How Will I Know

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single song

"How Will I Know" is a 1985 upbeat pop and dance song by Whitney Houston that became one of her signature hits and helped establish her as a major international star.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
How Will I Know canonical	16
How Will I Know (remix)	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
album	Whitney Houston ⓘ
artist	Whitney Houston ⓘ
certificationCanada	Platinum ⓘ
certificationUK	Silver ⓘ
certificationUS	Gold ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia	top 10 ⓘ
chartPositionCanada	1 ⓘ
chartPositionIreland	1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealand	top 10 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart	top 10 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100	1 ⓘ
containsElement	catchy pop chorus ⓘ prominent drum machine rhythm ⓘ synthesizer-driven arrangement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	1980s pop ⓘ
followsSingle	Saving All My Love for You ⓘ
genre	dance-pop ⓘ pop ⓘ
hasCoverVersions	true ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	true ⓘ
includedInAlbum	Whitney Houston ⓘ
isSignatureSongOf	Whitney Houston ⓘ
label	Arista Records ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	about 4 minutes ⓘ
musicVideoDirector	Brian Grant ⓘ
notableFor	becoming one of Whitney Houston's signature songs ⓘ helping establish Whitney Houston as an international star ⓘ
performedOnTourBy	Whitney Houston ⓘ
performer	Whitney Houston ⓘ
precedesSingle	Greatest Love of All ⓘ
producer	Narada Michael Walden ⓘ
recordingPeriod	1984 ⓘ
releaseYear	1985 ⓘ
songwriter	George Merrill ⓘ Narada Michael Walden ⓘ Shannon Rubicam ⓘ
style	dance-oriented pop ⓘ
tempo	upbeat ⓘ
theme	romantic uncertainty ⓘ
vocalType	mezzo-soprano lead vocal ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Whitney Houston → notableWork → How Will I Know ⓘ

Shannon Rubicam → coWriterOf → How Will I Know ⓘ

Shannon Rubicam → notableSongWrittenFor → How Will I Know ⓘ

George Merrill → notableWork → How Will I Know ⓘ

George Merrill → coWriterOf → How Will I Know ⓘ

Whitney: The Greatest Hits → hasPart → How Will I Know ⓘ

this entity surface form: How Will I Know (remix)

A Time to Love → track → How Will I Know ⓘ

I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston → hasPart → How Will I Know ⓘ

Greatest Love World Tour → notableSongPerformed → How Will I Know ⓘ

Greatest Love World Tour → associatedSingle → How Will I Know ⓘ

George Merrill (divorced) → notableWork → How Will I Know ⓘ

subject surface form: George Merrill

George Merrill (divorced) → coWrote → How Will I Know ⓘ

subject surface form: George Merrill

Whitney Houston discography → includesSingle → How Will I Know ⓘ

Whitney Houston (1985 album) → hasSingle → How Will I Know ⓘ

Whitney Houston (1985 album) → includesSong → How Will I Know ⓘ

Whitney Houston and George Michael → notableWork → How Will I Know ⓘ

subject surface form: Whitney Houston