Natalie Cole – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)

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This Will Be (Song)

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For the album by Chris Potter, see This Will Be (album).

“This Will Be”

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Single by Natalie Cole
from the album Inseparable
B-side“Joey”
Released1975
GenreSoul
pop
Length2:51
LabelCapitol
SongwritersChuck Jackson
Marvin Yancy
ProducersChuck Jackson
Marvin Yancy
Natalie Cole singles chronology
This Will Be
(1975)”Inseparable
(1975)

This Will Be” is a song written by Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy, arranged by Richard Evans and performed by American singer Natalie Cole. Often appended with “(An Everlasting Love)” but not released as such, this was Cole’s debut single, released in April 1975 and one of her biggest hits, becoming a number-one R&B and number-six pop smash in the United States, also reaching the UK Top 40. Cole won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, a category that had previously been dominated by Aretha Franklin. It would also help her win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Having been repeatedly rejected by other record companies, Cole sent demos to Larkin Arnold, CEO of Capitol Records, who agreed to release the song. Jackson and Yancy had written the song at the end of sessions for Arnold, just as he and Cole were about to leave town.

David Foster: Hit Man Returns "This Will Be" (Natalie Cole)

The song has featured in several films:

While You Were Sleeping (1995) • "This Will Be" Natalie Cole • 4K HDR & HQ Sound
The Parent Trap Soundtrack #12 This Will Be
Charlie's Angels Full Throttle Soundtrack 23. This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
A Cinderella Story – Ending Scene
Taxi (2004) – Singing & Driving Scene (1/3) | Movieclips
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (From "Bride Wars")

It was featured in an episode of the South Korean television show, Coffee Prince in 2007.

In 2012 the song was also used in the “Lip Sync for Your Life” segment of the third episode of the fourth season of the reality competition series RuPaul’s Drag Race, which also featured Cole as a guest judge. Contestant DiDa Ritz‘s performance of the song has since been acclaimed as one of the best in the show’s history and received admiration from Cole herself.

Dida Ritz VS The Princess "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975)Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report28
Canada RPM Top Singles12
Netherlands18
South Africa (Springbok)18
UK Singles Chart (OCC)32
U.S. Billboard Hot 1006
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles1
U.S. Billboard Dance/Disco5
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening45
U.S. Cash Box Top 1009
Natalie Cole – THIS WILL BE (Live)

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)Rank
Canada99
US Cash Box60
Natalie Cole This Will Be An Everlasting Love Grammy 1976 Live

Certifications

RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)Platinum30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)Platinum600,000
 Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

This Will Be Covers

This Will Be // Natalie Cole // Hudson Horns Collective
  • Whitney Houston & Natalie Cole
RARE Whitney Houston & Natalie Cole “This Will Be” Live at the Pre-Grammy Party in 2000
  • Olivia Dean
Olivia Dean – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) (Jools' Annual Hootenanny 2025)
  • The Kazz Music Orchestra
"This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" – Best Westchester Wedding Band – The Kazz Music Orchestra
Grupo La Rumba – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)

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