Always and Forever (Heatwave song)

"Always and Forever"
Side A of US 7-inch single
Single by Heatwave
from the album Too Hot to Handle
B-side	"Mind Blowing Decisions" (UK) "Super Soul Sister" (US)
Released	3 December 1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	3:32 (single edit) 6:14 (album version)
Label	GTO (UK) Epic 50490 (US)
Songwriter(s)	Rod Temperton
Producer(s)	Barry Blue
Heatwave singles chronology
"Too Hot to Handle" (1977) "Always and Forever" (1977) "The Groove Line" (1978)

"Always and Forever" is an R&B song written by Rod Temperton and produced by Barry Blue. It was first recorded by the British-based multinational funk-disco band Heatwave in 1976. Released as a single on 3 December 1977, the song is included on Heatwave's debut album Too Hot to Handle (1976) and has been covered by numerous artists, becoming something of a standard.

The song reached number 18 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in March 1978 after peaking at number two on the US Billboard R&B chart, the band's highest showing on that tally. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA on 6 September 2001.^[1][2] In the UK, the songs "Too Hot to Handle" and "The Groove Line" were released before a double A-sided "Always and Forever" / "Mind Blowing Decisions" was issued in November 1978. This became the band's second top-10 hit on the UK Singles Chart when it spent two weeks at number nine in December.