Love Will Always Win
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| Single by Garth Brooks with Trisha Yearwood | ||||
| from the album The Lost Sessions | ||||
| Released | January 30, 2006[1] | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:41 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Allen Reynolds | |||
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| Trisha Yearwood singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Will Always Win" is a song written by Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick. It was originally recorded by American country music artist Faith Hill for the international release of her 1998 album Faith, also titled Love Will Always Win. The track was later recorded by American singers Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. It was released on February 4, 2006, as the second and final single from Brooks's box set The Limited Series (2005).
History
[edit]Faith Hill cut the song in 1998 for the international release of her 1998 album Faith, produced by herself and Byron Gallimore.[2] In 2005, Garth Brooks recorded the song as a duet with his wife, Trisha Yearwood, for the album The Lost Sessions, a compilation of new and previously-unreleased material within his 2005 box set The Limited Series. Brooks and Yearwood performed the song on The Oprah Winfrey Show.[3] Allen Reynolds, Brooks's longtime producer for two decades, produced their version of the song, although a review from Billboard magazine erroneously gave the production credit to the song's co-writers Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick.[4]
Critical reception
[edit]Chuck Taylor reviewed the single favorably in Billboard, calling it "a beautiful and timeless song of devotion" and "simple and straightforward".[4]
- Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
- Dennis Burnside – string arrangements
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Mike Chapman – bass
- Chris Leuzinger – gut string and electric guitars
- Milton Sledge – drums
- Bobby Wood – keyboards
- The Nashville String Machine – string section
- David Angelo
- Monisa Angelo
- David Davidson
- Conni Ellison
- Carl Gorodetzky
- James Grosjean
- Anthony Lamarchina
- Carole Rabinowitz
- Pamela Sixfin
- Alan Umstead
- Catherine Umstead
- Gary Vanosdale
- Mary Kathryn Vanosdale
- Kristin Wilkinson
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 23 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1642. January 27, 2006. p. 24.
- ^ "Love Will Always Win". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "WATCH: Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood Perform 'Love Will Always Win' on Oprah in 2006". The Outsider. December 22, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "Reviews". Billboard. February 4, 2006. p. 35.
- ^ Garth Brooks - The Lost Sessions: liner notes from the CD booklet, p. 4 (bar code 85420-6001-084)
- ^ "Garth Brooks Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.