My Dailymotion Channel [ Ссылка ] "Always on My Mind" is a song by Johnny Christopher, Mark James, and Wayne Carson, recorded first by B.J. Thomas in 1969[1], then Gwen McCrae (as "You Were Always on My Mind") and Brenda Lee in 1972. The song has been a crossover hit, charting in both the country and western and pop categories.

AllMusic lists over 300 recorded releases of the song in versions by dozens of performers.[2] While Brenda Lee's version had stalled at number 45 on the country charts in 1972, other performers reached the top 20 in the United States and elsewhere with their own versions: Elvis Presley in 1972; John Wesley Ryles in 1979; Willie Nelson's Grammy Award-winning version in 1982; Pet Shop Boys in 1987.

In 1983, Michael Kwan and Tracy Huang (黃鶯鶯) covered the song in Cantonese as "Often in My Heart" (常在我心間), written by lyricist Andrew Lam (林敏驄), for Kwan's album Often in My Heart... Sooner or Later I Love You (常在我心間 ... 愛你不分早晚).[47] The Cantonese rendition became one of the year's top ten songs awarded in the 1983 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation.[48] In 1984, the duo re-adapted the song in Mandarin with the same Chinese title for Huang's album Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils / Impulse / nu hai ping zong (天龍八部、衝激、怒海萍踪).
In 2003, Season 3 American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino covered the song on her debut album, Free Yourself.
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn performed a cover of the song for the soundtrack for Silent Hill: Shattered Memories in 2009.
In 2013, the Spanish national Christmas lottery advertisement [49] covered this song with various popular Spanish artists, including Montserrat Caballé.
In 2017, Jessica Mauboy covered the song on her album, The Secret Daughter Season Two: Songs from the Original 7 Series.
In 2017, Ane Brun covered the song on her album, Leave Me Breathless.

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