
Billboard #1 Hits: #589: ‘How Will I Know’- Whitney Houston – February 15, 1986. #1 for 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
- Single: ‘How Will I Know’- Whitney Houston
- Record Company- Arista
- Genre: Synth-Funk
- Written by George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael Walden
- Time: 4:30
- B-side: ‘Someone For Me’
- Album- Whitney Houston
- Grade: A
- Peaked at #1 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #5 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in Canada and Iceland
This song was originally written for Janet Jackson but she passed on it. This was the 3rd #1 in a row from Whitney’s self- titled debut album- and the 3rd of her 11 #1 hits in her career. This would be my favorite song of hers- was never much of a fan after the debut album. Not saying she couldn’t sing but it seemed to me it got to a point where the point of the whole exercise was just to show off her voice.
Love, love, love this song!
it was the song which spurred me to buy the album back in the day.
I bought it too, based on that song and “Saving All My Love For You”. It’s the only Whitney Houston album I own.