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.

Aliases (1)

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 →
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 (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Merrill → Shannon Rubicam →	coWriterOf
Whitney: The Greatest Hits → Whitney: The Greatest Hits ("How Will I Know (remix)") →	hasPart
George Merrill → Whitney Houston →	notableWork
Shannon Rubicam →	notableSongWrittenFor
A Time to Love →	track