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Febuary Issue of Vibe Magazine submitted by: Lydia Harris date: Sunday, December 27, 1998 source: vibe feb. issue Whitney made vibes 99 best love songs of all time Whitney came in at song number 75 "I will always love you" was the song that made the list. She was one of the few artist that vibe did a section about her. This is what the vibe writer Larry Flick had to say about Whitney "I will always love you" Is there a person who hasn't wailed along in heart-broken empathy with the climatic closing chours of Whitney Houston's "I will always love you"? Some experiences are just undeniably universal. Since its release in 1992 by way of the megasoundtrack for the movie Bodyguard(Warner Bros.), it has become one of the best-selling singles of all time. In fact, more than 15 million Americans owns a copy of the dewy,Dolly Parton-penned ballad. Talk about striking a responsive chord. What was it about this jam that took us all there? Simply put, it soared with brutally vivid emotion and a bravura vocal performance. It started from the moment so soft and painfully intimate it was as if Miss Whitney was thinking,not singing,the lines "If I should stay,I'll only be in your way." As David Foster's meticulous,almost orchestral arrangement unfolded,these inner thoughts took on a more tangible,relatable shape. Even if you'd never been a fan of Houston"s signature histrionics, you were resting in the palm of her hand as her remarkably measured performance blossomed with the aching words. "But above all this/I wish you love." In a masterfully manipulative move, she
forced you to relive a moment of loss- and then
handsomely repaid you by providing a flash of
cleansing catharsis.
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