B-side "Joey" Genre Soul
R&B Label Capitol | Released June 20, 1975 Length 2:51 | |
Writer(s) Chuck Jackson
Marvin Yancy | ||
"This Will Be" is a song written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy, and performed by American singer Natalie Cole. Often appended with "(An Everlasting Love)" but not released as such, this was Natalie Cole's debut single released in April 1975 and one of her biggest hits, becoming a number-one R&B and number-six pop smash in the United States and also reaching the UK Top 40. Cole won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, a category that had previously been dominated by Aretha Franklin. It would also help her win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Cole had been turned down by every label approached, but finally gained the interest of Larkin Arnold, who at the time was the executive of Capitol Records, through demos produced by Jackson and Yancy. The two wrote the song at the end of sessions for Arnold, just as he and Cole were about to leave town.
In the media
The song appears on the soundtrack albums for the following films:
And is featured in the following films:
The beat was used in the E-Harmony commercial.
The song was also used in RuPaul's Drag Race during an episode in which Cole guest judged alongside Amber Riley, Michelle Visage and RuPaul.