I Will Be Here: 25 of Today's Best Wedding & Love Songs (2002)

I Will Be Here: 25 of Today's Best Wedding & Love Songs is a 2002 2-disc various artists compilation album released by Sparrow Records. Named after Steven Curtis Chapman's famous No. 1 hit of the same name, the project is designed specifically for wedding ceremonies, receptions, and anniversaries, blending faith-based spiritual messages with romantic themes. An earlier version in 1990 was released as a single disc collection entitled I Will Be Here: 10 Contemporary Wedding Songs.

I Will Be Here contains 25 songs on two CDs featuring Avalon, Steve Green, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Chris Tomlin, Twila Paris, a duet with Bob Carlisle and Lisa Bevill, Rebecca St. James, Susan Ashton and more, plus songs by mainstream acts Joshua Kadison and John Tesh. Many of the tracks have been previously released from other albums by artists and from other various artists projects.

Track listing

Disc 1:

1. I Will Be Here (Steven Curtis Chapman) (Steven Curtis Chapman) (from the

    Steven Curtis Chapman recording More To This Life) -4:31

2. By Heart, By Soul (Avalon featuring Aaron Neville) (Stephanie Lewis, Phil Silas)

(from the Avalon recording Oxygen) -4:09

3. Answered Prayer (Bob Carlisle & Lisa Bevill) (Anthony Little, Mike Jones) (from

the various artists compilation album Wedding Album) -3:54

4. If You Could See What I See (Geoff Moore & The Distance) (Geoff Moore, Steven

Curtis Chapman) (from the Geoff Moore & The Distance recording Evolution)

-4:18

5. For Always (CeCe Winans) (BeBe Winans, Billy Sprague, Keith Thomas) (from

the BeBe & CeCe Winans recording BeBe & CeCe Winans) -4:06

6. Give Me Forever (I Do) (John Tesh featuring James Ingram) (John Tesh, James

Ingram, James Cathcart, Junie Morrison) (from the John Tesh recording Grand

Passion) -3:50

7. Beautiful In My Eyes (Joshua Kadison) (Joshua Kadison) (from the Joshua

Kadison recording Painted Desert Serenade) -4:08

8. You Move Me (Susan Ashton) (Gordon Kennedy, Pierce Pettis) (from the Susan

Ashton recording A Distant Call) -5:08

9. Love Of My Life (BeBe & CeCe Winans) (BeBe Winans, Keith Thomas) (from the

BeBe & CeCe Winans recording Relationships) -4:52

10. Without Love (Stacie Orrico) (Eddie DeGarmo, Tedd Tjornhom) (from the Stacie

Orrico recording Genuine) -4:52

11. 'Til the End of Time (Steve Green) (Steve Green) (from the Steve Green

recording The Letter) -4:31

12. This Flame (Margaret Becker) (Margaret Becker, Rick Elias, Linda Elias) (from

the Margaret Becker recording Soul) -4:30

13. Love Will Be Our Home (Susan Ashton) (Steven Curtis Chapman) (from the

various artists compilation album I Will Be Here: 10 Contemporary Wedding

Songs) -4:46

Disc 2

1. Can't Live a Day (Avalon) (Ty Lacy, Connie Harrington, Joe Beck) (from the

Avalon recording In a Different Light) -4:44

2. Your Love Broke Through (Rebecca St. James) (Keith Green, Randy Stonehill,

   Todd Fishkind) (from the various artists compilation album Your Love Broke

Through: The Worship Songs of Keith Green) -4:07

3. Celebrate You (Steven Curtis Chapman) (Steven Curtis Chapman) (from the

Steven Curtis Chapman recording Signs of Life) -4:31

4. Household of Faith (Steve & Marijean Green) (Brent Lamb, John Rosasco) (from

the Steve Green recording For God and God Alone) -3:00

5. Go There With You (Steven Curtis Chapman) (Steven Curtis Chapman) (from

the Steven Curtis Chapman recording The Great Adventure) -5:18

6. God Causes All Things to Grow (Steve & Marijean Green) (Steve Green, Steven

Curtis Chapman) (from the Steve Green recording Where Mercy Begins) -4:30

7. How Beautiful (Twila Paris) (Twila Paris) (from the Twila Paris recording Cry For

the Desert) -4:41

8. In Remembrance of Me (Cheri Keaggy) (Cheri Keaggy) (from the Cheri Keaggy

recording My Faith Will Stay) -3:54

9. I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (Sonicflood with Lisa Bragg) (Martin Smith)

(from the Sonicflood recording Sonicflood) -3:35

10. Lord, I'm Gonna Love You (Chris Tomlin) (Keith Green) (from the various artists

compilation album Your Love Broke Through: The Worship Songs of Keith Green)

-3:49

11. Shine On Us (Phillips, Craig & Dean) (Michael W. Smith, Debbie Smith) (from the

various artists compilation album My Utmost for His Highest) -4:03

12. We Bow Down (Derald Daugherty) (Viola Grafstrom) (from the various artists

compilation album Acoustic Worship -We Bow Down) -4:00

Production credits

Phil Naish -producer (Disc 1: tracks 1, 4, Disc 2: tracks 5 and 6)

Brown Bannister -producer (Disc 1: tracks 2, 8, Disc 2: tracks 1, 3, 7 and 11)

Greg Nelson -producer (Disc 1: track 11, 13, Disc 2: track 4)

Charlie Peacock -producer (Disc 1: track 12, Disc 2: track 8)

John Hartley -producer (Disc 2: tracks 2, 10, and 12)

Derald Daugherty -producer (Disc 2: tracks 2 and 10)

Matt Huesmann -producer (Disc 1: track 3)

Keith Thomas -producer (Disc 1: track 5)

John Tesh, James Ingram and Junie Morrison -producers (Disc 1: track 6)

Rod Argent and Peter Van Hooke -producers (Disc 1: track 7)

Arif Mardin and Joe Mardin -producers (Disc 1: track 9)

Tedd T. -producer (Disc 1: track 10)

Steven Curtis Chapman -producer (Disc 2: track 3)

Sonicflood -producers (Disc 2: track 9)

Listen to the track "By Heart, By Soul" by Avalon featuring Aaron Neville here:

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