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I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston is a posthumous greatest hits album by American recording artist Whitney Houston. The album was released on November 13, 2012 via RCA Records.
Content and release
The album features a selection of Houston's greatest hits including remastered versions of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", "How Will I Know", "So Emotional", "I Have Nothing" and "One Moment in Time". The album was released in both standard[3] and deluxe[4] versions. It was also released with an accompanying 5 track bonus CD with the duets sung by Houston and other artist. The album includes new liner notes written by Clive Davis.
Also included is a previously unreleased song titled "Never Give Up" and a re-recorded version of the "I Look to You" as a duet with R. Kelly, who is also the writer. The song was released on September 25, 2012 as the first single from the album.[5]
"Never Give Up" was released as a lyric video on Whitney Houston's official YouTube (Vevo) channel on November 6, 2012.[6]
At the 2013 NAACP Image awards, the album won two awards in the 'Outstanding Album' and 'Outstanding Song' categories. The latter was for the song 'I Look To You', a duet version with R Kelly featured on the album.
The week of its release, the album peaked at #14 on the US Billboard 200 and #2 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums.
Track listing
1. |
"You Give Good Love" |
LaLa |
Whitney Houston |
4:36 |
2. |
"Saving All My Love for You" |
Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser |
Whitney Houston |
3:57 |
3. |
"How Will I Know" |
George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam, Narada Michael Walden |
Whitney Houston |
4:33 |
4. |
"Greatest Love of All" |
Linda Creed, Masser |
Whitney Houston |
4:48 |
5. |
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" |
Merrill, Rubicam |
Whitney |
4:50 |
6. |
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" |
Masser, Will Jennings |
Whitney |
5:05 |
7. |
"So Emotional" |
Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly |
Whitney |
4:36 |
8. |
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" |
Frank Wildhorn, Chuck Jackson |
Whitney |
4:36 |
9. |
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" (U.S. album version) |
L.A. Reid, Babyface |
I'm Your Baby Tonight |
5:00 |
10. |
"All the Man That I Need" |
Dean Pitchford, Michael Gore |
I'm Your Baby Tonight |
4:09 |
11. |
"I Will Always Love You" |
Dolly Parton |
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album |
4:30 |
12. |
"I'm Every Woman" |
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson |
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album |
4:45 |
13. |
"I Have Nothing" |
David Foster, Linda Thompson |
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album |
4:50 |
14. |
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" |
Babyface |
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album |
3:21 |
15. |
"I Believe in You and Me" (Single version) |
David Wolfert, Sandy Linzer |
The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album |
3:52 |
16. |
"My Love Is Your Love" (Radio edit) |
Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis |
My Love Is Your Love |
4:03 |
17. |
"I Look to You" (with R. Kelly) |
Robert Kelly |
Previously unreleased |
3:39 |
18. |
"Never Give Up" |
Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, Johntá Austin |
Previously unreleased |
4:01 |
Total length:
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79:38 |
1. |
"Love Will Save the Day" |
Toni C. |
Whitney |
5:21 |
2. |
"One Moment in Time" |
Albert Hammond, John Bettis |
1988 Summer Olympics Album |
4:45 |
3. |
"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (with Aretha Franklin) |
Hammond, Diane Warren |
Through the Storm |
4:50 |
4. |
"My Name Is Not Susan" |
Eric Foster White |
I'm Your Baby Tonight |
4:37 |
5. |
"I Belong to You" |
Franne Golde, Derek Bramble |
I'm Your Baby Tonight |
5:29 |
6. |
"Run to You" |
Allan Rich, Jud Friedman |
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album |
4:24 |
7. |
"Queen of the Night" |
Whitney Houston, Reid, Babyface, Daryl Simmons |
The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album |
3:07 |
8. |
"Count On Me" (with CeCe Winans) |
Babyface, W. Houston, Michael Houston |
Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album |
4:26 |
9. |
"Step by Step" |
Annie Lennox |
The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album |
4:12 |
10. |
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" |
Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, LaShawn Daniels, Isaac Phillips, Tony Estes |
My Love Is Your Love |
4:51 |
11. |
"I Learned from the Best" (Radio edit) |
Warren |
My Love Is Your Love |
3:56 |
12. |
"If I Told You That" |
R. Jerkins, F. Jerkins, Daniels, Estes |
My Love Is Your Love |
4:38 |
13. |
"Heartbreak Hotel" (featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price) |
Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin, Tamara Savage |
My Love Is Your Love |
4:42 |
14. |
"Million Dollar Bill" |
Alicia Keys, Kasseem Dean, Norman Harris |
I Look to You |
3:24 |
15. |
"All at Once" (Japanese bonus track) |
Michael Masser, Jeffrey Osborne |
Whitney Houston |
4:32 |
Total length:
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67:47 |
Charts and certifications
Charts
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Year-end charts
Chart (2013) |
Position |
US Billboard 200[24] |
168 |
US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums[25] |
30 |
Certifications
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Release history
References
External links
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Studio albums |
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Soundtrack albums |
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Live albums |
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Extended plays |
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Compilation albums |
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Concert tours |
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Notable concerts
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Achievements |
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Related articles |
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Album
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