How Will I Know
Whitney Houston | Artist Essentials
First released: 1985 (year verified)
Original 1985 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Quick phrases and a buoyant rhythm show the lighter side of her vocal power.
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First released: 1985 (year verified)
The selected original recording is documented on Whitney Houston (1985). Year precision does not substitute a later single, video, remaster or annual-list date.
Recording: Original 1985 studio recording
Credit: Whitney Houston
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston - official original album catalog
The 1985 debut album and original track membership, including How Will I Know, Saving All My Love for You, You Give Good Love and Greatest Love of All. Embedded video dates and later performances do not date the original album recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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About Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston grew up in a musical family in Newark, New Jersey, with gospel as an early influence. Her self-titled 1985 debut and 1987 album Whitney established a repertoire of ballads and dance records. She also became a film performer, starring in The Bodyguard in 1992 and contributing its recordings of I Will Always Love You and I Have Nothing. Later projects, including My Love Is Your Love and I Look to You, place her voice in contrasting R&B and pop settings.
Artist background sources
Whitney Houston - official biography
Musical family and Newark background, gospel influence, early albums, film debut and The Bodyguard recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
My Love Is Your Love - official original album catalog
Original November 1998 album includes It's Not Right but It's Okay, Heartbreak Hotel, My Love Is Your Love and When You Believe. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
I Look to You - official original album catalog
The original August 2009 studio album includes Million Dollar Bill and the solo title recording. Later music-video and compilation dates are separate. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Count on Me - Arista/Apple Music original soundtrack metadata
The original 1995 Waiting to Exhale item credits both Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans; this is the studio duet, not their separate live performances. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Heartbreak Hotel - official original release and guest credits
Identifies Faith Evans and Kelly Price on the original Houston recording and the December 1998 single, after the November album. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
When You Believe - official original duet catalog and personnel
The original 1998 Babyface-produced single is explicitly credited in the personnel to a duet with Mariah Carey; it is distinct from the animated film cast's performance. The page also documents original vocal single/album editions. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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