Sunday Soundtrack: Heatwave – “Always & Forever”

After reloading this song three times this morning, I realised it’s undoubtedly my Sunday Soundtrack. Rather than conjuring images of romantic love, this track makes me think of my mother, who often played it in the car when I was younger. “Always & Forever” was released in 1976, from Heatwave‘s debut album Too Hot To Handle.

International funk/disco band Heatwave was comprised of Americans Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder on vocals, Englishman Rod Temperton on keyboards, Spaniard Mario Mantese on bass, Czechoslovakian Ernest “Bilbo” Berger on drums, Jamaican Eric Johns and Briton Roy Carter on guitar. Active between 1975 and 1984, the group also had hits “Boogie Nights” and “Groove Line”.