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 CD maxi
12" maxi
Recorded 1995
Genre Dance-pop
Length 3:51 (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 Welsh 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, it was successful, reaching number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] and staying there for nine weeks during the summer of 1996,[1] kept from number one by Los Del Rio's "Macarena".[2][3] Despite this, the song was number one on the Hot 100 Airplay chart for thirteen weeks and the Top 40 Mainstream for eleven weeks, becoming one of the most played songs of the 1990s. The song therefore is tied for third place among songs with the longest runs at #2 and tied at second for most weeks at Top 40 Mainstream. The song peaked at number two on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and at number five on the UK Singles Chart.[4]

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
  6. "I Love You Always Forever" (laidlow's intergalactic spaceship studios mix) — 12:53
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

Peak positions

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

End of year charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
Australia[21] 13
Austria[22] 23
Belgium (Flanders)[23] 100
Belgium (Wallonia)[24] 96
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] 8
End of year chart (1997) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[26] 64

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[27] 71

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[28] Platinum 70,000^
France (SNEP)[29] Gold 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[30] Gold 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[31] Gold 7,500*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[32] Gold 5,000*
United States (RIAA)[33] Gold 800,000[34]

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

Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
  5. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  9. ↑ Canadian Adult Contemporary peak
  10. ↑ Canadian Top Singles peak
  11. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in French). Les classement single.
  12. ↑ "Musicline.de – Donna Lewis Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  13. ↑ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 7 April 2008)
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Donna Lewis search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  15. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Top 40 Singles.
  16. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". VG-lista.
  17. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Singles Top 100.
  18. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Swiss Singles Chart.
  19. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 7 April 2008)
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Donna Lewis - Billboard Singles". Allmusic and Billboard.
  21. ↑ 1996 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  22. ↑ 1996 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  23. ↑ 1996 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  24. ↑ 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 10 August 2008)
  25. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1996". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
  26. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  27. ↑ 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.
  28. ↑ Kent, David (2006). Australian Chart Book 1993-2005. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-45889-2.
  29. ↑ "French single certifications – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  30. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Donna Lewis; 'I Love You Always')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  31. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.
  32. ↑ "Norwegian single certifications – Donna Lewis – I Love You Always Forever" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
  33. ↑ "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
  34. ↑ "Best-Selling Records of 1996". Billboard (BPI Communications Inc.) 109 (3): 61. January 18, 1997. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 7, 2015.

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