Dolly parton i will always love you

1974 single by Dolly Parton

This article is about the song originally recorded by Dolly Parton. For the 1992 cover by Whitney Houston, see I Will Always Love You (Whitney Houston recording). For other uses, see I Will Always Love You (disambiguation).

"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career,^[1] the country single was released in 1974. The song was a commercial success for Parton, twice reaching the top spot of the US BillboardHot Country Songs chart: first in June 1974, then again in October 1982, with a re-recording for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas soundtrack.

Whitney Houstonrecorded a Pop-ballad arrangement of the song for the 1992 film The Bodyguard. Houston's version peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for a the