B-side "I'm In Love" Format 12" maxi single Genre R&B, pop | Released May 13, 1987 Recorded 1986 | |
Length 4:47 (album version)
3:59 (single version) | ||
"Always" is ballad song by American recording R&B band Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh album All in the Name of Love. The single peaked at number one on both the Hot Black Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts in June 1987. The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. In July, it also topped the Canadian RPM 100 national singles chart, where it remained for two weeks.
Cover versions and appearances
In 2000, pop act Boyz N Girlz United included a cover version of the song on their self-titled debut album. In 2008, it was revived by Filipina singer-actress Iya Villania as a duet with Jay-R on her album Finally!. Johnny Mathis recorded the song with Mone't on his album A Night to Remember.
MF DOOM sampled "Always" for his song "Dead Bent", from his album Operation: Doomsday.