I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

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Whitney Houston song dance-pop song pop song single song

"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is a 1987 upbeat pop and dance anthem by Whitney Houston that became one of her signature hits and a global chart-topping classic.

Aliases (2)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Whitney Houston song → dance-pop song → pop song → single → song →
album	Whitney →
artist	Whitney Houston →
bpm	119 →
chartPositionARIALustralianSinglesChart	1 →
chartPositionCanadianRPMTop100	1 →
chartPositionDutchTop40	1 →
chartPositionIrishSinglesChart	1 →
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart	1 →
chartPositionNorwegianSinglesChart	1 →
chartPositionSwedishSinglesChart	1 →
chartPositionSwissSinglesChart	1 →
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	1 →
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
culturalStatus	1980s pop classic → dancefloor anthem →
followedBySingle	Didn't We Almost Have It All →
format	12-inch single → 7-inch single → CD single → cassette single →
genre	R&B → dance-pop → pop →
grammyAward	Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance →
grammyAwardYear	1988 →
hasMusicVideo	yes →
isSignatureSongOf	Whitney Houston →
key	G major →
label	Arista Records →
language	English →
length	4:52 →
musicVideoDirector	Brian Grant →
notableUsage	frequently used in films and television soundtracks →
performer	Whitney Houston →
precededBySingle	Greatest Love of All →
producer	Narada Michael Walden →
recordingPeriod	1986 →
releaseDate	1987-05-02 →
releaseYear	1987 →
shortTitle	I Wanna Dance with Somebody →
songwriter	George Merrill → Shannon Rubicam →
theme	desire for love and companionship →
timeSignature	4/4 →
title	I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) →
trackNumberOnAlbum	1 →
vocalType	female vocals →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Brian Grant → George Merrill → Whitney Houston →	notableWork
George Merrill → Shannon Rubicam →	coWriterOf
Whitney: The Greatest Hits → Whitney: The Greatest Hits ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (remix)") →	hasPart
Brian Grant →	directorOf
Shannon Rubicam →	notableSongWrittenFor
Didn't We Almost Have It All →	precededBySingle
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody") →	shortTitle
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) →	title