Love Will Always Win

"Love Will Always Win"
"Love Will Always Win"
Single by Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood
from the album The Lost Sessions
Released	February 4, 2006
Genre	Country
Length	4:41
Label	Pearl
Songwriter(s)	Gordon Kennedy; Wayne Kirkpatrick;
Producer(s)	Gordon Kennedy; Wayne Kirkpatrick;
Garth Brooks singles chronology
Trisha Yearwood singles chronology

"Love Will Always Win" is a song written by Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick. It was originally recorded by American singer Faith Hill for the international release of her 1998 album Faith, also titled Love Will Always Win. It was later recorded by American singers Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood for the former's The Lost Sessions, an album contained within his 2005 box set The Limited Series.

History[]

Faith Hill cut the song in 1998 for the international release of her 1998 album Faith, produced by herself and Byron Gallimore.^[1] In 2005, Garth Brooks recorded the song as a duet with his wife, Trisha Yearwood, for the album The Lost Sessions, a compilation of new and previously-unreleased material within his 2005 box set The Limited Series. Brooks and Yearwood performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show.^[2] Co-writers Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick produced Brooks' and Yearwood's recording.^[3]

Critical reception[]

Chuck Taylor reviewed the single favorably in Billboard, calling it "a beautiful and timeless song of devotion" and "simple and straightforward".^[3]

Chart performance[]

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	23

References[]

^ "Love Will Always Win". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^ "WATCH: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Perform 'Love Will Always Win' on Oprah in 2006". The Outsider. December 22, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Reviews". Billboard: 35. February 4, 2006.
^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

[1] "Love Will Always Win". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2021.

[2] "WATCH: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Perform 'Love Will Always Win' on Oprah in 2006". The Outsider. December 22, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2021.

[review-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Reviews". Billboard: 35. February 4, 2006.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Garth_Brooks-4] "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.

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show v t Faith Hill singles
Discography
Take Me as I Am	"Wild One" "Piece of My Heart" "But I Will" "Take Me as I Am"
It Matters to Me	"Let's Go to Vegas" "It Matters to Me" "Someone Else's Dream" "You Can't Lose Me" "I Can't Do That Anymore"
Faith	"This Kiss" "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" "Let Me Let Go" "Love Ain't Like That" "The Secret of Life"
Breathe	"Breathe" "The Way You Love Me" "Let's Make Love" "If My Heart Had Wings"
Cry	"Cry" "When the Lights Go Down" "You're Still Here"
Fireflies	"Mississippi Girl" "Like We Never Loved at All" "The Lucky One" "Sunshine and Summertime" "Stealing Kisses"
The Hits	"Lost" "Red Umbrella"
Joy to the World	"A Baby Changes Everything"
The Rest of Our Life	"Speak to a Girl" "The Rest of Our Life"
Collaborations	"It's Your Love" (with Tim McGraw) "I Need You" (with Tim McGraw) "Sing" (with Annie Lennox) "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Tim McGraw)
Other songs	"There You'll Be" "Where Are You, Christmas?" "Give In to Me" "Come Home" "American Heart" "Love Will Always Win"

show v t Garth Brooks singles
Garth Brooks	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "Not Counting You" "The Dance"
No Fences	"Friends in Low Places" "Unanswered Prayers" "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" "The Thunder Rolls" "Wild Horses" (released in 2001)
Ropin' the Wind	"Rodeo" "Shameless" "What She's Doing Now" "Papa Loved Mama" "The River"
The Chase	"We Shall Be Free" "Somewhere Other Than the Night" "Learning to Live Again" "That Summer"
In Pieces	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" "Standing Outside the Fire" "One Night a Day" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "The Red Strokes"
Fresh Horses	"She's Every Woman" "The Fever" "The Beaches of Cheyenne" "The Change" "It's Midnight Cinderella" "That Ol' Wind"
Sevens	"Longneck Bottle" "She's Gonna Make It" "Two Piña Coladas" "You Move Me" "Do What You Gotta Do" (released in 2000)
The Limited Series	"To Make You Feel My Love"
Double Live	"It's Your Song"
Greatest Hits (as Chris Gaines)	"Lost in You"
Scarecrow	"When You Come Back to Me Again" (released in 2000) "Wrapped Up in You" "Squeeze Me In" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Thicker Than Blood" "Why Ain't I Running"
The Lost Sessions	"Good Ride Cowboy" "Love Will Always Win"
The Ultimate Hits	"More Than a Memory" "Workin' for a Livin'" (with Huey Lewis)
Man Against Machine	"People Loving People" "Mom"
Gunslinger	"Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance" "Ask Me How I Know"
Fun	"All Day Long" "Stronger Than Me" "Dive Bar" (with Blake Shelton)
Guest singles	"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy (with Chris LeDoux; uncredited) "In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Burnin the Roadhouse Down" (with Steve Wariner) "Where Your Road Leads" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Steve Wariner)
Other songs	"Hard Luck Woman" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy"

show v t Trisha Yearwood singles
Discography
Trisha Yearwood	"She's in Love with the Boy" "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart" "That's What I Like About You" "The Woman Before Me"
Hearts in Armor	"Wrong Side of Memphis" "Walkaway Joe" (featuring Don Henley) "You Say You Will" "Down on My Knees"
The Song Remembers When	"The Song Remembers When" "Better Your Heart Than Mine"
Thinkin' About You	"XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" "Thinkin' About You" "You Can Sleep While I Drive" "I Wanna Go Too Far" "On a Bus to St. Cloud"
Everybody Knows	"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" "Everybody Knows" "I Need You"
(Songbook) A Collection of Hits	"How Do I Live" "In Another's Eyes" (with Garth Brooks) "Perfect Love"
Where Your Road Leads	"There Goes My Baby" "Where Your Road Leads" (with Garth Brooks) "Powerful Thing" "I'll Still Love You More"
Real Live Woman	"Real Live Woman" "Where Are You Now"
Inside Out	"I Would've Loved You Anyway" "Inside Out" (with Don Henley) "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners"
Jasper County	"Georgia Rain" "Trying to Love You"
Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love	"Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love" "This Is Me You're Talking To" "They Call It Falling for a Reason"
PrizeFighter: Hit After Hit	"PrizeFighter"
Every Girl	"Every Girl in This Town"
Guest singles	"Squeeze Me In" (with Garth Brooks) "Love Will Always Win" (with Garth Brooks) "Another Try" (with Josh Turner) "Softly and Tenderly" (with Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson)
Other singles	"I Fall to Pieces" (with Aaron Neville) "You're Where I Belong" "Broken" "Forever Country" (with various artists)