Didn't We Almost Have It All
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| Single by Whitney Houston from the album Whitney |
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| Released | August 1987 | ||||
| Format | CD single Cassette single 7" Single |
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| Genre | Soul, R&B | ||||
| Length | 5:07 | ||||
| Label | Arista Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Michael Masser Will Jennings |
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| Producer | Michael Masser | ||||
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"Didn't We Almost Have It All" is the second single from Whitney Houston's second album Whitney. There was also another choice for the second single from the album. The track "For The Love Of You" was planned to be the second single, it was already pressed as a 12Inch Single, it had the airplay. But ARISTA chose "Didn't We Almost Have It All" as the second single. The artwork for "DWAHIA" is the same picture for "For The Love Of You" but the title for "DWAHIA" was pasted over "For The Love Of You".
The song was released in August 1987. It was written by Michael Masser and Will Jennings. The song starts out with a keyboard melody played by the session musician Robbie Buchanan. The keyboard melody is repeated throughout the song as the thick orchestral background swells.
The video for "Didn't We Almost Have It All" is not really a music video, but a live performance of the song recorded during Houston's 1987–1988 "Moment of Truth" tour. The video footage is from Saratoga Springs,NY
[edit] Chart performance
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, from September 26 to October 9, 1987. The song also topped both component charts, the Hot 100 Single Sales and Hot 100 Airplay, Houston's fourth song (and fourth consecutive release) to do so.
The single stayed in the Top 40 for thirteen weeks, and topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts for three weeks.
Internationally, the single did not fare nearly as well as its predecessor, not even making the top ten in most markets, reaching fourteen in the United Kingdom, twenty-seven in Australia, twenty in Germany, and eighteen in Switzerland.
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" was ranked twenty-second on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end charts (1987), and remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for seventeen weeks. It was her fifth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, her fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales, her fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, and her fifth on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts.
''Other Version''
1.Radio Edit 4:34 - The radio edit chops out the first half of the final chorus. Some radio stations, however, did play the complete album cut despite its length.
[edit] Parody
According to the Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits by Wesley Hyatt, in 1988, the American Comedy Network released a single titled "Don't My Songs All Sound the Same," sung by musical-theater star and Houston soundalike Bertilla Baker. The song, sung to the melody of "Didn't We Almost Have It All," poked fun at Houston's style of singing ballads. Although the parody did not crack any Billboard singles charts, it did get airplay on major radio stations such as AC station KOST in Los Angeles.
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 14 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 27 |
| German Singles Chart | 20 |
| Swedish Top 60 Singles | 18 |
| United World Chart | 4 |
[edit] Trivia
The season 3 finale of Grey's Anatomy is named after this song.
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| Preceded by "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" by Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single September 26, 1987 - October 3, 1987 |
Succeeded by "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake |
