I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard is the 25th anniversary reissue of Whitney Houston's soundtrack album The Bodyguard (1992). It was posthumously released on November 17, 2017 by Legacy Recordings.
Background The album was released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the movie, The Bodyguard, which marked Houston's film debut. It includes the film versions of her six Bodyguard contributions – "I Will Always Love You," "I Have Nothing," "I'm Every Woman," "Run to You," "Queen of the Night" and "Jesus Loves Me" – as well as remixes and live performances of the songs from The Bodyguard World Tour in 1993–1994.
The album's release coincided with a tribute to Houston and the music of The Bodyguard at the 45th American Music Awards as performed by Christina Aguilera. Ahead of the performance, Aguilera wrote on Instagram, “I am excited, honored and humbled to perform a tribute to one of my idols.”
Commercial performance After Aguilera's tribute to Houston and the album at American Music Awards, I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard debuted at number 165 on the Billboard 200 with 6,000 copies sold the week of December 9, 2017, it also debuted at numbers 9, 22 and 61 on the Soundtracks, Top R&B Albums and Top Album Sales charts, respectively. It also peaked at number 133 in Belgium on November 25, 2017.
Track listing
Personnel
"I Will Always Love You" (Alternate Mix) Whitney Houston – vocals, vocal arrangement David Foster – producer, arranger, keyboard Rickey Minor – director Kirk Whalum – saxophone solo Ricky Lawson – drums Dean Parks, Michael Landau – guitars
"I Have Nothing" (Film Version) Whitney Houston – vocals David Foster – keyboards, bass, string arrangement, producer, arranger Michael Landau – guitar
"I'm Every Woman" (Clivilles & Cole House Mix I Edit) Whitney Houston – vocals Narada Michael Walden – producer Robert Clivilles – additional vocal arrangement and production, remix David Cole – additional vocal arrangement and production, remix Vocal arrangement inspired by Chaka Khan
"Run to You" (Film Version) Whitney Houston – vocals David Foster – producer, arrangement, string arrangement, bass Jud Friedman – arrangement, keyboards John Robinson – drums Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
"Queen of the Night" (Film Version) Whitney Houston – vocals, co-producer, vocal arrangement L.A. Reid – producer, drum programming Babyface – producer, keyboard, organ, bass and drum programming Daryl Simmons – co-producer
"Jesus Loves Me" (Film Version) Whitney Houston, Michele Lamar Richards – vocals
"Jesus Loves Me" (A Capella Version) Whitney Houston – vocals, vocal arrangement BeBe Winans – vocal arrangement, arrangement Cedric J. Caldwell – arrangement
"I Will Always Love You" (Film Version)
"I Have Nothing" (Live) Recording Date: August 24, 1996 Recording Location: Jerudong Park Amphitheatre, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
"Run to You" (Live) Recording Date: September 27, 1994 Recording Location: Radio City Music Hall, New York City
"Jesus Loves Me" / "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Live) Recording Date: April 17, 1994 Recording Location: Estadio Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires, Argentina
"Queen of the Night" (Live) Recording Date: June 23, 1994 Recording Location: The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"I Will Always Love You" (Live) Recording Date: November 5, 1993 Recording Location: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England
"I'm Every Woman" (Live) Recording Date: October 14, 1993 Recording Location: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
The Bodyguard World Tour 1993-1994: Band Musicians – Rickey Minor, Paul Jackson Jr., Michael Baker, Wayne LinseyBette Sussman, Bashiri Johnson, Freddie Washington, Carlos RiosGerald Albright, Gary Bias, Kirk Whalum Vocals – Gary Houston, Alfie Silas, Pattie Howard, Della Miles, Olivia McClurkin
Production and design Jeffrey James and Lisa Del Greco – Legacy Recordings A&R Tina Ibanez – art direction, design Will McKinney – project direction Gretchen Brennison – product direction Mark Wilder – mastering Vic Anesini, Sean Brennan, Maria Triana – audio engineer Bill Hedgcock, John Chester, Jamie Howarth – audio engineer
Credits taken from album liner notes
Charts +Chart performance for I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard Chart (2017–2018) Peakposition
References
External links Legacy Recordings|Whitney Houston I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard