The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on February 2, 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was certified Platinum by the RIAA. It was also a hit in many countries worldwide. The song received two nominations at the 2000 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The video was nominated for Best R&B Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards.
Heartbreak Hotel
Whitney Houston Lyrics
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This is the Heartbreak Hotel
This is the Heartbreak Hotel
This is the Heartbreak Hotel
This is the Heartbreak Hotel
This is the Heartbreak Hotel
This is the Heartbreak Hotel
This is the Heartbreak Hotel
You say
You say you never met him
But won't go back and tell 'em 'cause you playing two ways
Why did you say forever and then you change your weather?
Why you staying with me?
Fake when you around me
I usually back watching while I'm drownin'
Put me back together how you found me, ooh
(Look what you did to me) oh
You're showing no remorse
Just let it take it's course
Clearly, I see
You don't love me no more
(Hey) this is the
It's getting too late to talk about it, baby (oh)
It's fading, we lost touch
This is the (we lost touch)
This situation feeling shady, so gone, so off
This is the (Heartbreak Hotel)
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel) oh
(This is the Heartbreak, oh, yeah)
You knew you wasn't ready, baby
Why not be honest?
All I really want is some more of your time
Wish I could read your mind, but instead you lie
What are you doing with me? (What are you doing with me?)
Oh-oh, what you do with me?
You like to say you came with me
Then turn to point the blame like I'm wrong
I get the picture frame in me (oh)
Been sleeping with the enemy, no
Don't appreciate that energy, yeah
You're showing no remorse
Just let it take it's course
Clearly, I see you don't love me no more, yeah
This is the
It's getting too late to talk about it, baby (oh)
It's fading, we lots touch (we lost touch, baby)
This is the
This situation feeling shady, so gone, so off
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel)
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel) hey, oh, oh
(This is the heartbreak)
You knew you wasn't ready, baby
Why not be honest?
All I really wanted was some of your time
Instead, you told me lies when someone else was on your mind
What'd you do to me? (oh, baby)
Look what you did to me (you don't love me no more, ooh)
I thought that you were someone who would do me right (this is the hurt)
Until you played with my emotions and you made me cry (the heartbreak)
What you'd do to me?
(Why'd you do it?) can't talk what you did to me
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel) all I really wanted was some of your time, oh, baby
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel) instead, you told me lies when someone else was on your mind
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel) what'd you do to me? Ooh, all I really wanted, baby
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel) I thought that you were someone who would do me right
(This is the Heartbreak Hotel)
"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song about a woman who has been betrayed by her partner. She is devastated by his infidelity and deceit and feels like she is staying in a "heartbreak hotel." Whitney Houston's soulful voice creates a powerful sense of pain and heartache. The lyrics convey the raw emotions of a betrayed lover, who feels like she has been played for a fool. She addresses her cheating partner directly and expresses her hurt and anger at his betrayal.
The opening lines of the song set the tone for the feelings expressed throughout: "This is the heartbreak hotel." The singer is not just talking about a physical place, but a state of mind, a place of intense emotional pain. The repetition of the line emphasizes the depth of her anguish. The second verse makes it clear that her partner's lies and infidelity are to blame. The singer questions her partner's motives and struggles to understand why he would hurt her in this way. She states that all she wanted was some of his time, but instead he lied and cheated on her with someone else.
The chorus is a powerful expression of the singer's anguish. She repeats the line "What you do to me, look what you did to me" several times. This repetition reinforces the message that she has been hurt deeply and cannot forget or forgive what has been done to her. In the final section of the song, the singer declares that she will no longer tolerate her partner's lies and will not take it anymore, demanding the truth.
Line by Line Meaning
This is the heartbreak hotel
The place where I am after being hurt by your actions
You said you'd be here by nine
You promised to show up at a certain time
Instead you took your time
You arrived later than promised
You didn't think to call me boy
You didn't show consideration by informing me of your delay
Here I sit trying not to cry
I am trying to be strong and hold back tears
Asking myself why
Wondering what I did to deserve such treatment from you
Since you're not around for me to tell you baby, face to face
I have resorted to writing a letter to express my feelings
I'm writing you this letter, and this is what I have to say:
The following words are how I truly feel about the situation
All I really wanted was some of your time
I wanted to spend quality time with you
Instead you told me lies
You decided to deceive me instead of being honest
When someone else was on your mind
You were thinking of another person instead of me
What you do to me
You hurt me emotionally
Look what you did to me
I feel the pain of heartbreak because of your actions
I thought that you were someone who would do me right
I believed that you would treat me with respect and kindness
Until you played with my emotions and you made me cry
You toyed with my feelings and caused me to shed tears
Can't take what you did to me
I cannot bear the actions that caused me pain
Now I see that you've been doing wrong
I have come to the realization that you have been behaving badly
You played me all along
You deceived me from the start
And made a fool of me, baby
You made me look foolish because of your actions
You got it all wrong to think that I wouldn't find out
You believed that I wouldn't discover the truth about your behavior
That you were cheating on me
You were unfaithful to me in our relationship
How could you do it to me
I am questioning why you would treat me in such a hurtful way
I ain't gonna, I ain't gonna take it no more
I refuse to continue accepting such mistreatment
Everything that you said was a lie
I have concluded that everything you told me was false
Don't lie to me
I am asking you to be truthful with me from now on
Tell me what it is and I will be alright
I am giving you an opportunity to come clean and fix things between us
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Carsten Schack, David Debrandon Brown, Dernst II Emile, Kenneth Karlin, Tamara Savage
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