Forever Valentine (song) explained

Forever Valentine
Cover:	Charlie Wilson - Forever Valentine.png
Type:	single
Artist:	Charlie Wilson
Released:	^[1]
Genre:	R&B
Length:	3:58
Label:	P Music Group
Prev Title:	Chills
Prev Year:	2017
Next Title:	One I Got
Next Year:	2020

"Forever Valentine" is a song by American R&B singer Charlie Wilson, released on January 17, 2020. The song was produced by Bruno Mars, the Stereotypes and D'Mile. They also co-wrote the song along with Charlie Wilson, Micah Powell and Seth Reger. The background vocals feature Mars, Wilson and James Fauntleroy, along with others.

Background

On July 27, 2018, Wilson stated that he and Mars were working on a collaboration.^[2] Wilson said that he was having fun with the song, the result of his and Mars' "creative combustion". They started talking about the song's vibe and recorded a chorus for it, but they didn't met each other for some time afterwards due to their busy schedules. Nevertheless, after Wilson performed on selected dates of Mars' third worldwide tour, the 24K Magic World Tour, they would "sing every day at lunch time as we further hashed out the song".^[3] It was released on Urban AC on January 17, 2020.^[4] On January 23, 2020, it was sent to AC, Hot AC, Top 40 and Urban radio stations.^{[5] [6]}

Credits and personnel

Personnel

• Charlie Wilson – songwriting
• Bruno Mars – producer, songwriting, background vocals
• The Stereotypes – producer, songwriting, programmer
• D'Mile – producer, songwriting, bass, strings, background vocals
• Micah Powell – songwriting, background vocals
• Seth Reger – songwriting
• Bianca Atterberry – background vocals
• Destiny Rogers – background vocals
• James Fauntleroy – background vocals

• Jonathan Yip – background vocals, keyboards
• Jeremy Reeves – percussion
• Ray McCullough II – horn
• Ray Romulus – drums
• Stevo Evans – additional keyboards, programmer
• Dave Forman – guitar
• Charles Moniz – guitar, engineer
• Ronald Estrada – engineer
• Gene Grimaldi – engineer
• Kevin Davis – engineer

Credits:^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Forever Valentine - Single by Charlie Wilson. Apple Music.
2. Web site: Exclusive: Charlie Wilson Hints At Bruno Mars Collaboration. Sam. That Grape Juice. July 27, 2018. August 15, 2018.
3. Web site: Charlie Wilson & Bruno Mars Releasing 'Forever Valentine'. January 14, 2020. Billboard.
4. Web site: Charlie Wilson - Forever Valentine. January 17, 2020. Daily Play MPE®.
5. Web site: Charlie Wilson - Forever Valentine. January 23, 2020. Daily Play MPE®.
6. Web site: Charlie Wilson - Forever Valentine. January 23, 2020. Daily Play MPE®.
7. Web site: Try the TIDAL Web Player. listen.tidal.com.