I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

~ Recording by Whitney Houston

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
  • XW1987-06-01
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
  • JP1987-06-01
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)32RD‐93
1.1I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
  • XW1987-06-02
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
  • US1987-06-29
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ARCD 8405
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
  • DE1987-06-29
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)258 141
1.15I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonAbsolute Music 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • SE1987-10-05
Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records)353143
1.9I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney Houston¡Boom! 3 (El disco de los exitos)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)160 7 48789 1, 160 74 8789 1, 160 7487891
1.9I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:52Whitney Houston’87 Hots UpVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Polystar (Australia)816551-2
1.4I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney HoustonHits '87: Die internationalen SuperhitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)353156
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonI Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney HoustonSingle
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)109 008
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonSuper Power: Die heißen HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)258 526
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)208 141
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)M110.8019
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitney (printed in Au, Matrix / Runout: ARCD-8405 4A2 75, manufactured in Japan)Whitney HoustonAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ARCD 8405, SFCD 0154
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ARCD 8405
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)AL-8405
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitney (Matrix / Runout: ARCD-8405 4A2 75, manufactured in Japan)Whitney HoustonAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ARCD 8405
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitney (BMG music club release)Whitney HoustonAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)ARCD 8405, D 152854
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past), Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)5F 208141
2.9I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney Houston25 jaar Top 40 Hits, Deel 6: ’85‐’88Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Edison (Dutch label aka Edison Stichting)6198906
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonArista: A 15 Year History of HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ARCD-8655
1.3I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:49Whitney HoustonWe Are No. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only, see annotation)74321-119492
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonNow That’s What I Call Music! 1987Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1993-08-23
NOW (bogus label for the UK series; please use the actual record company logos)CDNOW1987
1.8I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney Houston100 Solid Gold Hits 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.6I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:58Whitney HoustonThe BestWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Arista Records, LLC (holding company - file NO releases here!)pem 0122
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonAll Woman 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Quality TelevisionALLWOCD 03
2.2I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonBravo Super Show, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)74321 18221 2
2.2I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonBravo Supershow, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bertelsmann Club35 117 1
1.7I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonArista: The First 20 YearsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ARCD-4517
1.7I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonARISTA: The First 20 Years (BMG club edition)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)07822-14517-2
1.7I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonThe Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-11-16
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C4K 69783
2.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonThe Greatest HitsWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2000-05-15
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)74321-75739-2
2.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonThe Greatest HitsWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2000-05-15
  • GB2000-05-15
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)74321-75739-2
2.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonThe Greatest HitsWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2000-05-20
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)BVCA‐27003, BVCA‐27004
2.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonThe Greatest HitsWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)19075881232
1.14I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney HoustonMTV - 20 Years of Pop MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-07-03
Maverick (WMG subsidiary, founded by Madonna, Veronica “Ronnie” Dashev, and Frederick DeMann)9 48144-2
1.7I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonThe Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-09-04
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)C4K 85669
1.8I Wanna Dance With Someboby (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonThe Pink AlbumVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DK2003-08-09
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)9811857
1.2I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonFine: TV Hits and Joyful MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2003-10-22
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)BMG2-31018
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney Houston13 Going on 30Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2004-04-20
Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group)2061-62454-2
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonArtist CollectionWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2004-10-12
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)82876636242
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonSuddenly 30Various ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
Hollywood Records (a label of Disney Music Group)2061624542
2.10I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney Houston50 Jahre Bravo: 1956-2006Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2006-10-20
Polystar (Germany), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)0602498433959
6.19I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonClassic Cuts Presents: 80’s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: Special Stereo Wide Edition 16 CD BoxVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)
2.19I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:49Whitney HoustonClassic Cuts Presents: 80s Night: The Ultimate DJ Collection: D to HVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)BX015
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonThe No.1 DJ Collection: 80's, Volume 9Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)CD155
1.7I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:52Whitney HoustonFetenhits: The Best of Real ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-04-20
Polystar (Germany)
1.4I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney HoustonLet’s Dance Vol. 2: Die Tanzhits zur ShowVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-06-01
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)
1.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonMastermix Professional Engineered for DJs I: 60s 70s 80s 90sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-09-24
Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)CD655
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonHousework Songs II: The Spring Clean EditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2007-10-23
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonThe Ultimate CollectionWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-10-29
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697 17701 2
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonThe Ultimate CollectionWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • FR2007-11-05
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697188982
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonThe Ultimate CollectionWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697 17701 2
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
  • JP2008-03-26
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)BVCM-35268
2.20I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney HoustonDie Hit-Giganten: Die besten Hits der 80erVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2008-08-08
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697170812
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:46Whitney HoustonAbsolute 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EVA Records (Sweden)EVACD 4082
2.15I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:52Whitney HoustonAbsolute No 1s: Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)886697270402
2.3I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney HoustonMillennium: The Next Generation, Vol. 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008)88697412022
2.19I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:46Whitney HoustonI Love the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2009-11-07
ARS Entertainment (Belgian label)5322880
2.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonThe Best of School Disco.com: 10th AnniversaryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-11-23
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VTDCD 971
5.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney Houston100 Party HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697613962
2.2I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney HoustonLe 100 canzoni di sempre internazionaliVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.10I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney HoustonRichard Wilkins Presents 39 #1 Hits of the 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2010-05-07
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697616182
1.7I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:53Whitney HoustonSchool Disco AnthemsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2010-05-25
2.6I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:53Whitney HoustonJust The Best Der Grosse Musiktest (Die 80er)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2010-08-20
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)LC 03116
1.18I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:49Whitney HoustonKids Car PlaylistVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2010-09-03
Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using)5330519
4.2I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (2000 remaster)4:48Whitney Houston101 FloorfillersVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2010-11-12
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)50999 919860 2 3, 9198602
8.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:49Whitney HoustonBack to the 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697818972
2.4I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney HoustonForever Friends: A Song for YouVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697806202
2.4I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney HoustonForever Friends: A Song for YouVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697806212
2.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonThe CollectionWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
2.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney HoustonThe CollectionWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697 65766 2
2.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:49Whitney HoustonThe Essential Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 82980 2
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:54Whitney HoustonPure… 80s Dance PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2011-06-03
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:54Whitney HoustonPure… 80s Dance PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2011-06-06
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697906892
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:53Whitney Houston80s 100 Hits, Volume 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2011-08-04
Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney HoustonAll Time Best (Reclam Musik Edition)Whitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-08-26
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697935202
1.19I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:48Whitney HoustonHitarchief Top 2000, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • BE2011-08-26
ARS Entertainment (Belgian label), Universal Music Belgium06007 5335701
2.20I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonDie Hit-Giganten: Best of 80sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2011-09-16
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697942152
1.13I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:47Whitney HoustonUltimate Office Party!Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.13I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:47Whitney HoustonUltimate Office PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-12-05
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88697984972
3.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney HoustonPure… PartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2012-03-23
  • FR2012-07-16
  • XE2012
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)088691946512
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonI Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonI Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-11-13
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88725-47223-2
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonI Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2012-12-26
RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)SICP-3762
2.4I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:50Whitney HoustonDie besten DiscothekenhitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Catalog (a division of Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, as well as its imprint)88697 97949 2
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonI Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88765-41393-2
1.5I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonI Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment), RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)88765 41393 2
2.12I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:49Whitney Houston101 Party SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2013-11-01
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)5346472
Promotion
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonWhitneyWhitney HoustonAlbum
  • JP1987-06-01
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)28RS-12
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (single version)4:52Whitney HoustonI Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)Whitney HoustonSingle
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)ASCD-9599
1.9I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:51Whitney HoustonSony/Billboard Decade of Music, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum
A 23567
1.10I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney HoustonWhitney - The Greatest Hits SamplerWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)PROCD21131
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:47Whitney HoustonP4 80&90 TallspartyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)50999 90786129
1.1I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:53Whitney HoustonI Love 80’sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GR2011-11-20
Πρώτο Θέμα88697906892
Bootleg
1.2I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:50Whitney HoustonCollection 2000Whitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
  • -2000
1.16I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)4:52Whitney HoustonGreatest HitsWhitney HoustonAlbum + Compilation
Arista (fake label, for bootlegs/counterfeits/pirated releases only)23888-1/2, 4607147896600
Pseudo-Release
1.1すてきなSomebody4:52ホイットニー・ヒューストンホイットニーホイットニー・ヒューストンAlbum
Arista (American label owned by Sony Music Entertainment)A32D-6
Expunged
2.4I Wanna Dance With Somebody4:51Whitney HoustonForever Friends: A Song For YouVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2010-11-19
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:David Frazer (engineer)
percussion programming:Preston Glass
additional assistant engineer:Noah Baron
Rob Beaton
Paul Hamingson
Stuart Hirotsu
Gordon Lyon
Billy Miranda (engineer)
Ross Williams (engineer)
additional engineer:Lincoln Clapp (engineer)
Maureen Droney
Ken Kessie
Gordon Lyon
Jay Rifkin
assistant engineer:Dana Jon Chappelle
executive producer:Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive)
producer:Narada Michael Walden
alto saxophone:Marc Russo
bass synthesizer [bass synth]:Randy Jackson (former bassist with Journey and American Idol judge)
drums (drum set):Narada Michael Walden
electronic drum set [Simmons]:Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:Corrado Rustici
synthesizer [synth horns]:Sterling Smith
synthesizer [synths]:Walter Afanasieff
background vocals:Kitty Beethoven
Kevin Dorsey
Jim Gilstrap
Jennifer Hall (backing vocalist)
Myrna Matthews
background vocals and lead vocals:Whitney Houston
arranger:Narada Michael Walden
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1987)
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1987)
produced for:Perfection Light Productions
recorded at:Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave till 2010) in New York, New York, United States
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Tarpan Studios in San Rafael, California, United States
The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito, California, United States
DJ-mixes:Remembering Whitney Elizabeth Houston (order: 5)
has remixes:I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (360 Reality Audio mix)
sampled by:“Yo dawg, I heard you like music so I put songs in this song so you can listen to music while you listen to music.” -Xzibit by Super Mash Bros. (US | mashup duo)
Aquatic by Aquarius (drum 'n bass artist Rupert Parkes)
Somebody’s Dance by Secret Service (Hungarian House music producer Dávid Nagy) vs. Workidz
mash-ups:A Bite at the Pizzeria (Whitney Houston vs. Michael Jackson vs. Bon Jovi vs. Rockwell vs. Sheb Wooley vs. “Weird Al” Yankovic vs. Kid Cudi vs. t.A.T.u. vs. Ray Parker Jr. vs. Georges Bizet) by Psynwav (UK mashup artist)
Back Door Santa Getting It On (Clarence Carter vs. T. Rex vs Jessica Simpson vs. Whitney Houston) by DJ Schmolli
I Wanna Dance With Marbles (Whitney Houston vs. Black Grape) by Max & Moritz
I Wanna Dance With Numbers by Girls on Top (Mashup project by Richard Philips)
I Wanna Dance With Numbers (part of a “As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Part 6” DJ‐mix) by Girls on Top (Mashup project by Richard Philips)
I Wanna Dance With Some Bono (Whitney Houston vs. U2) by Go Home Productions
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Doesn’t Care) (remastered) (Whitney Houston vs. Ed Sheeran) by XaiDor’s Mashups
someBODY by Triple‐Q
Sing It Back Vs I Wanna Dance With Somebody by [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (order: 2)
part of:Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 1) (order: 1)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 231) (order: 231)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/fr/song/840431935 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2KeFgCKJbph8pggwUkTgAn [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/2717935792 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/fr/song/840431935 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/27100909 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/353004558 [info]
recording of:I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

writer:George Merrill
Shannon Rubicam
publisher:Boy Meets Girl Music
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Irving Music (BMI)
Irving Music, Inc.
Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
referred to in medleys:Girls Just Wanna Dance With Somebody Mashup
is the basis for:Don’t Wanna Dance
has revision:I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Flip & Fill version)