You Give Good Love
Whitney Houston
1985
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1985
Release: 1985Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The selected original recording is documented on Whitney Houston (1985). Year precision does not substitute a later single, video, remaster or annual-list date.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
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.
About Whitney Houston
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
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.
Retained annual-list context
You Give Good Love by Whitney Houston appears at number 47 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1985. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1985 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1985 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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