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"Forever More" is a song by American singer Puff Johnson, released on April 30, 1996 as the first single from her only studio album, Miracle (1996). The ballad[1] was written by Johnson along with Sally Jo Dakota and Narada Michael Walden, while production was helmed by the latter, with Louis Biancaniello credited as associate producer.

"Forever More"
Single by Puff Johnson
from the album Miracle
Released	April 30, 1996 (1996-04-30)
Length	5:05
Label	Work Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Sally Jo Dakota Puff Johnson Narada Michael Walden
Producer(s)	Narada Michael Walden Louis Biancaniello (ass.)
Puff Johnson singles chronology
"Forever More" (1996) "Over & Over" (1996)

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week rated the song four out of five, writing, "Columbia's smooth soul diva follows up her huge Over & Over with another seductive, Whitney-esque smoocher, which she penned with Narada Michael Walden and Jermaine Dupri. Radio will lap it up."[2] Editor Alan Jones commented, "Puff Johnson is a fine vocalist, rather like Whitney Houston without the frills, and this image is even more strongly evoked by Puff's majestic new single Forever More, which was co-authored by Narada Michael Walden, architect of many of Whitney's early career triumphs. It is a sonically soothing and memorable R&B ballad, lovingly embraced by Puff's tender vocals. It's one of those records that could hang around for a long time."[3]

Chart performance

In the United States, "Forever More" peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 31 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and number 22 on the Rhythmic Songs chart.[4][5][6] "Forever More" charted the highest in New Zealand, where it peaked at number five on the New Zealand Singles Chart.[7] Elsewhere, the song became a top-30 hit in both Australia and the United Kingdom, peaking at number 29 in both countries.[8][9] It also charted in the Netherlands, peaking at number 91.[10]

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was directed by Greg Masuak.[11] On his website, Masuak writes that the video was heavily edited to become a strictly African-American love story, although it was intended to be a multi-racial tribute to love.[12] In parts of the music video, Puff is seeing playing with an elephant.

Track listings

Notes

• ^{^a} denotes associate producer
• ^{^b} denotes additional producer
• ^{^c} denotes co-producer

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of Miracle.[13]

Charts

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United States	April 9, 1996 (1996-04-09)	Rhythmic contemporary radio	Work	[17]
	April 30, 1996 (1996-04-30)	CD		[18]
	May 7, 1996 (1996-05-07)	Contemporary hit radio		[19]
United Kingdom	March 31, 1997 (1997-03-31)	CD cassette	Columbia	[20]

References

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