I'll Always Love You (The Spinners song)

"I'll Always Love You" is a song co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter and produced by Stevenson and Hunter as a single for The Spinners on the Motown Records label. The single became the Detroit-reared group's first charting single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 (and their third charting hit over all). The song was a top 40 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 35. On the Billboard R&B singles chart, "I'll Always Love You" peaked at number 8.The song featured lead vocals by the group's main lead singer, Bobby Smith .

Credits

• Lead vocals by Bobby Smith
• Background vocals by Bobby Smith, Chico Edwards, Pervis Jackson, Henry Fambrough and Billy Henderson
• Additional Background vocals by The Andantes
• Instrumentation by The Funk Brothers

Chart history