Houston began singing at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, as a child and became a background vocalist while in high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the cover of Seventeen after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis, Houston signed to the label at age 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), both peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling albums of all time. Hit singles from the albums, including "How Will I Know", "Greatest Love of All" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)", established her as a catalyst in the acceptance of black female artists on MTV. Her third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990), yielded two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles, the title track and "All the Man That I Need". Houston's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV in 1991 received widespread media coverage.
Houston made her acting debut with the romantic thriller film The Bodyguard (1992), which despite its mixed reviews became the tenth highest-grossing film to that date. Its soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and remains the bestselling soundtrack album of all time. It generated multiple hit singles, including "I Have Nothing", "I'm Every Woman" and "I Will Always Love You"; the latter won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, spent a then-record 14 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and became the best-selling single by a woman in music history. Subsequently, she went on to star in the films Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher's Wife (1996), and she recorded their respective soundtracks; the former scored her last Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", while the latter, produced by Houston herself, became the bestselling gospel album of all time. As a film producer, she produced multicultural movies and series such as Cinderella (1997) and The Princess Diaries and The Cheetah Girls.
Houston's first studio album in eight years, My Love Is Your Love (1998), spawned several hit singles, including the title track, "Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and the Academy Award-winning Mariah Carey duet "When You Believe". Following the success, she renewed her contract with Arista for $100 million in 2001, one of the biggest recording deals of all time. However, her personal problems began to overshadow her career. Her 2002 studio album, Just Whitney, received mixed reviews, while her drug use and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown received widespread media coverage. After divorcing Brown, Houston returned to the top of the Billboard 200 chart with her final studio album, I Look to You (2009). In February 2012, Houston accidentally drowned in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, with heart disease and cocaine use as contributing factors. News of her death coincided with the 2012 Grammy Awards, which took place the day following her death, and was covered internationally. Her life and career were dramatized in the 2022 biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody. Her assets amounted to $250 million, earned over a 25-year career.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Houston
Discography
Whitney Houston (1985)
Whitney (1987)
I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990)
My Love Is Your Love (1998)
Just Whitney (2002)
One Wish: The Holiday Album (2003)
I Look to You (2009)
So Emotional 2012
Whitney Houston Lyrics
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I keep your photo right beside my bed
Livin' in a world of fantasies
I can't get you out of my head
I've been waiting for the phone to ring all night
Why you want to make me feel so good
I got a love of my own
I remember the way that we touched I wish I didn't like it so much
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I gotta watch you walk in the room, baby
I gotta watch you walk out
I like the animal way you move
And when you talk I just watch your mouth
I remember the way that we touched I wish I didn't like it so much
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
In Whitney Houston's "So Emotional", she sings about the intense emotions that can arise from being in love. The first verse talks about how she can't get her lover out of her head, keeping a photo of them by her bed while living in a world of fantasies. The chorus reveals how every time she thinks of her lover, she becomes overwhelmed with emotions that make her feel both good and bad, and the second verse describes how she can't help but watch her lover's every move, being entranced by their animalistic and captivating nature.
Overall, the lyrics showcase the power and volatility of love, how it can take over someone's thoughts and emotions at all times, and how it can make one feel both ecstatic and terrified.
Line by Line Meaning
I've been hearing your heartbeat inside of me
I feel so in love with you that I imagine your heartbeat within me.
I keep your photo right beside my bed
I want to be close to you even when you're not around, so I keep your photo by my bed.
Livin' in a world of fantasies
I let myself daydream and create fantasies about being with you.
I can't get you out of my head
No matter how hard I try, I can't stop thinking about you.
I've been waiting for the phone to ring all night
I'm hoping you'll call me and we can talk all night long.
Why you want to make me feel so good
I wonder why you have such a strong effect on me and make me feel so happy.
I got a love of my own
I have my own relationship, but I can't help but desire you.
Shouldn't get so hung up on you
I know I shouldn't be so obsessed with you, but I can't help it.
I remember the way that we touched I wish I didn't like it so much
I remember the physical intimacy we had, but I wish I didn't enjoy it as much as I did.
I get so emotional, baby
You make me feel so many intense emotions, and it's hard to handle.
Every time I think of you
You constantly occupy my mind, and I can't escape my feelings for you.
Ain't it shocking what love can do
It's amazing how powerful love is and what it can make us feel and do.
I gotta watch you walk in the room, baby
I can't help but stare at you when you enter a room because you're so captivating to me.
I gotta watch you walk out
Even when you're leaving, I can't take my eyes off you because I'm so drawn to you.
I like the animal way you move
You have an alluring, instinctual way of moving that I find irresistible.
And when you talk I just watch your mouth
I'm so entranced by you that when you speak, I can't help but focus on your mouth as you form your words.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BILLY STEINBERG, TOM KELLY
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I don't know why I like it
I just do
I've been hearing your heartbeat inside of me
I keep your photograph beside my bed
Livin' in a world of fantasies
I can't get you out of my head
I've been waiting for the phone to ring all night
Why you wanna make me feel so good
I got a love of my own baby
I shouldn't get so hung up on you
Oh I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
Oh I get so emotional baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I gotta watch you walk in the room baby
I gotta watch you walk out
I like the animal way you move
And when you talk
I just watch your mouth
Oh I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
Oh I get so emotional baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
See I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
No no no, I get so emotional baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional baby
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Jahir Lumagan
I've been hearing your heartbeat inside of me
I keepp your photo right beside my bed
Livin' in a world of fanticies
I can't get you out of my head
I've been waiting for the phone to ring all night
Why you want to make me feel so good
I got a love of my own
Shouldn't get so hung up on you
I remember the way that we touched I wish I didn't like it so much
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I gotta watch you walk in the room, baby
I gotta watch you walk out
I like the animal way you move
And when you talk I just watch your mouth
I remember the way that we touched I wish I didn't like it so much
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
T-Bone Hubbard
Hard to believe that it's been 30 years ago that this song was #1 on the Pop Chart and it was Whitney's 6th Consecutive #1 Hit on the Pop Chart
God Bless the Soul of Queen Whitney
and BTW, I use to listen to this song on Dick Clark's American Bandstand on syndication, Soul Train, SOLID GOLD, CLUB MTV, Dance Party USA and even watched the Music Video on America's Top 10 with the late Casey Kasem and Night Tracks on SuperStation TBS
Plus, this song was out when shows like The Cosby Show, Night Court, Cheers, L.A. LAW, ALF, Miami Vice, Simon & Simon, Magnum P.I., The Equalizer, 227, Amen, The Golden Girls, The Facts of Life, Fraggle Rock, Muppet Babies, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Growing Pains, Head of the Class, Spenser for Hire, Who's the Boss?, Highway to Heaven, Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, 3-2-1 Contact, BraveStarr, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Jem, WISEGUY, HUNTER and of course, Full House, A Different World, Square One TV and Classic Concentration were still on the air
Plus, Doug Williams and the Washington Redskins RULED the NFL, Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers RULED the NBA on CBS, Murder She Wrote was still Prime Time's #1 Drama, the late Judge Wapner still RULED The People's Court and Oprah was still QUEEN of Daytime Talk
Jose Hill
Listen to the upper harmony Whitney is doing on this. She is getting up there in full chest voice. That voice in its prime is legendary.
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Big facts
ROC
her voice was so pure and strong! Whitney will always be "the voice"!
CiCi
Congrats on 50 likes
Isiah Forsythe
nobody can't sing like Whitney Houston one of the greatest singers all time
George B Vieto
One of Whitney's greatest hits.
4 star hero
God I absolutely love this song. She is truely missed by all.
ladyjae65
My favorite song of hers.....rip angelic voice.
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Anthony Chobot
ladyjae65 Me too