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Love Never Fails (Kathie Lee Gifford song)

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"'Love Never Fails'" is a pop song written by Johnny Mosegaard Pederson, Karlsten Dahlgaard, Julie Morrison and Jane Vaughn. Versions have been released by the American singer-songwriter Kathie Lee Gifford as the lead single for her 2000 album 'The Heart of a Woman', and by the Brazilian pop duo Sandy & Junior as the lead single for 'S&J Internacional'.

Kathie Lee Gifford version



Critical reception

Peter Fawthrop from AllMusic wrote: "[It] is heavily reminiscent of Celine Dion's 'That's The Way It Is' but with such a glorious hook, you do not care where its inspiration came from you want to hear it again, and fast."

Track listing



Sandy and Junior version



"Love Never Fails" was covered by the Brazilian pop duo Sandy & Junior and released as the lead single for 'Sandy & Junior '(in Brazil', Sandy & Jnior Internacional'), their twelfth studio album. The single was released worldwide in June 2002, as their first attempt to reach international markets. Sandy & Junior recorded the song in four different languages (English, Spanish, French and Portuguese), and music videos to each version were commissioned.

Background

"Love Never Fails", as well as the whole 'Sandy & Junior' album, was recorded in Los Angeles. The lyrics were adapted to three languages: Spanish, Portuguese and French, as "El Amor No Fallar", "O Amor Nos Guiar" and "L'Amour... Ce Remede" respectively.

The Spanish lyrics were written by Nacho Mao and the Portuguese lyrics were adapted by Sandy herself along with the Brazilian songwriter Dudu Falco. The French version was written by Boris Bergman and recorded in Paris along with "Le Pire Des Mots", the French version of "Words Are Not Enough". When asked about recording the song in French, Sandy said, "I've never speaken French (...) I've had a one-hour class to learn this song, and another hour to learn the song that I'm still going to record."

About the meaning of the song, Sandy & Junior said in an interview, "This song, 'Love Never Fails', could be about a boyfriend or a girlfriend, but we sing this song to our Mom and Dad."

Release

"Love Never Fails" was released worldwide on June 21, 2002, as the first single for Sandy & Junior's international career. The duo stated in a press conference, "We thought that 'Love Never Fails' would best introduce us to the world. It's pop, but it has that Brazilian flavour."

The English version was sent to radio stations in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Costa Rica, Thailand and Israel, while Venezuela, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Chile and Portugal received "El Amor No Fallar", the Spanish version. Although there is a Portuguese version, Brazilian radio stations played the English version.

Additionally, a "Spanglish version", mixing both English and Spanish, was available in some international releases.

Commercial performance

The single was sent to radio stations worldwide. "Love Never Fails" had a moderate success in Brazil. Its Portuguese version (O Amor nos Guiar) reach No. 2 in Portugal,[https://books.google.com/books?id=BQwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43-IA10&dq=billboard+sandy+%26+junior+o+amor+nos+guiara&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjCmuPyzObKAhWEiZAKHbYUBkQQ6AEIKDAC#v=onepage&q=billboard%20sandy%20%26%20junior%20o%20amor%20nos%20guiara&f=false Billboard Magazine (10 August 2002) Hits of the World Vol. 114,N 32] Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved February 8, 2016. and the Spanish version (El Amor no Fallar) reach No. 15 in Spain.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CQwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=billboard+El+Amor+No+Fallara&source=bl&ots=pUN1lJ1Qo9&sig=9uEFUKU8hg0K1-vwcFDcAtS0x5Y&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ei=_jKrU7DqGIObqAbntoLwCw&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=billboard%20El%20Amor%20No%20Fallara&f=false Billboard Magazine (24 August 2002) Hits of the World Vol. 114,N 34] Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved February 8, 2016.

Track listings



'UK double promo (CD/12" vinyl)'

References



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