| I'll Always Love You | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Spinners |
| Album: | The Original Spinners |
| B-Side: | Tomorrow May Never Come |
| Released: | June 4, 1965 |
| Recorded: | 1965; Hitsville USA (Studio A) (Detroit, Michigan) |
| Genre: | Soul, R&B, Pop |
| Length: | 2:42 |
| Label: | Motown Records M 1078 |
| Producer: |
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| Prev Title: | Sweet Thing |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Truly Yours |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
"I'll Always Love You" is a song co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter and produced by Stevenson and Hunter as a single for The Spinners on the Motown Records label. The single became the Detroit-reared group's first charting single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 (and their third charting hit over all). The song was a top 40 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 35.[1] On the Billboard R&B singles chart, "I'll Always Love You" peaked at number 8.[2] [3] The song featured lead vocals by the group's main lead singer, Bobby Smith.
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 35 |
| US Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles (Billboard) | 8 |