I Love You Always Forever (1996)

She sort of sounds like Cyndi Lauper

Every day, OP. Why, just earlier tonight, I...

OF COURSE NOT, OP.

No. Why on earth would I?

New Datalounge sing along starting in 5-4-3-2-1, PASS THE MIC!!!!!

I’m 25 and can remember this being everywhere on the radio at the tender age of 3. It’s permanently burned in my subconscious.

This song is like if Shitney Houston and Michael Bublé had a crack baby together. It is saccharine enough to rot your teeth. The sentiment is juvenile and has the kind of devotion only seen in dogs toward their masters. It is the kind of song that elicits groans and eye rolls. The way she sings is highly infantalized, like a baby voice you'd use with your retarded cousin. The antidote to this kind of worthless tripe is a song like Possibility by Lykke Li. She is an awesome mezzo soprano and has talent.

Tragic, R5. You totally missed out on all of the last great era for popular music. Do you ever wish you had never been born?

R6, I agree with all of your criticism of this song. Very well said.

I remember the one time i watched Beverly Hills 90210 the singer had a cameo on the show playing this song. the cast all looked like dorks singing along.

Everyone cranks this jam UP when they are alone in the car - even the triggered humorless trolls posting here.

I remember an article about this song and its singer, after it was a hit, that featured a little interview with her, and she refused to reveal her actual age. I thought that was lame. I just assumed it meant she was nearly 50.

Um, no, R9, we don’t.

Um, yes, R11, we do.

You will have this in your head for the next 24 hours

Why would you, R12? It’s not like this song has some kind of massive hook or stunning chord changes or indelible drum patterns or a vocal melody that’s fun to sing...?

Same five words over and over, Same five words over and over. I actually remember people singing what I just typed mocking this song.

Ugh I fucking hated it

Wow she's only 45, so 22 years ago = early 20s. I wonder why she refused to reveal her age, did she want people to think she was older?

Terribly embarrassing song.

I definitely got the impression she was at least 45 years-old back then. Perhaps she’s now lying about her age.

I hate this song. It is my standard for awful songs.

I thought she was maybe 30 something

It is as bad as that song I'm Like A Turd by Nelly Shitado.

A friend of mine in high school put this on a mixed tape for me. We're not friends anymore because in her senior year she hooked up with this older loser with no job and a kid and decided to marry him instead of going to college and I guess I said something to the effect of, "You're a fucking idiot." So...that's my association with this song. The loser wasn't even cute and he lived with his mom and he always needed a haircut and he pretended he was into martial arts but didn't actually know any.

I liked that one!

A friend who includes the luscious and wondrous "I 💘You Always Forever" on a mixtape is a true friend and one worth holding onto forever.

An early precursor of Indie Girl Voice

I always loved this song. Fuck the haters.

That’s a shit song

Say what you will but you all played it and listened to it all the way through.

In this post 9/11 world gone mad, we need to join our hands across America, across the globe, Across the universe, across the galaxy, sing one and all I ♡U always forever!

I’m more interested in WHET r23’s friend.

No, R29, we did not.

R32 Since you're still hanging around I think you did

She looks and sounds like Cyndi Lauper, bridging a gap between Mike and The Mechanics.

That Stupid repetitive beat is the worse (as bad as “every breath you take” !!) Only lame fraus and frau like gays would listen to this shit.

Every Breath You Take is worse and boring.

Ready for a remake

R37 no, because they would autotune it and insist on a rap cameo from Kanye.

I also hated this song.

[quote]Every Breath You Take is worse and boring.

No, it’s not. It’s a creepy song about stalking that has interesting harmonic movements. This Donna Lewis song is schlocky fluff. It only appeals to “fraus and frau-like gays” as my fellow hater said above.

Sorry OP , but the lyric is 'most startling' and not 'most unbelievable' blue eyes.

R41 no

You can check the lyrics, Mister sister.

I'm calling Delilah and dedicating this to all you bitches. You can thank me later.

She definitely says “unbelievable blue eyes”. Heard this dumb song so many times.

She also says:

“Say you love, love me forever. Never stop, never whatever. Near you and far and always and everywhere and every thing.”

R43 "You've got the most unbelievable blue eyes I've ever seen You've got me almost melting away As we lay there under blue sky with pure white stars Exotic sweetness a magical time Say it, say it again"

Vomit enducing lyrics.

Donna Lewis' vocals slowed down to sound male

R48 Get psychiatric help.

Best. Song. Ever.

The song she sang with Richard Marx, At The Beginning, is a good song. I think it was for the animated movie Anastasia.

Damn I like this song despite myself.

This cover makes it more palatable. I like it. Using real instruments. Not 90s techno crap.

The song is not techno , R53. What a stupid thing to say.

[R37] Ask and you shall receive...

Make sure to vote Yes this November to have Donna Lewis' "I Love You Always Forever" to be played on a constant loop as long as Datalounge is open on your computer.

I didn't know Drew Barrymore and Pink conceived a child named Betty Who

Ugh! I was working retail when this shit song was popular and they played it ad nauseum along with that awful Lisa Loeb song. HATE it!

Since Rihanna backed out of the Superbowl halftime show, serious negotiations are in the works for Donna Lewis to perform her legendary epic 30-minute drop-it-like-its-hot 2018 Megamix version of her 90s classic "I 💘You Always Forever!"

Fingers crossed!!!

Sounds like Juliana Hatfield

Actually, Donna was inspired to write this classic after reading an H.E. Bates novel, so the idea that it’s some saccharine, I-luvvy-wuvvy-you, cootchy-coo trifle is wrong. It should join that glittering pantheon of literary pop songs alongside Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights.

But that still leaves the mystery unsolved - why did Donna not turn into a quadruple-platinum albums-shifting commercial juggernaut? The same question could be asked regarding Abra Moore.

I love this song ❤️

"Big Big World" by... Emilia? was worse.

I was driving to school with a straight friend around 10 years ago and he was changing the radio station and stopped at this song.

"Donna Lewis?" I said, incredulously, trying to sound cool.

A few seconds passed.

"Actually, I love this song," I admitted, the gay man within speaking my truth.

"Yeah, obviously," he coolly said, while giving me a look that could only be interpreted to mean, "Bitch, please."

Modern music to me is an aural assault. I miss the ethereal sound of the 90s.

Betty Who did a rather pointless cover.

I do find the song evocative. It's very 1990s maxi-dress with mood ring hippie chick while frolicking in the desert.

[quote]It's very 1990s maxi-dress with mood ring hippie chick while frolicking in the desert.

Perfect!

this was a 90's hit you loved when you were in your 20's. you loved hearing it/singing it to it on the radio when you were driving to visit your boyfriend. i still like it. it's catchy. that's all.

There’s no way she’s only 45 now.

This song absolutely was a turning point from Grunge/Alternative into Pop. Spice Girls were right around the corner ready to fuck up America and make their mettle! Merrill Bainbridge and “Mouth” was another hot song!

Is Donna Lewis XY?

I was a teen when this was popular. The 90s were very rough for my family but this song captures a period of time when we were all together and getting along. It feels carefree to me and reminds me of driving around with my brother or my parents on a Saturday evening.

[Quote] Merrill Bainbridge and “Mouth” was another hot song!

"Queer as Folk" introduced me to that song. I wonder how it passed me by back in the day.

Why was her face blurred in this music video and the other one for "Without Love"?

This song & video are like an ad for what VH1 looked like in 1996.