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| "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | ||||
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| Single by Whitney Houston | ||||
| from the album Whitney | ||||
| B-side | "Moment of Truth" | |||
| Released | April 28, 1987[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 1986 | |||
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| Length | 4:51 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Narada Michael Walden | |||
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| "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" on YouTube | ||||
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston, released on April 28, 1987 by Arista Records as the leading single from her second studio album, Whitney. It was written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, of the band Boy Meets Girl, the songwriters of Houston's previous hit, "How Will I Know", and produced by Narada Michael Walden. The song's lyrics depict a woman seeking a special person to "dance in the life with" forever.
Upon its release, the song initially received mixed reviews from music critics, who praised Houston's vocal performance but critiqued its musical arrangement comparing it to "How Will I Know" and Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", Despite its initial mixed critical response, the song became a worldwide success, reaching number one in eighteen countries including Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it became Houston's fourth consecutive number one single.[5]
The song won Houston the American Music Award for favorite pop song and the Grammy Award for best female pop vocal performance and also helped Walden win a Grammy for producer of the year, non-classical. The song later received critical reappraisal and has since made several best-of lists, including Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and was named the best pop song of all time by Billboard in 2023. [6] The single has sold over 11.5 million certified copies globally, including over seven million copies alone in the United States, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time.
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From the beginning of the pop-R&B jam "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
- ^ "Whitney Houston's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits: A Look at Her Legendary Chart Career". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
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