Signature
key confidence medium · relative Eb minor · tempo confidence high · half-time 59.4 · low end 20% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
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Lineage
- Sampled byAquarius, Aquaticsource
- CoveredAshley Tisdalesource
- CoveredCassey Doreensource
- CoveredConstelaciónsource
- CoveredFatma Said, Tim Allhoffsource
- Written byGeorge Merrillsource
- CoveredGlee Castsource
- CoveredMarius de Vriessource
- CoveredMini Pop Kidssource
- Sampled bySecret Service vs. Workidz, Somebody’s Dancesource
- Written byShannon Rubicamsource
- Sampled bySuper Mash Bros., “Yo dawg, I heard you like music so I put songs in this song so you can listen to music while you listen to music.” -Xzibitsource
- CoveredTen Masked Mensource
- CoveredThe Chipmunkssource
- CoveredThe Replicatorssource
- CoveredThe Shadowssource
- Remixed byWhitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)source
- CoveredYoung Divassource
Why it is here
- The song was written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam and produced by Narada Michael Walden, who reworked their rock-tinged demo into a funk-and-horn-laden arrangement aimed at broadening Houston's pop and R&B appeal after her ballad-driven debut. source
- It won Houston the 1988 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and an American Music Award, while Walden won the 1988 Grammy for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. source
- It became her fourth consecutive number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in 17 countries, while being certified 9x platinum by the RIAA and standing as the best-selling single by a female artist in the 1980s. source
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