Song · Whitney Houston
“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston
Released 1992
“I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston appears on 8 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2012 and 2026. It was first released in 1992. Its best result is #17 on The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,006 indie & aaa song of all time and #248 of the '90s.
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Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" arrived on Arista on November 2, 1992, leading off the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, the film that marked her debut as an actress. The song was Dolly Parton's, written and first recorded by her, but it was Linda Ronstadt's version that set Houston's in motion, and David Foster produced the result.
What followed was pure arithmetic: number one in 34 countries, some 24 million copies sold, the biggest-selling single on the planet in 1992 and the best seller any woman has ever had. It won Grammys for Record of the Year and for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, it has since entered the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Library of Congress keeps it in its National Recording Registry, and it remains one of the songs her name is welded to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 299 | WYEP | WYEP Top 500 Songs Countdown | 500 |
| 2018 | 721 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2020 | 847 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2023 | 64 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 217 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 17 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2025 | 72 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
| 2026 | 72 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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