I Love You Always Forever

"I Love You Always Forever"
Single by Donna Lewis
from the album Now in a Minute
Released 14 May 1996
(See release history)
Format
Recorded 1995
Genre Pop
Length 3:59 (album version)
3:24 (radio edit)
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Donna Lewis
Producer(s)
  • Donna Lewis
  • Kevin Killen
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Donna Lewis singles chronology
"I Love You Always Forever"
(1996)		 "Fool's Paradise"
(1996)

"I Love You Always Forever" is a song by British singer Donna Lewis. It was released in the United States in May 1996 as the lead single from her debut album, Now in a Minute. Inspired by the H. E. Bates novel Love for Lydia,[1] it peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, it peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the United States. In the latter country, the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] where it remained for nine weeks during the summer of 1996,[2] kept from number one by Los Del Rio's "Macarena".[3][4] Despite this, the song was number one on the Hot 100 Airplay chart for thirteen weeks and the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart for eleven weeks, becoming one of the most played songs of the 1990s. The song therefore is drawn for third place among songs with the longest runs at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and drawn at second for the most weeks at the Billboard Top 40 Mainstream chart. In Australia, the single also peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart. In 2016, the song was covered by Australian pop singer Betty Who, peaking at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart.[5]

Composition

"I Love You Always Forever" is written in the key of C major in common time with a tempo of 104 beats per minute.[6] Lewis' vocals span from F3 to G4 in the song.[7]

Track listings

CD Single
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" (radio edit) — 3:21
  2. "Simone" (album version) — 4:26
CD Maxi
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" (album version) — 3:30
  2. "I Love You Always Forever" (Sylk 130 edit) — 4:30
  3. "I Love You Always Forever" (Sylk 130 remix) — 9:20
  4. "I Love You Always Forever" (Sylk 130 instrumental) — 5:00
  5. "I Love You Always Forever" (drumapella) — 5:13
12" Maxi
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" (Sylk 130 remix) — 9:09
  2. "I Love You Always Forever" (Sylk 130 instrumental) — 4:54
  3. "I Love You Always Forever" (album version) — 3:58
  4. "I Love You Always Forever" (accapella) — 4:10
Promotional only 7" Single (Sent to Jukeboxes)
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" (album version) — 3:59
  2. "I Love You Always Forever" (Philly remix) - 4:00
Promotional only CD Single (Sent to Mainstream Radio)
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" (radio edit) — 3:24
  2. "I Love You Always Forever" (album version) — 3:58
CD maxi - Remixes
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" (Sylk 130 remix) - 9:00
  2. "I Love You Always Forever" (Sylk 130 instrumental) - 4:59
  3. "I Love You Always Forever" (Philly remix) - 4:00
  4. "I Love You Always Forever" (drumapella) - 5:11
  5. "I Love You Always Forever" (a cappella) - 4:10

Release history

Country Release date
United States 14 May 1996
United Kingdom 22 August 1996

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[8] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[11] 10
Canada Adult Contemporary Tracks (RPM)[12] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[13] 3
France (SNEP)[14] 5
Germany (Official German Charts)[15] 7
Ireland (IRMA)[16] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 19
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 9
Norway (VG-lista)[19] 3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 16
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[22] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[23] 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks[23] 2
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40[23] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[23] 20
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[23] 2
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[23] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Position
Australia[24] 13
Austria[25] 23
Belgium (Flanders)[26] 100
Belgium (Wallonia)[27] 96
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[28] 8
End of year chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[29] 64

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[30] 71

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[31] Platinum 70,000^
France (SNEP)[32] Gold 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[33] Gold 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[34] Gold 0*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[35] Gold 5,000*
United States (RIAA)[36] Gold 800,000[37]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Betty Who version

"I Love You Always Forever"
Single by Betty Who
Released 3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)
Format Digital download
Genre Synthpop, pop
Length 3:43
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) Donna Lewis
Producer(s)
  • Peter Thomas
Betty Who singles chronology
"All of You"
(2015)		 "I Love You Always Forever"
(2016)		 "Heaven"
(2016)
Music video
"I Love You Always Forever" on YouTube

Australian pop singer Betty Who released a version of the song on 3 June 2016, with remixes released on 29 July 2016.[38] The music video, directed by Ben Cope and Daniel Gomes, was released on 14 July 2016.

The song is Who's first to reach the ARIA Charts, peaking at number 6 while also earning a number 1 on AirCheck's National Radio Airplay Chart. The song has also had minor success in New Zealand, peaking at number 33. The song was successful on the US Dance Club Songs chart, where it peaked at number one.

Track listings

Digital download
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" – 3:43
Remixes EP
  1. "I Love You Always Forever" (Viceroy Remix) – 4:08
  2. "I Love You Always Forever" (Instant Karma Remix) – 3:39
  3. "I Love You Always Forever" (Pink Panda Remix) – 4:24
  4. "I Love You Always Forever" (Mighty Mike & Teesa Remix) – 3:26
  5. "I Love You Always Forever" (Hector Fonseca & Eduardo Lujan Radio Edit) – 3:33

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[39] 6
Australia (AirCheck National Radio Airplay)[40] 1
New Zealand (RMNZ)[41] 33
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[42] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[43] Platinum 70,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Crowe, Jerry. "Runner Up Donna Lewis' 'I Love You Always Forever' Is Stuck At No. 2 On Billboard Chart Behind A Certain Dance Song". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 366. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  3. ↑ Staff reporter (6 November 1996). "First Look: The No. 1 That Got Away". People. 46 (19): 137. Retrieved 2012-11-04. Call it a case of bad timing. Were it not for the Macarena, Donna Lewis would have had the top-ranked song in the U.S. for nine straight weeks beginning in late August.
  4. ↑ Mann, Brent (2003). 99 Red Balloons and 100 Other All-Time Great One-Hit Wonders. New York: Bristol Park Books, Inc. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-88486-435-6.
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9E8nBJWfSY
  6. ↑ "BPM for 'i love you' by donna lewis | songbpm.com". songbpm.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Donna. "Donna Lewis "I Love You Always Forever" Sheet Music in C Major (transposable) - Download & Print". Musicnotes.com. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  8. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  9. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  12. ↑ Canadian Adult Contemporary peak
  13. ↑ Canadian Top Singles peak
  14. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in French). Les classement single.
  15. ↑ "Musicline.de – Donna Lewis Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  16. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 7 April 2008)
  17. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Donna Lewis search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  18. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Top 40 Singles.
  19. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". VG-lista.
  20. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Singles Top 100.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Swiss Singles Chart.
  22. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 7 April 2008)
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Donna Lewis - Billboard Singles". Allmusic and Billboard.
  24. ↑ 1996 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  25. ↑ 1996 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  26. ↑ 1996 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  27. ↑ 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  28. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  29. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  30. ↑ Geoff Mayfield (25 December 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  31. ↑ Kent, David (2006). Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-45889-2.
  32. ↑ "French single certifications – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  33. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Donna Lewis; 'I Love You Always')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  34. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Recorded Music NZ.
  35. ↑ "Norwegian single certifications – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  36. ↑ "American single certifications – Lewis, Donna – I Love You Always Forever". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  37. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard. BPI Communications Inc. 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  38. ↑ "I Love You Always Forever (Remixes)". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  39. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  40. ↑ "AirCheck National Radio Airplay Chart". 15 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  41. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  42. ↑ "Betty Who – Chart history" Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs for Betty Who. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  43. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

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