William "Mickey" Stevenson "I'll Always Love You" is a song co-written by William "Mickey" Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter and produced by Stevenson and Hunter as a single for The Spinners on the Motown Records label.
The single became the Detroit-reared group's first charting single on the Motown Records company since they had signed with the company in 1964 (and their third charting hit over all).
The song was a top 40 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, on which it peaked at number 35.
[1] On the Billboard R&B singles chart, "I'll Always Love You" peaked at number 8.
[2][3] The song featured lead vocals by the group's main lead singer, Bobby Smith.