Always (Atlantic Starr song)

"Always"
"Always"
	UK LP cover art, also used as the US 7-inch cover art
Single by Atlantic Starr
from the album All in the Name of Love
B-side	"Always" (instrumental); "I'm In Love" (LP single only);
Released	May 1987
Recorded	1986
Studio	Acme Recording Studios (Mamaroneck, New York), Mixed at Minot Sound Studios in White Plains, New York
Genre	R&B; pop;
Length	4:47 (album version); 3:59 (single version);
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	David Lewis; Jonathan Lewis; Wayne Lewis;
Producer(s)	David Lewis; Wayne Lewis;
Atlantic Starr singles chronology
Music video
	"Always" on YouTube

"Always" is a song by American R&B band Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh studio album All in the Name of Love (1987). The single peaked at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in June 1987.^[2] The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart.^[3] In July, it topped the Canadian RPM 100 national singles chart, where it remained for two weeks.^[4]^[5] The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it silver.

Chart performance[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)^[6]	66
Canada RPM 100	1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[7]	2
New Zealand^[8]	17
South Africa (Springbok Radio)^{[citation needed]}	6
UK (Official Charts Company)^[9]	3
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[10]	1
US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[12]	1
US Cash Box Top 100 ^[13]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1987)	Rank
Canada ^[14]	8
New Zealand ^[15]	47
UK ^[16]	25
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[17]	14
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[18]	17
U.S. Cash Box ^[19]	7

Cover versions and appearances[]

In 2000, pop act Boyz N Girlz United included a cover version of 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!.^[20] Johnny Mathis recorded the song with Mone't on his album A Night to Remember.^[21]

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.
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 appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Party, and in the 2011 film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

References[]

^ Johnny, Loftus. "Atlantic Starr - All in the Name of Love". Allmusic. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 37.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 24.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 21. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1987-06-27. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
^ "OFFICIAL TOP 40 SINGLES". The Official New Zealand Music Chart. 6 September 1987.
^ "UK Official Singles Chart", UK Official Charts Company
^ "Atlantic Starr Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
^ "Atlantic Starr Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ "Atlantic Starr Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/13/87". 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ "OFFICIAL TOP 40 SINGLES – END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987". The Official New Zealand Music Chart.
^ "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Singles". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 23 January 1988. p. 36.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1987/Top 100 Songs of 1987". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "1987 Year-end Charts - Top Adult Contemporary Singles". Billboard. December 31, 1987. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ [2] Archived December 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "A Night to Remember". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

External links[]

[1] Johnny, Loftus. "Atlantic Starr - All in the Name of Love". Allmusic. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 37.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 24.

[4] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

[5] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

[aus-6] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 21. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[7] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1987-06-27. Retrieved 2018-04-08.

[8] "OFFICIAL TOP 40 SINGLES". The Official New Zealand Music Chart. 6 September 1987.

[9] "UK Official Singles Chart", UK Official Charts Company

[sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Atlantic_Starr-10] "Atlantic Starr Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardhot100_Atlantic_Starr-11] "Atlantic Starr Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Atlantic_Starr-12] "Atlantic Starr Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.

[13] "Cash Box Top 100 6/13/87". 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[14] [1]^{[dead link]}

[15] "OFFICIAL TOP 40 SINGLES – END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987". The Official New Zealand Music Chart.

[16] "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Singles". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications. 23 January 1988. p. 36.

[17] "Top 100 Hits of 1987/Top 100 Songs of 1987". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

[87bbend03-18] "1987 Year-end Charts - Top Adult Contemporary Singles". Billboard. December 31, 1987. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2019.

[19] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[20] [2] Archived December 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[21] "A Night to Remember". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

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