List of songs recorded by Whitney Houston


American singer Whitney Houston, nicknamed "The Voice", recorded songs for her seven studio albums and her two soundtrack albums, as well as contributing songs to two other soundtracks. Her self-titled debut album was released on February 14, 1985. It peaked at number one on US Billboard 200 album chart, a position it held for 14 consecutive weeks. "You Give Good Love" was released as the lead single, written for Houston by La La and produced by Kashif, becoming Houston's first top ten single. The final three singles to be released from the album, "Saving All My Love for You", "How Will I Know" and "Greatest Love of All", all topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. This marked the first time in the chart's history that a debut album, and a debut album released by a female artist, had generated three number one singles.
Houston released her second studio album, Whitney, on June 2, 1987. The album became the first by a female artist to debut atop the US Billboard 200 album chart, a position it held for 11 weeks. "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" was released as the lead single. The dance-pop song was written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam. It was ranked at number 88 on Slant Magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Dance Songs in 2006. "I Wanna Dance With Somebody ", along with the following three singles to be released from Whitney,, all peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Houston holds for the record for the most consecutive number one singles on the chart, with seven. Her third studio album, I'm Your Baby Tonight, was released on November 6, 1990. It was decided by her record label executive, Clive Davis at Arista Records, that Houston should grow as an artist and develop her music further by making an R&B album instead of another pop music album. Davis enlisted L.A. Reid and Babyface to compose more R&B driven songs. The title track was released as the lead single from the album, and it was written by Reid and Babyface. It topped the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The second single, "All the Man That I Need", is an "expression of sexual hero worship" according to Stephen Holden writing for The New York Times.
Between 1992 and 1996, Houston recorded songs which were included on three different soundtrack albums. A cover of the Dolly Parton song "I Will Always Love You" was released as the lead single from The Bodyguard soundtrack from the film of the same name in 1992. It peaked at number one on the Hot 100 for 14 weeks in 1992–1993. Houston broke the record for the longest running number one single since the chart's inception in 1958. Houston recorded three songs for the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack for the film of the same name, both of which were released in November 1995. "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" was released as the lead single; it is an R&B ballad written by Babyface which summarizes the plot of the film. "Exhale " becomes the third single to debut at number one on the US Hot 100 in the history of the chart. The other two songs which she recorded for the album were "Why Does It Hurt So Bad", another R&B ballad penned by Babyface, and a duet with CeCe Winans called "Count On Me", co-written by Houston. Houston recorded a full length soundtrack to accompany the film The Preacher's Wife, both of which were released in 1996. Three singles were released to promote the film and album: "I Believe in You and Me", a cover of Annie Lennox's "Step by Step" and "My Heart Is Calling". The latter of the three draws musical inspiration from the genres of funk and gospel.
In 1998, Houston returned to studio work with her fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love. The album was a musical departure for Houston as it ventured into hip-hop soul, neo soul and reggae fusion. The album launched five singles, all of which received chart and sales success, including the duet, "Heartbreak Hotel", "It's Not Right but It's Okay" and the title track, which became one of the biggest global hits of her career and was inspired by Houston's relationship with her daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, who was promptly featured on the track. Houston released her fifth studio album, entitled Just Whitney in December 2002. The singer co-wrote the lead single, "Whatchulookinat", which was co-produced by her husband, Bobby Brown. The song is a response to how Houston considered herself to be a victim of unwanted media attention. The album's second single, "One of Those Days", is a slow R&B track with a retro feel. Houston released her first and only Christmas album in November 2003. She recorded cover versions of several traditional Christmas songs, including "The First Noel" and "Little Drummer Boy". "One Wish (For Christmas)" was released as the sole single from the album. Her sixth studio album, I Look to You, was released in August 2009. The title track is a gospel song, written by R. Kelly, which pertains to Houston's faith in God. The album's second single, "Million Dollar Bill", is an old school R&B song which was written by Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz and Norman Harris.

Songs

Indicates single release
Indicates song co-written by Houston

SongArtistWriterAlbumYearRef.
"After We Make Love"Gerry Goffin
Michael Masser		1990
"Ain't No Way"
and Mary J. Blige		Carolyn Franklin1999
"All at Once" Jeffrey Osborne
Michael Masser		1985
"All the Man That I Need" iDean Pitchford
Michael Gore		1990
"All the Man That I Need" Dean Pitchford
Michael Gore		2014
"America the Beautiful"Katharine Lee Bates
Samuel A. Ward		B-side to "The Star Spangled Banner"1991
"Anymore"Kenneth Edmonds
L.A. Reid		1990
"Believe in Love"
Fred Jerkins III
Harvey Mason Jr.
LaShawn Daniels
Rodney Jerkins		1998
"Call You Tonight"Johntá Austin
Mikkel S. Eriksen
Tor Erik Hermansen		2009
""Traditional2003
"Celebrate"
and Jordin Sparks		R. Kelly2012
""Mel Tormé
Robert Wells		2003
"Could I Have This Kiss Forever"
and Enrique Iglesias		Diane Warren
and Enrique		1999
"Count On Me"
and CeCe Winans		Kenneth Edmonds
Michael Houston
Whitney Houston 		1995
"Dancin' on the Smooth Edge"David Lasley
Robbie Long		B-side to "All the Man That I Need"1990
"Dear John Letter"Dwight Reynolds
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Patrice Stewart
Whitney Houston 		2002
"Deck the Halls / Silent Night"Traditional2003
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" Michael Masser
Will Jennings		1987
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" Michael Masser
Will Jennings		B-side to "So Emotional"1987
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"Noël Regney
Gloria Shayne Baker		1987
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
featuring Whitney Houston		Noël Regney
Gloria Shayne Baker		2019
"Don't Look Any Further"
and Whitney Houston		1984
"Eternal Love"
featuring Whitney Houston		Jay Asher
Paul Jabara		1983
"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" Kenneth Edmonds1995
"Feels So Good"Bryan LorenB-side to "I'm Your Baby Tonight"1990
"Family First",
Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick
and Family		Carlos McKinney
Kandice Love		2007
"Far Enough for Love"Michael Masser1989
"Fine" Kamaal Fareed
Raphael Saadiq
Whitney Houston 		2000
""Traditional2003
"For the Love of You"Chris Jasper
Marvin Isley
O'Kelly Isley
Ronald Isley		1987
"For the Lovers"Claude Kelly
Marcella Araica
Nathaniel Hills		2009
"Get It Back"Fred Jerkins III
LaShawn Daniels
Toni Estes
Rodney Jerkins		1998
"" Linda Creed
Michael Masser		1985
"" Linda Creed
Michael Masser
2010
"Halfway Through the Night"Michael Masser
Cynthia Weil		1990
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane		2003
"He's All Over Me"
with Shirley Caesar
and the Georgia Mass Choir		Alvin Darling1996
"Heartbreak Hotel"
featuring Faith Evans
and Kelly Price		Carsten Schack
Kenneth Karlin
Tamara Savage		1998
"Higher Love"Steve Winwood
Will Jennings
1990
"Higher Love"
and Whitney Houston		Steve Winwood
Will Jennings		2019
"His Eye Is On the Sparrow" Civilla D. Martin
Charles H. Gabriel		2012
"Hold Me"
and Whitney Houston		Linda Creed
Michael Masser
and Whitney Houston		1984
"Hold On, Help Is on the Way"
with the Georgia Mass Choir		Rev. Kenneth Paden1996
"Hold Up the Light"
featuring Whitney Houston		Percy Bady
Benjamin Winans		1988
"Home" Charlie Smalls2014
"How Will I Know" George Merrill
Narada Michael Walden
Shannon Rubicam		1985
"How Will I Know" George Merrill
Narada Michael Walden
Shannon Rubicam		2014
"I Believe in You and Me" David Wolfert
Sandy Linzer		1996
"I Believe in You and Me" David Wolfert
Sandy Linzer		2014
"I Belong to You" Derek Bramble
Franne Gold		1990
"I Bow Out"Diane Warren1998
"I Didn't Know My Own Strength"Diane Warren2009
"I Didn't Know My Own Strength" Diane Warren2014
"I Have Nothing" David Foster
Linda Thompson		1992
"I Have Nothing" David Foster
Linda Thompson		2017
"I Go to the Rock"
with the Georgia Mass Choir		Dottie Rambo1996
"I Got You"
Aliaune Thiam
Claude Kelly
Giorgio Tuinfort
Whitney Houston 		2009
"I Know Him So Well"
and Whitney Houston		Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus
Tim Rice		1987
"I Learned from the Best" Diane Warren1998
"I Look to You" R. Kelly2009
"I Look to You"
and R. Kelly		R. Kelly2012
"I Love the Lord"
with the Georgia Mass Choir		Richard Smallwood1996
"I Was Made to Love Him"Henry Cosby
Lula Mae Hardaway
Sylvia Moy
Stevie Wonder		1998
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" George Merrill
Shannon Rubicam		1987
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" George Merrill
Shannon Rubicam		2014
"I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton1992
"I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton2017
"I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton2014
"I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton1999
"If I Told You That"Fred Jerkins III
LaShawn Daniels
Toni Estes
Rodney Jerkins		1998
"If I Told You That"
and George Michael		Fred Jerkins III
LaShawn Daniels
Toni Estes
Rodney Jerkins		2000
"If You Say My Eyes Are Beautiful"
and Whitney Houston		Elliot Willensky1986
"I'll Be Home for Christmas"Buck Ram
Kim Gannon
Walter Kent		2003
"Impossible / It's Possible"
and Brandy		Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II		1997
"I'm Every Woman" Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson		1992
"I'm Every Woman" Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson		2017
"I'm Every Woman" Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson		2014
"I'm Every Woman"
and Chaka Khan		Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson		1999
"I'm Every Woman" ,
Chaka Khan, Faith Hill,
Brandy, Mary J. Blige
and LeAnn Rimes		Nickolas Ashford
Valerie Simpson		1999
"I'm KnockinBenjamin Winans
Rhett Lawrence
Ricky Minor		1990
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" Kenneth Edmonds
L.A. Reid		1990
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" Kenneth Edmonds
L.A. Reid		2014
"In My Business"
featuring Missy Elliott		Kelvin "K.B." Bradshaw
Lloyd "Spec" Turner
Missy Elliott		1998
"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
and Whitney Houston		Albert Hammond
Diane Warren		1989
"It'll Be Okay"
featuring Whitney Houston		2007
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" Fred Jerkins III
Isaac Phillips
LaShawn Daniels
Toni Estes
Rodney Jerkins		1998
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" Fred Jerkins III
Isaac Phillips
LaShawn Daniels
Toni Estes
Rodney Jerkins
2014
"Jesus Loves Me"Anna Bartlett Warner
William Batchelder Bradbury		1992
"Jesus Loves Me /
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" 		Anna Bartlett Warner
William Batchelder Bradbury /
Traditional		2017
"Joy"
with the Georgia Mass Choir		Kirk Franklin1996
"Joy to the World"
with the Georgia Mass Choir		Isaac Watts1996
"Just the Lonely Talking Again"Sam Dees1987
"King Holiday"
and Holiday Crew		Phillip Jones
Kurtis Blow
Melle Mel
Bill Adler		1986
"Lay Aside Every Weight"
with the Georgia Mass Choir		Glen Burleigh1996
"Life's a Party"
Michael Zager1978
"Like I Never Left"
featuring Akon		Aliaune Thiam
Claude Kelly
Giorgio Tuinfort
Whitney Houston 		2009
""
featuring Bobbi Kristina Brown		Harry Simeone
Henry Onorati
Katherine Davis		2003
"Look Into Your Heart"Curtis Mayfield1994
"Love Is"Carvin Winans1990
"Love Is a Contact Sport"Preston Glass1987
"Love That Man" Bill Lee
Balewa Muhammad
Calvin Gaines
Eritza Laues
Kenneth Edmonds
Rob Fusari		2002
"Love Will Find a Way"
and Whitney Houston		David L. Elliott
Terry Steele		1993
"Love Will Save the Day" Antoinette Colandreo1987
"Lover for Life"Sam Dees1990
"Medley: I Loves You Porgy /
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going /
I Have Nothing" 		George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin /
Tom Eyen
Henry Krieger /
David Foster
Linda Thompson		2014
"Memories"
featuring Whitney Houston		Hugh Hopper1982
"Memories"
and Whitney Houston		Hugh Hopper2016
"Million Dollar Bill" Alicia Keys
Kasseem Dean
Norman Harris		2009
"Miracle" Kenneth Edmonds
L.A. Reid		1990
"Moment of Truth"Jan Buckingham
David Paul Bryant		B-side to
"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"		1987
"My Heart Is Calling" Kenneth Edmonds1996
"My Name Is Not Susan" Eric Foster White1990
"My Love"
featuring Bobby Brown		Greg Charley
Gordon Chambers
Ted Bishop		2002
"My Love Is Your Love" Jerry Duplessis
Wyclef Jean		1998
"My Love Is Your Love" Jerry Duplessis
Wyclef Jean		2014
"My Love Is Your Love"
and Treach		Jerry Duplessis
Wyclef Jean
2014
"Never Give Up"Jermaine Dupri
Bryan-Michael Cox
Johntá Austin		2012
"Nobody Does It Better"
featuring Whitney Houston		Marvin Hamlisch
Carole Bayer Sager		1997
"Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"
and Jermaine Jackson		James P. Dunne
Pamela Phillips		1985
"Nothin' But Love"Fernando Garibay
Franne Gold
Kasia Livingston
Nathaniel Hills		2009
"O come, O come, Emmanuel"Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane		2003
"Oh Yes"Kelvin "K.B." Bradshaw
Lloyd "Spec" Turner
Missy Elliott		1998
"One Moment in Time" Albert Hammond
John Bettis		1988
"One Moment in Time" Albert Hammond
John Bettis		2014
"One of Those Days" Chris Jasper
Dwight Reynolds
Ernie Isley
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Marvin Isley
O'Kelly Isley, Jr.
Patrice Stewart
Ronald Isley
Rudolph Isley
Whitney Houston 		2002
"One Wish (For Christmas)" Freddie Jackson
Gordon Chambers
Barry Eastmond		2003
"Queen of the Night" Daryl Simmons
Kenneth Edmonds
L.A. Reid
Whitney Houston 		1992
"Queen of the Night" Daryl Simmons
Kenneth Edmonds
L.A. Reid
Whitney Houston 		2017
"Run to You" Allan Rich
Jud Freidman		1992
"Run to You" Allan Rich
Jud Freidman		2017
"Salute"R. Kelly2009
"Same Script, Different Cast"
and Deborah Cox		Montell Jordan
Shae Jones
Shep Crawford
Stacey Daniels		2000
"Saving All My Love for You" Gerry Goffin
Michael Masser		1985
"Shock Me"
and Whitney Houston		Bruce Roberts
Andy Goldmark		1985
"So Emotional" Billy Steinberg
Tom Kelly		1987
"Somebody Bigger Than You and I"
featuring Bobby Brown, Faith Evans,
Johnny Gill, Monica and Ralph Tresvant		Hy Heath
Johnny Lange
Sonny Burke		1996
"Someone for Me" Freddie Washington
Raymond Jones		1985
"Something in Common"
and Whitney Houston		Teddy Riley
Bobby Brown
Bernard Belle
Mark Middleton
Alfred Rosemond
Whitney Houston 		1992
"" Leon Russell2014
""Leon Russell2009
"" Francis Scott Key1991
"Stop the Madness" Tim Reid
Michael Stokes
Sharon Barnes
Laythan Armour		1986
"Step by Step" Annie Lennox1996
"Takin' a Chance" Benjamin Winans
Keith Thomas
Whitney Houston 		1990
"Take Good Care of My Heart"
and Whitney Houston		Peter McCann
Steve Dorff
and Whitney Houston		1984
"Take Me to Your Heart"1984
"Tell Me No"Annie Roboff
Holly Lamar
Kandi Burruss
Kenneth Edmonds		2002
"There's Music in You"Richard Rodgers
Oscar Hammerstein II		1997
"Things You Say"Charlene Keys
Charlie Bereal
Kenny Bereal
Missy Elliott		2002
"Thinking About You" Kashif Saleem
La Forrest Cope		1985
"This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)"
and Natalie Cole		Chuck Jackson
Marvin Yancy		2017
"True Voice"Keith Barnhart
Dwight Batteau Jr.
Charles Morrow
Jeffrey Southworth		1994
"Try It on My Own" Aleese Simmons
Carole Bayer Sager
Jason Edmonds
Kenneth Edmonds
Nathan Walton		2002
"Unashamed"Darius Good
Luke Paterna
Stephanie Salzman
Troy Taylor		2002
"Until You Come Back"Daryl Simmons
Kenneth Edmonds		1998
"We Didn't Know"
and Stevie Wonder		Stevie Wonder1990
"Whatchulookinat" Michael Andre Lewis
Balewa Muhammad
Chris Stein
Deborah Harry
Harry Palmer
Jesse West
Lawrence Parker
Tammie Harris
Whitney Houston 		2002
"When You Believe"
and Whitney Houston		Stephen Schwartz,
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and The Prince of Egypt		1998
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" Chuck Jackson
Frank Wildhorn		1987
"Where You Are"Dyan Humes
James Calabrese
LeMel Humes		1987
"Whitney Houston Dub Plate"
featuring Whitney Houston		Wyclef Jean
Jerry Duplessis		2000
"Who Do You Love"Hubert Eaves III
Luther Vandross		1990
"Who Would Imagine a King"Hallerin Hilton Hill
Mervyn Warren		1996
"Why Does It Hurt So Bad" Kenneth Edmonds1995
"Why Does It Hurt So Bad" Kenneth EdmondsB-side to "Why Does It Hurt So Bad"1996
"Worth It"Johntá Austin
Eric Hudson		2009
"You Give Good Love" La Forrest Cope1985
"You Give Good Love" La Forrest Cope2014
"You Light Up My Life"Joseph Brooks2002
"You Were Loved"Diane Warren1996
"You're Still My Man"Gerry Goffin
Michael Masser		1987
"You'll Never Stand Alone"Diane Warren1998