I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Name: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Duration: 4 min 50 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
4.1	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (single version)	4:47	Whitney Houston	The 80s, Part 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IE2014-07-11 GB2014-07-11	Sony Music CG

recording engineer and mixer:	David Frazer (engineer)
percussion programming:	Preston Glass
additional assistant engineer:	Noah Baron Rob Beaton Paul Hamingson Stuart Hirotsu Gordon Lyon Billy Miranda (engineer) Ross Williams (engineer)
additional engineer:	Lincoln Clapp (engineer) Maureen Droney Ken Kessie Gordon Lyon Jay Rifkin
assistant engineer:	Dana Jon Chappelle
executive producer:	Clive Davis (record producer, A&R executive and music industry chief executive)
producer:	Narada Michael Walden
alto saxophone:	Marc Russo
bass synthesizer [bass synth]:	Randy Jackson (former bassist with Journey and American Idol judge)
drums (drum set):	Narada Michael Walden
electronic drum set [Simmons]:	Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
guitar synthesizer [Charvel GTM6 midi guitar synth]:	Corrado Rustici
synthesizer [synth horns]:	Sterling Smith
synthesizer [synths]:	Walter Afanasieff
background vocals:	Kitty Beethoven Kevin Dorsey Jim Gilstrap Jennifer Hall (backing vocalist) Myrna Matthews
background vocals and lead vocals:	Whitney Houston
arranger:	Narada Michael Walden

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1987) RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (in 1987)
produced for:	Perfection Light Productions

recorded at:	Clinton Recording Studios (NYC 10th Ave till 2010) in New York, New York, United States Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States Tarpan Studios in San Rafael The Plant Studios (1981–2008) in Sausalito

DJ-mixes:	Remembering Whitney Elizabeth Houston (order: 5)
has remixes:	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (360 Reality Audio mix)
sampled by:	“Yo dawg, I heard you like music so I put songs in this song so you can listen to music while you listen to music.” -Xzibit by Super Mash Bros. (US \| mashup duo) Aquatic by Aquarius (drum 'n bass artist Rupert Parkes) Somebody’s Dance by Secret Service (Hungarian House music producer Dávid Nagy) vs. Workidz
mash-ups:	A Bite at the Pizzeria (Whitney Houston vs. Michael Jackson vs. Bon Jovi vs. Rockwell vs. Sheb Wooley vs. “Weird Al” Yankovic vs. Kid Cudi vs. t.A.T.u. vs. Ray Parker Jr. vs. Georges Bizet) by Psynwav (UK mashup artist) Back Door Santa Getting It On (Clarence Carter vs. T. Rex vs Jessica Simpson vs. Whitney Houston) by DJ Schmolli I Wanna Dance With Marbles (Whitney Houston vs. Black Grape) by Max & Moritz I Wanna Dance With Numbers by Girls on Top (Mashup project by Richard Philips) I Wanna Dance With Numbers (part of a “As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Part 6” DJ‐mix) by Girls on Top (Mashup project by Richard Philips) I Wanna Dance With Some Bono (Whitney Houston vs. U2) by Go Home Productions I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Doesn’t Care) (remastered) (Whitney Houston vs. Ed Sheeran) by XaiDor’s Mashups someBODY by Triple‐Q Sing It Back Vs I Wanna Dance With Somebody by [unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (order: 2)

part of:	Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 1) (order: 1) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 231) (order: 231)

purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/fr/song/840431935 [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/2KeFgCKJbph8pggwUkTgAn [info] https://www.deezer.com/track/2717935792 [info]
streaming page:	https://music.apple.com/fr/song/840431935 [info] https://tidal.com/track/27100909 [info]

recording of:	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

writer:	George Merrill Shannon Rubicam

publisher:	Boy Meets Girl Music Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Irving Music (BMI) Irving Music, Inc. Rondor Music (London) Ltd.

referred to in medleys:	Girls Just Wanna Dance With Somebody Mashup
is the basis for:	Don’t Wanna Dance
has revision:	I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Flip & Fill version)