I Will Always Love You
Whitney Houston
1993
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1992
Release: 1992Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. Houston's original studio single was issued in 1992 before The Bodyguard album. Later chart years and live performances do not set its date.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1992.html, 1993.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
I Will Always Love You - official original single catalog
Identifies the original David Foster-produced Whitney Houston recording and its 1992 single release preceding The Bodyguard album. No exact territorial first day is claimed.
The Bodyguard - official original soundtrack catalog
Original soundtrack released in November 1992 includes I Will Always Love You, I Have Nothing, I'm Every Woman and Run to You. Later singles and 2017 alternate/live soundtrack material are not the selected recordings.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Originally written by Dolly Parton in 1973, Houston's version was recorded for the soundtrack of "The Bodyguard."
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1993.html, song-list position 1
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Song-specific editorial discovery classification
Billboard year-end 1993 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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