| "Always and Forever" | ||||
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| Single by Heatwave | ||||
| from the album Too Hot to Handle | ||||
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| Released | 3 December 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Rod Temperton | |||
| Producer(s) | Barry Blue | |||
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"Always and Forever" is an R&B song written by Rod Temperton and produced by Barry Blue. It was first recorded by the British-based multinational funk-disco band Heatwave in 1976. Released as a single on 3 December 1977, the song is included on Heatwave's debut album Too Hot to Handle (1976) and has been covered by numerous artists, becoming something of a standard.
The song reached number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in March 1978 after peaking at number two on the US Billboard R&B chart, the band's highest showing on that tally. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA on 6 September 2001.[1][2] In the UK, the songs "Too Hot to Handle" and "The Groove Line" were released before a double A-sided "Always and Forever" / "Mind Blowing Decisions" was issued in November 1978. This became the band's second top-10 hit on the UK Singles Chart when it spent two weeks at number nine in December.
- ^ "RIAA platinum certification - Heatwave - Always and Forever", RIAA, retrieved 12 November 2017
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 293.