I Will Always Love You (1973 version)

~ Recording by Dolly Parton

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonJoleneDolly PartonAlbum
  • US1974-02-04
RCA VictorAPL1-0473
1.1I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonI Will Always Love You / Lonely Comin’ DownDolly PartonSingle
RCA VictorAPB0-0234
1.6I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonBest of Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA VictorAPL1-1117
1.11I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonThe Best of Jim Reeves and Dolly PartonJim Reeves, Dolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA Victor38-569
2.23I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonEasy Listening CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1982
Reader’s DigestCELC-A-116
1.4I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonThe Love AlbumDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)PL 89245
1.4I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonCollector’s SeriesDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)6338-2-RRE
1.2I Will Always Love You2:58Dolly PartonJolene (Sound Value series)Dolly PartonAlbum
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 55980-2
1.19I Will Always Love You3:03Dolly PartonThe Very Best of Kenny Rogers & Dolly PartonKenny Rogers & Dolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)PD 71317
1.2I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly Parton16 Top TracksDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • -1988
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)90108
1.17I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonExclusive Country Stars From the 70’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)259.072
1.17I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonThe Originals 8: Country Stars (From The 70's)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)259.072
1.4I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonThe Love AlbumDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1989-02-27
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)ND90307
1.2I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonCountry HeroesDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Ariola Express295 050
3.12I Will Always Love You3:06Dolly PartonEasy-Listening Hits of the '60s & '70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest
1.8I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonDream On: Featuring Hits From the BBC TV Production “Wreck on the Highway”Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BBC Records (had undergone several name changes, see aliases)BBCCD 769
1.13I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonHet Beste van Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)PD 90464
1.6I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonThe Best of Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)5146-2-R, 5146-2-RRE
1.2I Will Always Love You3:00Dolly PartonBest Love SongsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Muse Records19911
1.10I Will Always Love You3:08Dolly PartonContemporary Country: The Early ’80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music
1.10I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonEchoes of LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music57353
1.2I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonJolene: Her Greatest HitsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Woodford MusicWMCD 5638
1.6I Will Always Love You3:07Dolly PartonSouthern NightsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Knight Records (UK compilations/reissues, division of Castle Music)KTVCD 1
1.15I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonThe Music From the Movies: The 80's, Vol. 10Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)PD 75173
1.3I Will Always Love You3:06Dolly PartonFavouritesDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Pickwick Music (UK imprint, subsidiary of Pickwick International Inc. (GB) Ltd.)PWKS 4116
1.2I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonJolene (re-release)Dolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321 120702
1.13I Will Always Love You2:58Dolly PartonThe CollectionDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1993-06-07
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321139872
1.7I Will Always Love You2:58Dolly PartonCountry ClassicsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music441, 442, 443
1.1I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonCountry LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD 2654
1.3I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonCountry RoadsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1993
PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)516 100-2
3.10I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonI Will Always Love You: 36 All-Time Greatest Hits!Dolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
GSC Music#15071, DMC31086
1.6I Will Always Love You3:07Dolly PartonSlow Motion, Volume 3: Die schönsten Pop-Balladen der FilmgeschichteVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Ariola Hamburg GmbH74321 16478 2
1.1I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonSweet BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)
1.17I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonThe History of Country Music: The Seventies, Volume TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Kenwest RecordsKNEWCD 722
1.15I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonThe RCA Years 1967–1986Dolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)66127-2
1.19I Will Always Love You3:03Dolly PartonThe Very Best of Kenny Rogers & Dolly PartonKenny Rogers & Dolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)PD 71317
1.9I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonCountry BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321204142
1.3I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonHere I Come AgainDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (Australasia) LimitedPCD 10006
2.11I Will Always Love You3:06Dolly PartonThe Best Country Album in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)8 31646 2
1.1I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonThe Greatest HitsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations)TCD2739
1.4I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonMost Wanted Country, 53 av de største country & western slagerne i Norge!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Record Collection480 880-2
1.5I Will Always Love You3:06Dolly PartonStørste HitsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321329212
1.7I Will Always Love You3:06Dolly PartonThat’s Country: Simply the Best of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), EMI TV7243 8 36433 2 5, CDEMTVD 103
1.1I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonThe Very Best of Country, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Records AfricaCDBSP (WM) 3003
2.5I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonVery Best of the 80’s, Volume 6Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Ariola Express74321 27623 2
1.18I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonΟι 80 καλύτερες μπαλάντεςVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compact Disc ClubBSW 480918-2
2.15I Will Always Love You2:58Dolly PartonCountry Music’s Greatest HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • GB1996-02-01
Reader’s DigestRDCD 1201-6
1.3I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonAll Time Country GreatsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)7 43214 46852 4
2.16I Will Always Love You3:06Dolly PartonLiving in America: American Country & Western SupertracksVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH007 03 52
1.17I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonStarke Gefühle: Schmuse-Kuschel-Pop-BalladenVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321 36247 2
1.6I Will Always Love You2:58Dolly PartonHeart Beats: Country Lovin' - Songs from the HeartVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-01-14
Rhino (reissue label)
1.2I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonThe Best of Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-04-14
Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004)74321 476802
1.9I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonThe Essential Dolly Parton, Volume TwoDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-04-29
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)BG2 66933
1.25I Will Always Love You (original)2:54Dolly PartonA Life in Music: The Ultimate CollectionDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1997-10-27
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321 44363 2
1.3I Will Always Love You3:07Dolly PartonJames Rizzi’s Love Classics: Come On Baby Light My FireVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)74321 49199 2
1.2I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonThe Best of Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004)74321 476802
3.1I Will Always Love You3:00Dolly PartonDe 100 mooiste Love Songs uit 30 jaar CandlelightVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
ABCDABCD 30101-2
1.14I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonHer Best LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)491533.2
1.13I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonLegendary Country Singers: Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicB990-19
1.7I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonThe Best There IsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)6497-2-RRE, D 102893
1.7I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonThe Best There IsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
BMG Special Products7551744760-2
2.4I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonThe Ultimate CollectionDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321562892
2.6I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonLove Classics from the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1999-02-03
DiskyDO 854312
3.26I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonR.E.S.P.E.C.T: A Century of Women in MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-05
Rhino (reissue label)R2 75815
1.6I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonJoleneDolly PartonAlbum
  • US1999-11-09
Buddha Records (1998–2002, formerly known as Buddah Records)99675
2.8I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonClassic Country: 1969–1975Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR808-14
4.10I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonThe Power of LoveVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG UK & Ireland, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)74321656972, DIRCD15
1.15I Will Always Love You3:07Dolly PartonA Woman’s VoiceVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2000-03-07
UTV Records314 545 127-2
2.1I Will Always Love You3:06Dolly PartonBBC Radio 2: Country HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-09-25
BMG TV Projects74321 78965 2
1.10I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonLegendaryDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)74321 75310 2
4.14I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonMemories Are Made of ThisVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s DigestC-093C
1.4I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonHere You Come AgainDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2001-02-21
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)74321 84526 2
6.1I Will Always Love You2:57Dolly PartonRomantic Rock & Love BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • NL2001-06-11
DiskyBX 998292, BX 998302, BX 998312, BX 998322, BX 998332, BX 998342, BX 998352, BX 998362, DB 998252
1.7I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonBest of the 70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2001
BMG Special Marketing Europe GmbH74321898692
1.6I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonChicken Soup for the Country SoulVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 76703
1.6I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonJolene / My Tennessee Mountain HomeDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
Camden Deluxe74321 822362
4.14I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonMemories Are Made of ThisVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Music Canada Inc., Reader’s Digest Music3432
2.20I Will Always Love You3:09Dolly PartonSteve Wright's Sunday Love Songs, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)585 648-2
1.7I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonRCA Country LegendsDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-19
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)07863 65101 2
2.13I Will Always Love You3:04Dolly PartonCountry BalladsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG France, Vogue (since 1973; for earlier releases please use their former imprint Disques Vogue)
2.19I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonLove Album ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCDX 435
1.4I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonThe Ultimate CollectionDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
74321 928292
1.4I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonIl était une fois la CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2003-01-21
Warner Music France
1.5I Will Always Love You2:53Dolly PartonAlways & ForeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-06-02
Sony Music TVSTVCD163
1.4I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonUltimate Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
BMG Heritage, RCA Label Group
1.4I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonUltimate Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-06-03
RCA Nashville82876 52008 2
1.11I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonUltimate Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2003-09-08
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)82876 50389 2
1.16I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonAbsolute Love Classics 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE2003-12-31
Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)ACCD 3012
1.1I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonAll Time Classic Country TearjerkersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic MarketingWSMCD45
2.10I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonAll WomanVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)74321 983062
1.20I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonClassic Country: Queens of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonCountry Ballads: The Greatest Country Love Songs in the World... Ever!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 5 91668 2 7, VTDCD 556
1.4I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonUltimate Dolly PartonDolly PartonAlbum + Compilation
BMG Heritage, RCA Nashville82876 54201 2
1.8I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonUnforgettable: The Ultimate Ballad CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest
4.4I Will Always Love You3:00Dolly PartonPure Country MoodsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2004-02-09
1.5I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonSad SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-09-06
Virgin TVVTDCD 669
3.2I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonThe Ultimate All Time Classic TearjerkersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-11-08
Warner Music UK (formerly Warner Records Ltd., a branch of WEA International), Warner Strategic MarketingWSMCD192
2.3I Will Always Love You2:56Dolly PartonMy Heart Will Go OnVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music TVSTVCD173
Promotion
2.13I Will Always Love You2:55Dolly PartonEssential Tennessee MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)
(unknown)
1.15I Will Always Love You2:54Dolly PartonClassic Country: Queens of Country (disc 1)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicR808-26

Relationships

engineer:Tom Pick
producer:Bob Ferguson
banjo:Bobby Thompson (guitar & banjo player) (on 1973-06-13)
Buck Trent (on 1973-06-13)
bass:Bobby Dyson (on 1973-06-13)
drums (drum set):Ralph Gallant (on 1973-06-13)
fiddle:Johnny Gimble (on 1973-06-13)
Mack Magaha (Bluegrass Fiddler) (on 1973-06-13)
guitar:Jimmy Colvard (American session guitarist) (on 1973-06-13)
Dave Kirby (US country singer/songwriter) (on 1973-06-13)
Dolly Parton (on 1973-06-13)
piano:Hargus "Pig" Robbins (on 1973-06-13)
steel guitar:Stu Basore (on 1973-06-13)
background vocals:Joe Babcock (on 1973-06-13)
Dolores Edgin (on 1973-06-13)
June Page (on 1973-06-13)
Hurshel Wiginton (on 1973-06-13)
vocals:Dolly Parton (on 1973-06-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1974)
recorded at:RCA Studio B (Nashville, TN) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1973-06-13)
part of:Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 34) (order: 33)
recording of:I Will Always Love You (on 1973-06-13)

Related works

I Will Always Love You

lyricist and composer:Dolly Parton
publisher:Carlin Music Corporation
Owepar Publishing Inc.
Velvet Apple Music
referred to in medleys:Forever Country (order: 2)
Elephant Love (aka Elephant Love Medley, from Moulin Rouge!) (order: 9)
later translated versions:Als ik ga
L'Amore sei tu
Voor altijd van jou