Always (Atlantic Starr song) explained

Always
Cover:	Atlantic Starr-Always.jpg
Caption:	UK LP cover art, also used as the US 7-inch cover art
Type:	single
Artist:	Atlantic Starr
Album:	All in the Name of Love
Released:	May 1987
Recorded:	1986
Label:	Warner Bros.
Prev Title:	If Your Heart Isn't in It
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	One Lover at a Time
Next Year:	1987

"Always" is a song by American R&B group Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh studio album All in the Name of Love (1987). The single was the biggest hit for Atlantic Starr; it peaked at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Black Singles charts in June 1987, being the band's only number one song.^[1] The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart.^[2] In July, it topped the Canadian RPM 100 national singles chart, where it remained for two weeks.^{[3] [4]} The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified it silver.

Music video

The official music video was directed by Jane Simpson.^[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Always"! Chart (1987)! Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report)^[6]	66
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[7]	2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[8]	7
South Africa (Springbook)	6
UK Singles (OCC)	3
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)^[9]	1
US Cash Box Top 100^[10]

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)!scope="col"

Rank
Canada (RPM)^[11]	8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[12]	47
UK Singles (OCC)^[13]	25
US Billboard Hot 100^[14]	14
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[15]	17
US Cash Box^[16]	7
US Crossover Singles (Billboard)^[17]	5

Cover versions and appearances

In 1994, Bobbie Eakes and Jeff Trachta included a cover version of the song on their album Bold and Beautiful Duets.

In 2000, pop act Boyz N Girlz United covered 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!.^[18]

Johnny Mathis recorded the song with Mone't on his album A Night to Remember.^[19]

MF Doom sampled "Always" for his song "Dead Bent", from his album .

• 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.

in 1988, Hong Kong singer George Lam covered this song in Cantonese.

• 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 was covered during the September 1, 1995 episode of The Bold and The Beautiful by Bobbie Eakes and Jeff Trachta following the wedding of their on-screen characters, Macy Alexander and Thorne Forrester.
• The song appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Party, and in the 2011 film, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules.

See also

• List of Hot Adult Contemporary number ones of 1987
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1987
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1987 (U.S.)

External links

• [{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t4089427|pure_url=yes}} AMG AllMusic]

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 37.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 24.
3. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2012-01-04.
4. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2012-01-04.
5. Web site: Atlantic Starr: Always . imdb.com . 2023-05-26.
6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 21.
7. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1987-06-27 . 2018-04-08.
8. Web site: OFFICIAL TOP 40 SINGLES. 6 September 1987. The Official New Zealand Music Chart.
9. Atlantic Starr Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). Billboard. May 5, 2021.
10. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 6/13/87. 3 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150603073353/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19870613.html. 24 April 2021. 2015-06-03.
11. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-08-07 . 2017-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730115617/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0920&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062 . dead .
12. Web site: OFFICIAL TOP 40 SINGLES – END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987. The Official New Zealand Music Chart.
13. Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Singles . . Spotlight Publications . London, England . 36 . 23 January 1988.
14. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1987/Top 100 Songs of 1987. Musicoutfitters.com. 24 April 2021.
15. 1987 Year-end Charts - Top Adult Contemporary Singles . . December 31, 1987 . December 9, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121008123444/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855258 . October 8, 2012 . live . mdy-all .
16. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1987 . 2016-08-07 . https://archive.today/20161024154535/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/1987YESP.html . 2016-10-24 . dead .
17. 1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Hot Crossover Singles . December 26, 1987 . Billboard . 99 . 52 . Y-27. April 8, 2022.
18. http://www.myxph.com/tabid/333/a/959/Finally-the-album-by-Iya-Villania.aspx
19. Web site: A Night to Remember. Amazon.com. 2011-12-02.