"I'll Love You Forever Today" is a song by British singer

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released as a single in June 1968. It peaked at number 27 on the

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Release and reception

"I'll Love You Forever" was written for the film ''

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'' by its director James Collier and Cliff Richard who also stars in the film and sings

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. The single was arranged by and features the orchestra of

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. It was released with the B-side " Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon", written and originally released by

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in 1967. Richard also recorded a German-language version of "I'll Love You Forever", titled "Die Liebe ist immer nur heut'", for his album ''Hier ist Cliff''. Reviewing for ''

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'', Peter Jones wrote that the song has a "splendid arrangement with splashes of brass and Cliff at his relaxed, warm, ballad best. It's gently done, with tinkling backing... really it has instant impact". However,

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for ''

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'' described it as "probably the most boring song Cliff's ever recorded", saying that "it would take a coal-heaver to do anything with this one –and he's certainly not that".

Track listing

7": Columbia / DB 8437 # "I'll Love You Forever Today" – 3:06 # " Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon" – 3:03

Personnel

– vocals * Mike Leander Orchestra – all instrumentation

Charts

References

{{Authority control Cliff Richard songs 1968 singles 1968 songs Columbia Graphophone Company singles Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor