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"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" received mixed reviews from critics upon its release in 1987. [11] Vince Aletti of Rolling Stone magazine, in a review of the album Whitney, criticized the song, commenting that "not taking any chances, the songwriters [Merill Griffith and Shannon Rubicam] have simply come up with a clever anagram of their original hit [How Will I Know], and [Narada ...
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Remix) 14 Top Adult Contemporary Singles [179] "Didn't We Almost Have It All" 7 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 9 Top Adult Contemporary Artists [157] three charted singles 4 Top Hot Crossover Singles [156] "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 4 "Didn't We Almost Have It All" 16
Boy Meets Girl is an American pop-music duo consisting of keyboardist and vocalist George Merrill and singer Shannon Rubicam.They are perhaps best known for their hit song "Waiting for a Star to Fall" from 1988 and for writing two of Whitney Houston's number one hits: "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)".
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (The Movie: Whitney New, Classic and Reimagined) is the soundtrack album to the biographical film, Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody, based on the life of American singer and actress Whitney Houston. The soundtrack was released by RCA Records on December 16, 2022, a week before the film's theatrical ...
Shannon Rubicam is an American singer and songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Whitney Houston, Bette Midler, Dolly Parton and Smokey Robinson, among others.She co-wrote "How Will I Know" which was a hit for Whitney Houston in 1986, as well as Houston's 1987 hit "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)".
Commercially, it peaked at number five in the UK and number one on the Billboard Hot 100, where it became her sixth consecutive number one, and a dance chart hit. It would become the sixth best-charting song of 1988, and was the fourth most played song on the club charts; it is her sixth biggest hit on the Hot 100 chart. [2]
But one aspect of her story — and throughline in I Wanna Dance With Somebody — that’s certain to get renewed attention with the release of the film is Houston’s relationship with her best ...
"How Will I Know" is a synth-funk [2] and dance-pop [3] [4] song composed in a 1980s dance beat. [5] According to Kyle Anderson of MTV, the song found Houston hitting an "incredible groove". [6] It is written in the key of G flat major. [5] The beat is set the time signature of common time and moves at a fast tempo of 120 beats per minute. [5]