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The best Whitney Houston songs

The top 3 according to 58 votes from people: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) · It's Not Right but It's Okay · I Will Always Love You. (Updated Jul 12, 2024.)

The Voice's greatest songs, from the eighties dance-pop hits to the Bodyguard ballads, as ranked by critics, readers and fans.

cole_b-side · · 17 items · 58 votes · 0 comments

Top 17

  1. 1

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

    1987. Number one on Billboard's staff ranking.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 0

    8
  2. 2

    It's Not Right but It's Okay

    1998. Late-nineties R&B with a famous remix.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  3. 3

    I Will Always Love You

    1992. The Dolly Parton song from The Bodyguard; Grammy Hall of Fame.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  4. 4

    How Will I Know

    1985. Eighties pop at its brightest.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  5. 5

    Exhale (Shoop Shoop)

    1995. From the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  6. 6

    Didn't We Almost Have It All

    1987. A grand romantic ballad.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  7. 7

    So Emotional

    1987. Rock-tinged pop from Whitney.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  8. 8

    Run to You

    1992. The quietest of the Bodyguard ballads.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  9. 9

    I Have Nothing

    1992. Another Bodyguard ballad, first for the AOTY community.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    Saving All My Love for You

    1985. Her first US number one.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  11. 11

    My Love Is Your Love

    1998. Reggae-tinged and warm.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  12. 12

    Greatest Love of All

    1985. The ballad about loving yourself.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 2

    1
  13. 13

    I'm Every Woman

    1992. Her version of the Chaka Khan classic.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  14. 14

    Heartbreak Hotel

    1998. With Faith Evans and Kelly Price.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  15. 15

    All the Man That I Need

    1990. A soaring number one from I'm Your Baby Tonight.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  16. 16

    One Moment in Time

    1988. The Seoul Olympics anthem.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  17. 17

    I'm Your Baby Tonight

    1990. New jack swing with Babyface and L.A. Reid.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 2

    -2

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