The soundtrack to the 1992 movie The Bodyguard was about as ubiquitous as oxygen itself in the early ’90s. The soundtrack stayed on the Billboard 200 albums chart for over two and a half years (141 weeks) and spawned five Whitney Houston singles, three of them Top 5 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including what would become her signature song, “I Will Always Love You.”
An important anniversary is imminent and Whitney Houston is dead, which means there’s more Bodyguard coming at us. On November 17, 25 years after the release of the original soundtrack to the day, Legacy Recordings (in cooperation with The Estate of Whitney E. Houston) will release Whitney Houston – I Wish You Love: More From The Bodyguard, which will collect alternate and live versions of Houston’s six Bodyguard songs.
Though an a capella version of “Jesus Loves Me” has never been heard by the public before, there are no previously unreleased songs on the compilation, per se—Houston, famously, did not leave behind much of a catalog of unreleased material (unlike, say, Prince). Her posthumous releases are bound to be made of nice-enough ephemera for diehards, like this one appears to be, but we can’t expect them exactly to exist within the realm of essential listening.
Full track list is below:
1. I Will Always Love You (Alternate Mix)
Spoken word intro as Rachel Marron dedicated to Frank Farmer
The iconic recorded performance of “I Will Always Love You” captured on the first take
2. I Have Nothing (Film Version)
As featured in the scene with Rachel Marron performing “I Have Nothing”
3. I’m Every Woman (Clivilles & Cole House Mix I Edit)
Alternate edit of the Clivilles & Cole House Mix
4. Run to You (Film Version)
As featured in the scene with Frank Farmer watching the video of “Run to You”
5. Queen of the Night (Film Version)
As featured in the scene with Rachel Marron performing “Queen of the Night”
6. Jesus Loves Me (Film Version)
As featured in the scene with Rachel Marron and Nicki Marron at Herb Farmer’s Lakefront Cabin
7. Jesus Loves Me (A Capella Version)
8. I Will Always Love You (Film Version)
As featured in the scene with Rachel Marron and Frank Farmer at the airport and the performance of “I Will Always Love You”
9. I Have Nothing (Live)
Private concert at Jerudong Park Amphitheatre: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei for Princess Rashidah, the eldest daughter of the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah on August 24, 1996
10. Run to You (Live)
Recorded at Radio City Music Hall: New York City on September 28, 1994 during 1993-1995 The Bodyguard World Tour
11. Jesus Loves Me / He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands (Live)
Recorded at Estadio Vélez Sarsfield: Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 17, 1994 during 1993-1995 The Bodyguard World Tour
12. Queen of the Night (Live)
Recorded at The Spectrum: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 23, 1994 during 1993-1995 The Bodyguard World Tour
13. I Will Always Love You (Live)
Recorded at Earls Court Exhibition Centre: London, England on November 5, 1993 during 1993-1995 The Bodyguard World Tour
14. I’m Every Woman (Live)
Recorded at Deutschlandhalle: Berlin, Germany on October 14, 1993 during 1993-1995 The Bodyguard World Tour
DISCUSSION
Please do not forget that Michelle Visage is also on The Bodyguard soundtrack, track 9.