This Will Be

Often appended with "(An Everlasting Love)" but not released as such, this was Cole's debut single, released in April 1975 and one of her biggest hits, becoming a number-one R&B and number-six pop smash in the United States, also reaching the UK Top 40. Cole won a Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, a category that had previously been dominated by Aretha Franklin. It would also help her win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

"This Will Be"
Single by Natalie Cole
from the album Inseparable
B-side	"Joey"
Released	June 20, 1975
Genre	Soul
Length	2:51
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Chuck Jackson Marvin Yancy
Producer(s)	Chuck Jackson Marvin Yancy
Natalie Cole singles chronology
"This Will Be" (1975) "Inseparable" (1975)
Official audio
"This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" (2003 Remaster) on YouTube

Having been repeatedly rejected by other record companies, Cole sent demos to Larkin Arnold, CEO of Capitol Records, who agreed to release the song. Jackson and Yancy had written the song at the end of sessions for Arnold, just as he and Cole were about to leave town.

The song has featured in several films:

• While You Were Sleeping (1995)
• The Parent Trap (1998) (end title)
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
• A Cinderella Story (2004)
• Taxi (2004)
• Bride Wars (2009)

In 2012 the song was also used in the "Lip Sync for Your Life" segment of the third episode of the fourth season of the reality competition series RuPaul's Drag Race, which also featured Cole as a guest judge. Contestant DiDa Ritz's performance of the song has since been acclaimed as one of the best in the show's history and received admiration from Cole herself.