I Love You Always Forever

"I Love You Always Forever"
Single by Donna Lewis
from the album Now in a Minute
B-side
  • "Pink Chairs"
  • "Have You Ever Loved"
  • "Simone"
Released16 April 1996 (1996-04-16)
GenrePop
Length
  • 3:59 (album version)
  • 3:24 (radio edit)
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Donna Lewis
Producer(s)
  • Donna Lewis
  • Kevin Killen
Donna Lewis singles chronology
"I Love You Always Forever"
(1996) 		"Fool's Paradise"
(1996)
Music video
"I Love You Always Forever" on YouTube

"I Love You Always Forever" is the debut single by British singer Donna Lewis from her debut album, Now in a Minute (1996). Written by Lewis and produced by Lewis and Kevin Killen, it was released as the album's lead single in the United States on 16 April 1996[1] and in the United Kingdom on 26 August 1996. The song is inspired by H. E. Bates' novel Love for Lydia, from which the chorus is taken.[2]

The song was a commercial hit, peaking at number five on the UK Singles Chart and reaching the top 10 in more than 15 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Ireland, and Norway. In the US, the song rose to number two on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for nine weeks, behind Los del Río's "Macarena". It was certified platinum in Australia and the UK and gold in France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, and the US. The success of the song saw Lewis nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Female Artist in 1997.[3] In 2023, Billboard ranked "I Love You Always Forever" among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".[4]

In 2016, a cover version of the song by Australian pop singer Betty Who peaked at number six on the ARIA Singles Chart and topped the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[5]

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  3. ^ Donna Lewis BRITS Profile Archived 16 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. BRIT Awards Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2013
  4. ^ "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ BettyWhoVEVO (3 June 2016). "Betty Who - I Love You Always Forever (Audio)". Archived from the original on 13 December 2021 – via YouTube.