I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard

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I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard
Soundtrack album (reissue) by
Whitney Houston
ReleasedNovember 17, 2017
Recorded1991–1996
Genre
Length73:01
LabelLegacy
Whitney Houston chronology
Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances
(2014) 		I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard
(2017) 		I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined)
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
SoundPasta[1]

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.[2]

Background[edit]

The album was released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the movie, The Bodyguard, which marked Houston's film debut.[3] 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.[3]

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.[3] Ahead of the performance, Aguilera wrote on Instagram, “I am excited, honored and humbled to perform a tribute to one of my idols.”[4]

Commercial performance[edit]

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[edit]

I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard – Standard edition[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Will Always Love You" (Alternate Mix)PartonFoster5:03
2."I Have Nothing" (Film Version)
  • Foster
  • Thompson
Foster4:56
3."I'm Every Woman" (Clivilles & Cole House Mix I Edit)
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
  • Walden
  • Clivillés
  • Cole
5:42
4."Run to You" (Film Version)
  • Rich
  • Friedman
Foster4:18
5."Queen of the Night" (Film Version)
  • Reid
  • Edmonds
  • Simmons
  • Houston
  • L.A. Reid
  • Babyface
3:15
6."Jesus Loves Me" (Film Version)
  • Warner
  • Bradbury
  • Winans
  • Houston
1:07
7."Jesus Loves Me" (A Capella Version)
  • Warner
  • Bradbury
  • Winans
  • Houston
4:52
8."I Will Always Love You" (Film Version)PartonFoster4:34
9."I Have Nothing" (Live from Brunei)
  • Foster
  • Thompson
Foster6:52
10."Run to You" (Live from The Bodyguard Tour)
  • Rich
  • Friedman
Foster4:46
11."Jesus Loves Me" / "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" (Live from The Bodyguard Tour)
  • Warner
  • Bradbury
  • Winans
  • Houston
10:38
12."Queen of the Night" (Live from The Bodyguard Tour)
  • Reid
  • Edmonds
  • Simmons
  • Houston
  • L.A. Reid
  • Babyface
5:35
13."I Will Always Love You" (Live from The Bodyguard Tour)PartonFoster6:15
14."I'm Every Woman" (Live from The Bodyguard Tour)
  • Ashford
  • Simpson
  • Walden
  • Clivillés
  • Cole
5:07

Personnel[edit]

Credits taken from album liner notes

Charts[edit]

Chart performance for I Wish You Love: More from The Bodyguard
Chart (2017–2018) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 133
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 198
South Korean International Albums (Circle)[7] 9
US Billboard 200[8] 165
US Top R&B Albums (Billboard)[9] 22
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[10] 9

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Review: Whitney Houston's 'I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard' showcases the best of her prime". Soundpasta. November 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard". Whitney Houston. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Anderson, Trevor (December 1, 2017). "Whitney Houston's 'Bodyguard' Redux Debuts on Charts After American Music Awards Tribute". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  4. ^ Kimble, Lindsay (November 19, 2017). "American Music Awards 2017: Christina Aguilera Performs Tribute to Whitney Houston". People. Retrieved 2017-12-02.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Whitney Houston – I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Whitney Houston – I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  7. ^ "South Korea Circle International Album Chart". On the page, select "2017.11.12~2017.11.18" to obtain the corresponding chart. Circle Chart
  8. ^ "Whitney Houston Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  9. ^ ""Whitney Houston Chart History (Top R&B Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Whitney Houston Chart History (Soundtrack Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2017.

External links[edit]

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