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Flashback Friday: Whitney Houston “I’m Your Baby Tonight”

After complaints from her black fans that Whitney sounded too “white”, too pop, too watered-down, Whitney turned to Babyface, LA Reid and a host of other R&B/New Jack Swing producers of the late 80s and early 90s to give her a more urban sound. The resulting album, I’m Your Baby Tonight, turned out to be her most consistent album yet and the lead single became her 8th Number 1 on the Hot 100.

For me personally, this song was the first one I learned how to play on piano and sing at the same time and I eventually used it for my piano placement test when I went off to boarding school. There’s just so much going on, so many great chords, lots of syncopation, and wonderful ad-libs. Whitney is so known for her ballads, songs like this slip through the cracks.

This is my last Whitney post after a week of dealing with the loss. I wanted to end on a positive note and this is my personal favorite Whitney Houston song.

Bye Whitney.