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The 1993 and 2010 CD releases of Encouraging Words included Preston's rare Apple A-side "All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Give It to You)", [27] recorded in December 1969. [5] Released in January 1970, the song was co-written with soul singer Doris Troy, whose self-titled Apple album was originally released on the same day as Encouraging Words. [28]
The song's popularity has reached far beyond the band's; CCLI places the song among the 30 most-sung worship songs in the United States [1] and has been called a "modern worship classic". [2] According to Martin Smith, the author of the song: "That song just wrote itself in about five minutes. The same chords the whole way through the song.
"Whenever God Shines His Light" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and released on his 1989 album Avalon Sunset as a duet with Cliff Richard. Although the album was released in June 1989, this song was released as a single in November 1989 for the Christmas sales market.
Preston's "My Sweet Lord" was a minor hit in Europe when issued as a single there in September 1970, [43] but otherwise, Encouraging Words made little impression commercially. [44] [45] The album and single releases were delayed for at least two months in the United States.
Fricke writes of the song "That's the Way God Planned It": "[Preston] would have bigger hits in the Seventies but never make a better one than this album's rapturous title track … The rest of the album is solid church-infused soul, with Preston covering both Bob Dylan and W.C. Handy."
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"I Love You Always Forever" is the debut single by British singer Donna Lewis from her debut album, Now in a Minute (1996). Written by Lewis and produced by Lewis and Kevin Killen, it was released as the album's lead single in the United States on 16 April 1996 [ 1 ] and in the United Kingdom on 26 August 1996.
"I Will Always Love You" is a song written and originally recorded in 1973 by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. Written as a farewell to her business partner and mentor Porter Wagoner , expressing Parton's decision to pursue a solo career, [ 1 ] the country single was released in 1974.