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"I'm Your Baby Tonight"
#1 weeks: 1
weeks: 1990-12-01
genre: r&b, pop
artist: Whitney Houston
album: I'm Your Baby Tonight
writers: L.A. Reid, Babyface
producers: L.A. Reid, Babyface
label:
formats: CD Single, Cassette Single, 7" Single
lengths: 5:00

"I'm Your Baby Tonight" is the lead single and title track off Whitney Houston's third studio album of the same name. The song was produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface.

***The single "Feels So Good" is a B-side/Bonus Cut...It has not been featured on any Whitney Houston album.

The music video (directed by Julian Temple) features an edgier, rougher Houston (much different than she was in videos such as "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance with Somebody") paying homage to the sounds of black music that have helped define her sound, paying tribute in simulation of the Harlem Renaissance (with Houston as Marlene Dietrich), Motown (most notably The Supremes as Houston uses cloning imagery to create two clones of herself), and Hollywood's Golden Age (with Houston dressed as Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face), finally returning to present day by the video's end.

After having charted ten Top 10 hits (and seven consecutive number ones) on the Billboard Hot 100, Houston continued her chart momentum as "I'm Your Baby Tonight" would become her eleventh Top 10 hit and eighth number one. The song had an impressive debut at number 42 the week of October 20, 1990. Six weeks later, it hit number one, ending Mariah Carey's three-week run at the top with "Love Takes Time". "I'm Your Baby Tonight" spent only one week at number one, being knocked out by Stevie B's "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)". Altogether, the single spent seven weeks in the Top 10, twelve weeks in the Top 20, and fourteen consecutive weeks in the Top 40. It also reached number one on the BillboardR&B singles chart for two weeks. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA.

"I'm Your Baby Tonight":

"I'm Your Baby Tonight" hit the Top 10 in several major markets including Australia (#7), France (#4),Italy (#2), Switzerland (#4), UK (#5), and Germany (#5).