Everlasting Love
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| Single by Robert Knight | ||||
| from the album Everlasting Love | ||||
| B-side | "Somebody's Baby" | |||
| Released | July 1967 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded | 1967 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:54 | |||
| Label | Rising Sons RS45-705 (US) Monument MON 1008 (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden | |||
| Producer(s) | Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden | |||
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| Single by The Love Affair | ||||
| from the album The Everlasting Love Affair | ||||
| B-side | "Gone Are the Songs of Yesterday" (Goodhand-Tait) | |||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Label | CBS 3125 | |||
| Writer(s) | Buzz Cason,Mac Gayden | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Smith,Keith Mansfield | |||
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| Single by Carl Carlton | ||||
| from the album Everlasting Love | ||||
| B-side | "I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze" | |||
| Released | July 1974 | |||
| Format | 7" Single | |||
| Recorded | October 1973 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 2:20 | |||
| Label | Backbeat BB 27001 | |||
| Writer(s) | Buzz Cason, Mac Gayden | |||
| Producer(s) | Papa Don Schroeder, Tommy Cogbill | |||
| Carl Carlton singles chronology | ||||
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| from the album 1)Everlasting Love Rex Smith 2)...And Then He Kissed Me Rachel Sweet |
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(double B-side)"Still Thinking of You" Rex Smith/ "Billy and the Gun" Rachel Sweet |
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| Released | June 1981 US July 1981 UK August 1981 Australia | ||||||||||
| Format | 7" single | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 1981 Record Plant (NYC) | ||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:44 (single edit 3:29) | ||||||||||
| Label | Columbia Records | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) |
Buzz Cason Mac Gayden |
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| Producer(s) | Rick Chertoff | ||||||||||
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| Single by Sandra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Ten on One (The Singles) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Change Your Mind" (1987 Version) "Stop for a Minute" (1988 Version) |
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| Released | August 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7" single, 12-inch single, CD single | |||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Disco | |||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:49 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Label | Virgin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Mac Gayden, Buzz Cason | |||||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Michael Cretu (1987 Version), Pete Hammond (1988 Version) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Single by Gloria Estefan | ||||||||||
| from the album Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me | ||||||||||
| Released | January 3, 1995 (see Release history) |
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| Format | CD single, CD Maxi single, 12" vinyl maxi single | |||||||||
| Recorded | 1993–1994 | |||||||||
| Genre | Electropop, dance | |||||||||
| Length | 4:01 (Album/Single Version) 3:40 (7" Remix) |
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| Label | Epic Records | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Mac Gayden, Buzz Cason | |||||||||
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"Everlasting Love" is a song written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden, originally a 1967 hit for Robert Knight and since remade several times, most successfully by the Love Affair, as well as Town Criers, Carl Carlton and Sandra. In 1989, U2 released a version of "Everlasting Love" as a B-side on various formats of the "All I Want Is You" single.
The original version of "Everlasting Love" was recorded in Nashville by Robert Knight, whose producers Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden aimed to record him in a Motown style with especial reference to the Four Tops and the Temptations. Ultimately "Everlasting Love" was released as an A-side for Knight and reached #13 in 1967. Subsequently, the song has reached the US Top 40 three times, most successfully by Carl Carlton, who peaked at #6 in 1974, with more moderate success afforded later remakes by Rex Smith and Rachel Sweet (#32/ 1981) and Gloria Estefan (#27/ 1995).
In the UK "Everlasting Love" was covered by the Love Affair and achieved #1 status in January 1968. Although that version eclipsed the Robert Knight original, which stalled at #40, Knight's version was reissued in 1974 and reached #19 UK. Also in 1968, a cover by the Australian group, Town Criers, reached #2 in the Australian charts.
A 1981 duet version, sung by Rex Smith and Rachel Sweet, reached #35 UK, and in the 1990s "Everlasting Love" reached the UK Top 20 three times via remakes by Worlds Apart (#20/ 1993), Gloria Estefan (#19/ 1995) and, most successfully, a charity single by the cast from Casualty that reached #5 in 1998. In 2004, Jamie Cullum reached #20 with his version.
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