I Will Always Love You
~ Recording by Whitney Houston
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track Artist | Release Title | Release Artist | Release Group Type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822 18699 2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822-18699-2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822‐18699‐2, BVCA‐152 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:35 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | Single + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822-12503-2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:34 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | Single + Soundtrack |
| BMG Eurodisc | 74321125962 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:35 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You | Whitney Houston | Single + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 74321 12065 2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822-18699-1 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822-18699-2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822 18699 4 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (Club edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | ARCD 8699 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 07822186992 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:35 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (special commemorative edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 74321 16929 2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:35 | Whitney Houston | The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album (special commemorative edition) | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Arista | 74321 16929 2 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:27 | Whitney Houston | The Greatest Hits | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista | |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:27 | Whitney Houston | The Greatest Hits | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation | Arista | 74321-75739-2 | |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:29 | Whitney Houston | The Greatest Hits | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista | 07822-14626-2 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:29 | Whitney Houston | The Greatest Hits | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista | BVCA‐27003, BVCA‐27004 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You (remastered: 2000) | 4:24 | Whitney Houston | Heartbreak Hotel | Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price | Single |
| Arista | 74321 82296 2 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:27 | Whitney Houston | The Greatest Hits | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista | 19075881232 |
| 1.8 | I Will Always Love You | 4:27 | Whitney Houston | The Ultimate Wedding | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 20212 | |
| 1.16 | I Will Always Love You | 4:23 | Whitney Houston | Love, Whitney | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation | Arista | 74321 91027 2 | |
| 3.20 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Classic Cuts Presents: 90’s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: Complete Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | SET116 |
| 1.16 | I Will Always Love You | 4:23 | Whitney Houston | Love, Whitney | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.7 | I Will Always Love You | 4:36 | Whitney Houston | Mastermix Classic Cuts: 50 Years of Pop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | BX031 |
| 1.18 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 17 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 512087 2, SMM 512087 2 |
| 1.18 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Knuffelrock 12 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.18 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 17 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.18 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 17 (Special Swiss Edition (Jewelcase)) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 513354 2 |
| 1.18 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 17 (Digipak for two CDs) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 512087 5 |
| 1.18 | I Will Always Love You (album version) | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 17 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media, Bertelsmann Club | 512087 2, SMM 512087 2 |
| 1.2 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Sängerinnen & die erfolgreichsten Sänger | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 8287665473 2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:27 | Whitney Houston | Greatest Love of All | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Hong Kong | H276713 |
| 1.13 | I Will Always Love You | 4:34 | Whitney Houston | The No.1 DJ Collection: 90's, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD200 |
| 3.13 | I Will Always Love You | 4:28 | Whitney Houston | Because of You... | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | |
| 2.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:26 | Whitney Houston | Die Hit-Giganten: Soul Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 01338 2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | ?:?? | Whitney Houston | Absolute Love Deluxe | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4068 |
| 1.7 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Mastermix Professional Engineered for DJs 07: Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD665 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | The Ultimate Collection | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista | 88697 17701 2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | The Ultimate Collection | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697188982 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | The Ultimate Collection | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 17701 2 |
| 1.20 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Top 100 Pop Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | I Will Always Love You (Remastered: 2000) | 4:22 | Whitney Houston | Super Movie Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697225942 |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock: The Very Best Of | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697 17073 2 |
| 2.20 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Die Hit-Giganten: Film Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697342252 |
| 2.20 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Die Hit-Giganten: Film Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697172102 |
| 2.17 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Die Hit-Giganten: Cover-Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 - Oct 1, 2008) | 88697374492 |
| 2.15 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Donna Top 5000 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock: The Very Best Of | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:23 | Whitney Houston | Las 101 Grandes Canciones De Amor (disc 1) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Spain | 5186503635 |
| 1.18 | I Will Always Love You | 4:26 | Whitney Houston | Divas 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697487912 |
| 1.4 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Lieblingssongs der Frauen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 06007 5318800 |
| 1.7 | I Will Always Love You | 4:26 | Whitney Houston | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Filmhits aller Zeiten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 060075322662 |
| 3.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | 100 Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697454452 |
| 2.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | Absolute Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | EVACD 4090 |
| 3.4 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | Best of Love Song Dedications: The Most Requested Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.1 | I’ll Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | David Foster Presents Love, Again | David Foster | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Japan (primary imprint of Warner Music Japan, Inc.; do not use for copyright/publisher/etc. relationships!) | WPCR-13934, WPCR-13935 |
| 1.3 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Die Hit-Giganten: Herzschmerz Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697785392 |
| 2.19 | I Will Always Love You | 4:30 | Whitney Houston | 1000 klassiekers: De eindejaarstop van Radio 2, Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697807102 |
| 2.9 | I Will Always Love You | 4:26 | Whitney Houston | Absolute Bröllop | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4116 |
| 1.19 | I Will Always Love You | 4:27 | Whitney Houston | Hitarchief Top 2000, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ARS Entertainment (Belgium label) | 06007 5330251 |
| 4.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | The Collection | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
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| 4.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | The Collection | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 65766 2 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:27 | Whitney Houston | The Essential Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 82980 2 |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:29 | Whitney Houston | The Essential Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 82446 2 |
| 2.3 | I Will Always Love You (Remastered: 2000) | 4:23 | Whitney Houston | 40 Jahre Bayern 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 2.7 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock Always & Forever (Kate & William Hochzeitsedition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | All Time Best (Reclam Musik Edition) | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista | 88697935202 |
| 3.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 25 (Weltbild Gold Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 95316 2 |
| 3.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 25 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 81646 2 |
| 1.8 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Die ultimative Chart Show: Lieblingshits der Deutschen | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | |
| 3.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 25 (Swiss Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697 81648 2 |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Hits der Welt | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | |
| 3.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Knuffelrock 2012 – Jubileum‐Editie | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697937642 |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:30 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | SICP-3762 |
| 3.4 | I Will Always Love You (Bodyguard) | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Best of Cinema Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 288329 |
| 1.3 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | Het Beste Uit De Q-Music Top 500 Van De 90’s: Editie 2012 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697872702 |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88765 41393 2 |
| 1.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista, RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88765-41393-2 |
| 2.2 | I Will Always Love You | 4:20 | Whitney Houston | Je t’aime 2012 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 5337574 |
| 1.3 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Q-Music: Het Beste uit de Top 500 van de 90’s (Editie 2013) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment Netherlands B.V. (Sony Music Entertainment's NL subsidiary since 2009) | |
| 1.15 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | Absolute Romance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4167 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Music for Mum | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) | |
| 1.12 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | This Is the End | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | |
| 1.12 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | This Is the End | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 88883-72540-2 |
| 3.19 | I Will Always Love You (remastered) | 4:24 | Whitney Houston | Kuschelrock 27 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88765 43455 2 |
| 2.13 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | 100 Songs die die Welt bewegten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88883 75306 2 |
| 2.13 | I Will Always Love You | 4:25 | Whitney Houston | VOX Songs, die die Welt bewegten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | ||
| 1.12 | I Will Always Love You | 4:28 | Whitney Houston | Nostalgie What a Feeling! The Big 5: Slow Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Warner Music Benelux (imprint of Warner Music Benelux BV and Warner Music Benelux NV) | ||
| 1.2 | I Will Always Love You (The Bodyguard) | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | NOW That’s What I Call Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNNNOW7 |
| 5.4 | I Will Always Love You | 4:30 | Whitney Houston | 100X Liefde 2013 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.3 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Top Hits U.S.A. T144 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RPM (Top Hits U.S.A. label) | T144 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Whitney - The Greatest Hits Sampler | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | PROCD21131 |
| 1.20 | I Will Always Love You | 4:32 | Whitney Houston | Classic Cuts Presents: 90s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: 1992 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | CD342 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.17 | I Will Always Love You | 4:33 | Whitney Houston | Collection 2000 | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.11 | I Will Always Love You | 4:23 | Whitney Houston | YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 10 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| YTMND | |
| 1.1 | I Will Always Love You | 4:31 | Whitney Houston | The Ballads Collection | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:30 | Whitney Houston | Greatest Hits | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
| Arista (fake label, for bootlegs/counterfeits/pirated releases only) | 23888-1/2, 4607147896600 |
| 1.5 | I Will Always Love You | 4:28 | Whitney Houston | The Ultimate Best From Me | Whitney Houston | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| engineer: | David Reitzas Bill Schnee Peter Yianilos |
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| executive producer: | Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive) Whitney Houston |
| producer: | David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) |
| mixer: | David Reitzas |
| creative direction: | Rickey Minor |
| solo saxophone: | Kirk Whalum |
| arranger: | David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) |
| vocals arranger: | Whitney Houston |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1992) |
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| mixed at: | Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| part of: | The Co-Op: Top 10 British Funeral Songs (number: 3) (order: 3) New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 59) (order: 58) The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 94) (order: 94) |
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| recording of: | I Will Always Love You (cover) |
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Related works
I Will Always Love You
| lyricist and composer: | Dolly Parton |
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| publisher: | Carlin Music Corporation Owepar Publishing Inc. Velvet Apple Music |
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| referred to in medleys: | Forever Country (order: 2) Elephant Love (aka Elephant Love Medley, from Moulin Rouge!) (order: 9) |
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| later translated versions: | Als ik ga L'Amore sei tu Voor altijd van jou |