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Single by Whitney Houston | ||||||||||||||||
from the album I'm Your Baby Tonight | ||||||||||||||||
B-side | "Feels So Good" "I'm Knockin" |
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Released | September 28, 1990 | |||||||||||||||
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Recorded | 1989; Elumba Recording Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) 1990; Axis Studios (New York City, New York) |
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Length | 5:00 | |||||||||||||||
Label | Arista | |||||||||||||||
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"I'm Your Baby Tonight" is the lead single and title track from Whitney Houston's 1990 third studio album of the same name. The song was written and produced by Babyface and L.A. Reid. The single features a B-side, "Feels So Good", which has not been featured on any Whitney Houston album. While the original version, written and produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface, was released in the United States, the Yvonne Turner mix (also known as the "European Version" or the "International Version"), was released in other countries. Houston was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female with this track at the 33rd Grammy Awards in 1991.
The song became a huge hit for Houston, reaching the top 10 worldwide. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, her eighth single to do so; "I'm Your Baby Tonight" is her fifth biggest hit in the US.
A live performance was included in the 2014 CD/DVD release, Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances.
"I'm Your Baby Tonight" is written in the key of A minor (recorded in G-sharp minor) with a tempo of 110 beats per minute in compound quadruple meter (12
8 time). The song follows a chord progression of Am9 – Fmaj7 – Bm7♭5 – E7sus – E7, and Houston's vocals span from C4 to A5.
The song received mixed reviews, being named as a stand-out track from the album by AllMusic, while Entertainment Weekly said it "tries too hard to follow in the footsteps of Michael Jackson's 'The Way You Make Me Feel.'"