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)
Take Good Care of My Heart
Whitney Houston Lyrics
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Love can strike like lightning when you find your heart a home
I've see it in the movies, read about it in a book
I never thought I'd feel it but your touch was all it took
Take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Baby, you're the first to take it
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feelin' so good
I've waited for your love forever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
Come and make your magic 'til you have me hypnotized
If we get any closer I'll be drowning in your eyes
You're the one I needed most when my love was on that line
I'm so glad you gave me yours when I gave you mine
So take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Baby, you're the first to take it
You're the only one who can break it
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feelin' so good
I've waited for your love forever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feelin' so good (oh it keeps me feelin' so)
I've waited for your love forever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Take good care of me
Baby, you're the first to take it
And you're the only one who can break it
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feelin' so good (oh it keeps me feelin' so)
I've waited for your love forever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Whitney Houston's hit song "Take Good Care of My Heart" expresses the feelings of a person who has found love unexpectedly. The lyrics suggest that time can seem to pass slowly when one feels alone, but love can come unexpectedly like a lightning bolt. The lyrics also mention how the singer has seen love portrayed in movies and books, but never expected to feel it themselves. However, when they experienced the touch of their significant other, they knew that this was the love they had been waiting for.
The lyrics then go on to express the singer's vulnerability and need for their significant other to take care of their heart. They mention that their love for the other person is so strong that it keeps them feeling good, even if it may be more than they should love. Finally, the singer emphasizes that they have waited for this kind of love for a long time and the other person is the only one who can take care of their heart.
Overall, the song emphasizes the emotional journey of finding love unexpectedly but wholeheartedly.
Line by Line Meaning
Time can pass so slowly when you feel so all alone
When you are lonely, time tends to move slowly and feels like it's standing still.
Love can strike like lightning when you find your heart a home
Finding the right person to love can happen suddenly and unexpectedly like lightning.
I've see it in the movies, read about it in a book
Love is commonly depicted in movies and literature, and it's often portrayed as pure and magical.
I never thought I'd feel it but your touch was all it took
The singer never believed she would experience true love, but the person's touch changed her mind.
Take good care of my heart
The singer is entrusting her heart to the person she loves and asking them to take care of it.
Baby, you're the first to take it
The person is the first one to have ever gained the singer's heart.
You're the only one who can break it
The person has the power to break the singer's heart and she is vulnerable.
I love you more than I should
The singer's feelings of love for the person may be more intense or deep than what is reasonable or expected.
But it keeps me feelin' so good
Although her love may not be practical, it makes her feel happy and fulfilled.
I've waited for your love forever
The singer has been waiting a long time for the person's love to come into her life.
You're the one to take good care of my heart
The person is the only one who can protect and cherish the singer's heart.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: STEPHEN DORFF, PETER MC CANN
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It's me Athena
Time can pass so slowly, when you feel so all alone
Love can strike like lightning, when you find your heart a home
I've seen it in the movies, read about it in a book
I never thought I would feel it, but your touch was all it took
Take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Baby you're the first to take it
You're the only one who can break it
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feeling so good
I've waited for your love for ever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
Come and make you're magic, till you have me hypnotized
If we get any closer, I'll be drowning in your eyes
You're the one I needed most, when my love was on the line
I'm so glad you gave me yours, when I gave you mine
So take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Baby you're the first to take it
You're the only one who can break it
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feeling so good
I've waited for your love for ever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feeling so good
I've waited for your love for ever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Baby you're the first to take it
You're the only one who can break it
I love you more than I should
But it keeps me feeling so good
I've waited for your love for ever
You're the one to take good care of my heart
Take good care of my heart
Woun't you please
Baby you're the first to take it
You're the only one who can break it
Sophia Davenport
Whitney Houston + Jermaine Jackson = pure magic.🔥🔥🔥🔥
Sekhem Asaru
You got that right…….. magic 🪄
DawnDid
Fire
victor newman
Her song with Teddy Pendergrass was amazing too.. ( hold me in your arms) .. in almost any survey, her and Aretha are always rated #1 and # 2 as the best female singers of all time.
Christine Womack
I think whoever Whitney Houston sang with made the other person sound better. She was the best, and still is.
Stefano
🥰
s w
Such an underrated song. Love this song.
Sandy Nicol
I totally agree it’s superb All the best :-)
Laura Wendell
Still a great song in 2022!❤️
Jammer08
This song suppose to have ZERO Dislikes!! With these two singing, this was pure magic!! Jermaine and Whitney were AMAZING!!!!