Always (Atlantic Starr song)
"Always" is a song by American R&B band Atlantic Starr. The track was the second single from the group's seventh studio album All in the Name of Love. The single peaked at number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts in June 1987. The song also spent two weeks atop the U.S. adult contemporary chart. In July, it topped the Canadian RPM 100 national singles chart, where it remained for two weeks.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| Canada RPM 100 | |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 2 |
| New Zealand | |
| South Africa | |
| UK | 3 |
Year-end charts
Cover versions and appearances
In 2000, pop act Boyz N Girlz United included a cover version of the song on their self-titled debut album. In 2008, it was covered by Filipina singer-actress Iya Villania as a duet with Jay-R on her album Finally!. Johnny Mathis recorded the song with Mone't on his album A Night to Remember.MF Doom sampled "Always" for his song "Dead Bent", from his album '.
- The song also appears in Mii the episode In The Love
- The song appeared in 1987 episodes of the daytime soap operas Another World, General Hospital, and Loving as well as 1988 episodes of All My Children and The Young and the Restless.
- The song appears in the game Karaoke Revolution Party, and in the 2011 film,