It's Not Right but It's Okay

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"It's Not Right but It's Okay" is a hit R&B song by Whitney Houston, known for its empowering lyrics about leaving an unfaithful partner and its influential late-1990s production and remixes.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album My Love Is Your Love
artist Whitney Houston
belongsToCategory 1990s R&B songs
Whitney Houston songs
songs about empowerment
songs about infidelity
chartSuccess international hit
countryOfOrigin United States
era late 1990s
genre R&B
dance-pop
pop
hasHook "It's not right, but it's okay, I'm gonna make it anyway"
hasInfluenceOn late-1990s and early-2000s R&B-pop sound
hasMusicVideo It's Not Right but It's Okay music video
hasTheme ending a relationship
female empowerment
independence
infidelity
hasVersion Thunderpuss remix
album version
language English
musicVideoPerformer Whitney Houston
notableFor empowering lyrics about leaving an unfaithful partner
late-1990s R&B production
popular remixes
partOf My Love Is Your Love
performedBy Whitney Houston on tour
performer Whitney Houston
producer Fred Jerkins III
Isaac Phillips
LaShawn Daniels
Rodney Jerkins
Tony Estes
recordLabel Arista Records
releaseDecade 1990s
releaseYear 1999
remixBy Thunderpuss
tempo mid-tempo
vocalStyle powerful vocals
writer Fred Jerkins III
Isaac Phillips
LaShawn Daniels
Rodney Jerkins
Tony Estes

Referenced by (7)
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Whitney: The Greatest Hits ("It’s Not Right but It’s Okay")
Whitney: The Greatest Hits ("It’s Not Right but It’s Okay (remix)")
Whitney: The Greatest Hits ("It’s Not Right but It’s Okay (Thunderpuss mix)")
hasPart
My Love Is Your Love
containsTrack
It's Not Right but It's Okay (""It's not right, but it's okay, I'm gonna make it anyway"")
hasHook
My Love Is Your Love
notableTrack
My Love Is Your Love
single

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