Singles Chart 30[3]
German Singles Chart 38[4]
Dutch Singles Chart 85[3]

Covers

In 1997, Tito Nieves covered the song in salsa from his album, I Like It Like That.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Billboard chart positions". Billboard/Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. "UK charts archive". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Dutch charts archive". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. "German charts archive". charts.de. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

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