| "I'll Always Love You" | ||||
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| Single by The Spinners | ||||
| from the album The Original Spinners | ||||
| B-side | "Tomorrow May Never Come" | |||
| Released | June 4, 1965 | |||
| Format | 45 RPM 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1965; Hitsville USA (Studio A) (Detroit, Michigan) |
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| Length | 2:42 | |||
| Label |
Motown Records M 1078 |
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| Writer(s) |
William "Mickey" Stevenson Ivy Jo Hunter |
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| Producer(s) |
William "Mickey" Stevenson Ivy Jo Hunter |
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"I'll Always Love You" is a song co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter and produced by Stevenson and Hunter as a single for The Spinners on the Motown Records label. The single became the Detroit-reared group's first charting single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 (and their third charting hit over all). The song was a top 40 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 35. On the Billboard R&B singles chart, "I'll Always Love You" peaked at number 8. The song featured lead vocals by the group's main lead singer, Bobby Smith.