| "Saving All My Love For You" | ||||||||
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| Single by Whitney Houston | ||||||||
| from the album Whitney Houston | ||||||||
| B-side | "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" | |||||||
| Released | June 14, 1985 | |||||||
| Format | CD single, cassette single, 7" single | |||||||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||||||
| Genre | Soul, R&B | |||||||
| Length | 3:48 | |||||||
| Label | Arista | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin | |||||||
| Producer | Michael Masser | |||||||
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"Saving All My Love for You" is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin with arrangement by Gene Page. It was originally a minor hit for Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. in 1978 on their album Marilyn & Billy (although Davis’ voice was not heard on their version). This article focuses primarily on the cover version by Whitney Houston, the second hit single from her self-titled debut album. The song charting topped Billboard Hot 100, being her first number one in the chart.
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This jazzy ballad is about a love affair with a married man, and the singer is saving all her love for him.
The music video, directed by Stuart Orme, was filmed in London, and features Houston singing and recording with her married music producer, and falling in love with him along the way.
Released in 1985, Whitney's version of "Saving All My Love For You" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #53, jumping to #39 the following week (August 24), and reaching the Top 10 five weeks later. The single reached the #1 spot the week of October 26, 1985, and would became the first of seven record-setting consecutive number-one singles in the United States for Houston; a record that still holds. The single eventually spent fifteen weeks in the top forty. The song also became a global hit, hitting #1 or the Top 10 in various countries around the world. It also hit #1 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1] It ranked #5 on Billboard year-end top black singles chart.[2] In the UK the song hit #1 in December 1985 for two weeks. The single went on to become one of the top 25 best-selling singles of 1985 in the UK.
Houston won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and the American Music Award for Favorite R&B/Soul Video for "Saving All My Love For You".
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| Preceded by "Separate Lives" by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single December 21, 1985 |
Succeeded by "Thank You Very Much Mr Eastwood" by Dermot Morgan |
| Preceded by "I'm Your Man" by Wham! |
U.K Singles Chart number-one single 14 December 1985 - 21 December 1985 |
Succeeded by "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens |
| Preceded by "Take on Me" by a-ha |
U.S Billboard Hot 100 number-one single October 26, 1985 |
Succeeded by "Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder |
| Preceded by "Cherish" by Kool & the Gang |
U.S Adult Contemporary Singles number-one single October 5, 1985 -October 19, 1985 |
Succeeded by "Part-Time Lover" by Stevie Wonder |
| Preceded by "Freeway of Love" by Aretha Franklin |
U.S Black Singles number-one single September 7, 1985 |
Succeeded by "Cherish" by Kool & the Gang |
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