Several times (long before Whitney Houston recorded the song), Dolly Parton suggested to singer Patti LaBelle that she record 'I Will Always Love You' because she felt LaBelle could have sung it so well. During an interview on The Bobby Bones Show, Dolly Parton revealed that she wrote her signature song 'Jolene' on the same day that she wrote 'I Will Always Love You.' (Larghetto/Adagio) Although Parton found much success with the song, many people are unaware of its origin during an interview, Parton's manager Danny Nozel said that 'one thing we found out from American Idol is that most people don't know that Dolly Parton wrote '.

The country love track is set in a time signature of common time with a tempo of 66 beats per minute. Ellison stated that the song 'speaks about the breakup of a relationship between a man and a woman that does not descend into unremitting domestic turmoil, but instead envisions parting with respect – because of the initiative of the woman'. She recorded it in RCA Studio B in Nashville on June 12, 1973. Problems playing this file? See media help.Ĭountry music singer-songwriter Dolly Parton wrote the song in 1973 for her one-time partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, from whom she was separating professionally after a seven-year partnership. I Will Always Love You has been recognized by BMI for over ten million broadcast performances. The song has been recorded by many other artists including Linda Ronstadt, John Doe, Amber Riley, LeAnn Rimes, and Sarah Washington, whose dance version reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. Houston won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1994 for 'I Will Always Love You'. With over 20 million copies sold, it became the best-selling single of all time by a female solo artist. The song was a global success, topping the charts in almost all countries. The single was certified diamond by the RIAA, making Houston's first diamond single, the third female artist who had both a diamond single and a diamond album, and becoming the best-selling single by a woman in the U.S. Houston's version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a then-record-breaking 14 weeks. Whitney Houston recorded a soul- ballad arrangement of the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. The song was a commercial success for Parton, twice reaching the top spot of Billboard Hot Country Songs: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, the country single was released in 1974.

' I Will Always Love You' is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.

You always love me