- Source: Always (Atlantic Starr song)
"Always" is a song by American R&B group Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh studio album All in the Name of Love (1987). The single was the biggest hit for Atlantic Starr; it peaked at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Black Singles charts in June 1987, being the band's only number one song. The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. In July, it topped the Canadian RPM 100 national singles chart, where it remained for two weeks. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it silver.
Music video
The official music video was directed by Jane Simpson.
Charts
Certifications
Cover versions and appearances
In 1994, Bobbie Eakes and Jeff Trachta included a cover version of the song on their album Bold and Beautiful Duets.
In 2000, pop act Boyz N Girlz United covered the song on their self-titled debut album.
In 2008, it was covered by Filipina singer-actress Iya Villania as a duet with Jay-R on her album Finally!.
Johnny Mathis recorded the song with Mone't on his album A Night to Remember.
MF Doom sampled "Always" for his song "Dead Bent", from his album Operation: Doomsday.
The song appeared in That's Entertainment in 1987 for the Metro Manila Film Festival premiered in Ultra on December 27, 1987.
The song also appears in Mii the episode In The Love.
The song appeared in 1987 episodes of the daytime soap operas Another World, General Hospital, and Loving as well as 1988 episodes of All My Children and The Young and the Restless.
in 1988, Hong Kong singer George Lam covered this song in Cantonese.
The song in Cantonese version appears as theme song in 1991 Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) Fiction Family 《小說家族》series 12 &13「Hey! Brother」named as 情在破滅時 (Break Up Moment) duet by 甄楚倩 (Yolinda Yan) and 杜德偉 (Alex Tao).
The song was covered during the September 1, 1995 episode of The Bold and The Beautiful by Bobbie Eakes and Jeff Trachta following the wedding of their on-screen characters, Macy Alexander and Thorne Forrester.
The song appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Party, and in the 2011 film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.
See also
List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1987
List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1987
List of number-one R&B singles of 1987 (U.S.)
References
External links
AMG AllMusic
Atlantic Starr - Always on YouTube
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- The Beatles
- The Rolling Stones
- Oasis (grup musik)
- Michael Brecker
- Willie Nelson
- Always (Atlantic Starr song)
- Always
- Atlantic Starr
- Circles (Atlantic Starr song)
- Barbara Weathers
- Ringo Starr
- Ringo's Rotogravure
- Ringo the 4th
- Wings (Ringo Starr song)
- I'll Still Love You
