I'll Never Love This Way Again
"I'll Never Love This Way Again" is a song by American singer Dionne Warwick. It was composed by Richard Kerr and Will Jennings and produced by her labelmate Barry Manilow for Warwick's Arista Records debut, "Dionne" (1979). Initially recorded by Kerr himself for his 1978 album "Welcome to the Club" as "I Know I'll Never Love This Way Again", it was also recorded by singers Cherrill Rae Yates and Cheryl Ladd before Warwick recorded and released her version of the song. Her first single on Arista after an unsuccessful tenure  at Warner Bros. Records, the song brought Warwick renewed popularity when it reached number 5 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and number 6 in Canada, also peaking at number 18 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "I'll Never Love This Way Again" was eventually certified as gold by the RIAA for sales of over one million copies and won Warwick the 1980 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. For a time, Warwick's version of the song preceded reports about people with HIV/AIDS on Rush Limbaugh’s radio show. Cover versions. "I'll  Never Love This Way Again" has been also been recorded in several different language versions: In 1999, Regine Velasquez covered this song from her album, R2K. In 2016, Gary Valenciano and Jona covered this song for the theme song of Filipino film . In 2022, Filipina singer Gigi De Lana and her band covered this song.