"Always You" is the second single by the Filipina singer Charice Pempengco

Charice Pempengco

Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco , popularly known by the mononym Charice, is a Filipino recording artist and actress who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World, she released her first international studio album Charice in 2010...

, included on her second studio album, My Inspiration

My Inspiration

My Inspiration is the second Philippine-released album and first full-length album by Filipina singer Charice Pempengco, released on May 1, 2009...

. Receiving ample radio airplay, it debuted on the MYX Music Chart

Myx

myx or MYX is the music channel of ABS-CBN brand and the #1 music channel in the Philippines. It is also a part of Studio 23's program line-up. In 2007, MYX North America was launched in the United States....

 at #20. It was written by Filipino songwriter Jonathan Manalo. The song was released only in the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 and South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

. The song was nominated twice (including the prestigious Song of the Year) in the 23rd edition of Awit Awards

Awit Awards

The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...

 in 2010. Awit is the Philippine version of Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

s organized by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry. It bagged the Best Inspirational or Religious Recording but lost the Song of the Year to Gloc-9

Gloc-9

Aristotle Pollisco , better known by his stage name Gloc-9, is an Awit Award-winning Filipino rapper. His fast-flowing vocal style has made him one of the most successful hip-hop artists in the Philippines...

's "Upuan".

Song information

The song is the first collaboration between Pempengco and Jonathan Manalo, a Metropop Song Festival and Awit Award

Awit Awards

The Awit Awards is the longest-running award-giving body of the Philippines that gives recognition to Filipino musical talents, performing artists and producers it was Philippines equivalent to Grammy Awards, organized by the Philippine Association Of The Record Industry .-Objectives and Winner...

-winning songwriter. The concept behind the composition of "Always You" is about being able to fight in a battle of life because of the strength given by someone's inspiration. The song was released on Mother's Day of May 2009 as a tribute to Charice's mother. A music video was released on the day of the release of the single at MYX.

Music video

The music video features Charice, alongside her mother Raquel. Photos of her and her mother can be seen in some clips of the video.

Track listing

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...	1 May 2009	Star Records Star Records Star Records, referring loosely to two companies, Star Recording and Star Songs Music Publishing, is an ABS-CBN Entertainment Group company whose main lines of business include: producing, developing and distributing audio and video content; music publishing; events production and music artists...

Promotion

Charice first performed "Always You" at Wowowee

Wowowee

Wowowee was a Philippine noon-time variety show broadcast by ABS-CBN. The show premiered on February 5, 2005, and aired live on weekdays and Saturdays. The show was also broadcast worldwide through ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel...

on ABS-CBN Network

ABS-CBN

ABS–CBN Corporation is a Philippine-based media conglomerate. It is the Philippines' largest media and entertainment conglomerate. The corporation was the merger of Alto Broadcasting System which at that time owned by James Lindenberg and Antonio Quirino, and the Chronicle Broadcasting Network ...

 during the release of My Inspiration album. She also performed her single at ASAP '09

ASAP (variety show)

ASAP Rocks is a musical variety show in the Philippines broadcast by ABS-CBN in the Philippines. The show is presented by its main hosts Zsa Zsa Padilla, Gary Valenciano and Martin Nievera. The show first premiered on February 5, 1995, and airs live Sundays...

on July 5, 2009.

23rd Awit Awards

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| align="center"|2010|| align="center"|"Always You" ||align="center"| Song of the Year ||
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| align="center"|2010 ||align="center"| "Always You" ||align="center"| Best Inspirational or Religious Recording ||