Whitney Houston Reaction I Wanna Dance With Somebody (WHEW! 80s GALORE?!?) | Empress Reacts

[@sxnico]

The most gorgeous of all

[@andrealexander5210]

She is surely iconic and she will always be remembered. ❤

[@soakedbearrd]

She had such a gorgeous voice and a gorgeous look to go with it.

[@coachtomas]

The 80s had a knack for knocking out feel good tunes. Something I wish today's music recaptured.

[@EmpressReacts]

💯💯

[@welllivedlife-desireeg2804]

This is my all time favorite Whitney song. Saw her in concert and she was truly this talented. Miss her💕

[@bufordt.justice6741]

whitney before the fall was so perfectly gorgeous and that voice was a miracle and she had so much charisma and personality that it simply exploded the screen with joy and wonderment.

[@diaquitaquita8984]

R.I.P. WHITNEY HOUSTON 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊

[@Marc-zi5cq]

She will never be forgotten. Most amazing voice in mainstream Pop and R&B imo.

[@patrickmiller1834]

This is the first song to debut off of the very first album to debut at number one on the billboard hot 200 albums this was a big big song. Number one and no no auto tune

[@joshuas8258]

This song is 100% pop perfection and Whitney’s best upbeat song. The octave change in that final verse is pure 🔥

[@EmpressReacts]

💯💯

[@teralmiles]

Best Whitney song ever! If people don’t move to this than there something wrong with them.

[@EmpressReacts]

💯💯

[@michaelcarson7941]

Yes its just something about this song💯

[@ealanmontgomery2304]

This was the 1st track off her 2nd album - much more pop than the 1st album, but Whitney could do no wrong at that time!! Man, she could sing!! "So Emotional" was another great dance track from that album. The sound is soooo 80's, but her vocals are always on point!!

[@victorduffany7723]

Oh, I so loved loved loved Whitney Houston!!! Such a great, amazing voice!!! Perfection in my eyes.

[@EmpressReacts]

🔥🔥

[@Jamie0707]

The year was 1987, in the month of June, class trip to Florence, Italy, playing this song up and down on the cassette player, those were the days, was really nice there, I was so young, a clean cut & handsome 6 ft. tall very friendly kid, who was also counting the months until turning 18, later in September that year. Now that's almost 35 years ago till the day, wow!

[@Scotty19]

Hey Empress oh my love this song Whitney Houston I wanna dance with somebody such a cool song I loved your reaction 😊

[@EmpressReacts]

Thank u‼️😘

[@scottvanhille5688]

So iconic! I wish the kids nowadays had music like this to grow up listening to. RIP Whitney. Your music will live on for eternity.

[@Beatles4Sale.]

Back when Whitney was young, innocent, and cloud sing her heart out! My favorite Whitney video because she’s so happy and it’s a great song!

[@ChrisC709]

Whitney was never "innocent". That's the image Clive Davis wanted her to portray for the buying public to get more record sales. And it worked. But once she hooked up with Bobby Brown, more of herself came out(for better or for worse) publicly and she didn't care at that point.

[@korver1]

I doubt she was happy after what we know now. Amazing voice and entertainer. Sad human.

[@Beatles4Sale.]

@@ChrisC709 I looked up some history about this era. She made this video in 1987. Won a Grammy for best live performance. Would not meet Bobby Brown for another two years in 1989. They married in 1992. So I will keep my rose colored glasses on. At least from what I’ve been reading about her life the drug problem did not start by 1987. Maybe she had other issues? I can’t really tell from the few articles. Maybe you can fill me in what I’m missing. But I still say I’ve never seen her look happier than in this video.

[@ChrisC709]

Stop being so naive. Bobby wasn't the cause of her drug problems. Whitney's brother. Gary and Whitney herself was experimenting with drugs way before Bobby. It's just that when she met Bobby, she took it to a whole new level.

[@Marc-zi5cq]

@@Beatles4Sale. I've seen several docus on Whitney. She took drugs before Bobby but it did not get out of control until after Bodyguard came out. Bobby actually was more of a drinker before he met Whitney. Whitney stuggled with alot of things, including having to hide her relationship with Robin as her mother and allegedly the record industry would have never accepted it. Even Bobby said, if Robin was still in Whitneys life, she would probably be alive now. I do think everyone blaming Bobby is a bit unfair though. Sure he was not the greatest influence but 1. he is alive, so whatever addictions he had, so far they were not as bad enough to kill him and 2. Whitney was a grown woman when she met him, several years older than him, pushing 30. I love her, she*s one of the most amazing vocalists ever but yeah we need to look beyond what Clive David and her record company wanted to sell( wholesome cute girl singing pop songs that appeal to all kinds of audiences).

[@mercedestadawetneyhouston8698]

Love you like it Ms wthitney houston 👏♥️♥️♥️

[@darnell49]

This always makes me think of my father. Whitney was his favorite artist and he played this song everyday. You can feel the heart of this song. It’s so infectious and it’s always good to hear Whitney doing an uptempo song. Them vocals shine all of the time

[@EmpressReacts]

Everyday tho‼️?🤣

[@darnell49]

@@EmpressReacts Yep🤣😂. I know this song back & forth and up & down.

[@DanCrowleyNYC]

This song is so timeless. As a bartender in a NYC gay bar for years, this is always a hit, and usually the biggest eruption on Gay Pride Sunday, among many other classics. But THIS is always THE song.

[@EmpressReacts]

Love how it stands the test of time

[@tapanim6576]

Love it. It's a classic. Love that 80's sound.

[@mercedestadawetneyhouston8698]

Yes she my qeen Ms wthitney Houston The Best perfectly the one and only Ms wthitney Houston the voice qeen

[@Wonderwoman79G]

The colours and energy in this song sums up the 1980s to me.

[@petersavieri]

✨Whitney was so next level beautiful she hurts my eyes!! 🤩😍 I remember first seeing her in the Greatest Love Of All video and thinking she was like a real life Barbie (or Christie) doll but wayyyy more gorgeous (her ultra 80s styling in this video is PURE Mattel 💖). Then I saw the cover of her Whitney album, where she looks like a straight up goddess, in the window of a record store. Weird kid that I was I stared at it, then walked on, then walked back and hung out by the window just gazing at the photo trying to memorise every aspect of her. It was like I was trying to understand some sacred algebra hidden in her face. I love how in this video about dancing for a song about dancing they let her get away with barely dancing a single step. Whitney obviously had all the rhythm, but it didn’t really translate to being much of a dancer, so they made the concept about a bunch of dancing dudes trying to impress her. Clever. Not that she ever needed to dance with a superhuman voice like that. That extended “heeeeaaaaaaaaT” with the extra plosive “T” at the end, and just any moment she opens up her majestic vocals. It’s like the sun bursting from a cloudy sky. I only really commit to full fan mode for artists who write and mastermind their own material, whether solo or in collaboration, but Whitney holds a very special place in my pantheon of wonders. She really was, and is, a true legend.

[@rowanmayfair9249]

I was so young. I had a vhs tape with this video, Greatest Love Of All, etc. All from that time frame. This video in particular was my gateway to loving dance. I would watch it and make up my own dances and try to follow along. I'd already been a vocal lover from a very, very young age... so young I don't remember not singing. The dancing came a few years later. I know I had to be in single digits. All the huge divas, icons I grew up with are gone. Only Madonna is left standing out of my personal icons. George Michael, of course, Prince, Whitney and Michael Jackson, I still wish to this day that damn Barbie Doll I had of him had never been played with, I'd be rich, lol.

[@EmpressReacts]

lol forrealz!!!! dang lol

[@sasapejcin3568]

80s sound is unrepeatable! So atmospheric and optimistic and just pure joy to listen! Every other decade is not even close for me in that respect! I love her songs So emotional and Love is a contact sport from the same album!

[@EmpressReacts]

🔥🔥

[@EagleFang74]

Such a great song. I associate this song really strongly with driving with my dad from Jersey down to Georgia to visit his family during the summer of 1987. It was HUGE. Crossing from state to state every radio station was playing it whether it was an R&B station or pop. I’m sure my dad got sick of it by the end of that trip. 😂

[@EmpressReacts]

😂you always have the best stories! shoutout to your🍑 fam!!

[@EagleFang74]

@@EmpressReacts ❤️ That’s because your channel is great! It helps me to remember and appreciate all the good times I associate with these tracks! I feel blessed to have grown up in that era. So much fun. I hope everyone has that same feeling about their childhood.

[@WCD199317]

This song was her first single of her second album ''Whitney''. In US, ''Whitney'' was the first album by a female artist to produced four n.1 singles at a same album in US. ''I Wanna Dance With Somebody'' was the first of four US n.1 singles of the album. It's at the same period who Michael Jackson five US n.1 singles with his album ''Bad'' (''I Just Can't Stop Loving You'', ''Bad'', ''The Way You Make Me Feel'', ''Man in the Mirror'' and ''Dirty Diana'') and George Michael, who like Whitney Houston, produced four US n.1 singles of the ''Faith'' album (''Faith'', ''Father Figure'', ''One More Try'' and ''Monkey''). This song was timeless 35 years after the released.

[@EmpressReacts]

oh wow!!

[@WCD199317]

@@EmpressReacts I waiting to your reaction of her three others n.1 US singles of this album (''Didn't We Almost Have It All'', ''So Emotional'' and ''Where Do Broken Hearts Go''), because this second album cimented her has a icon of 80's. If the first album (Self-titled) was the best-selling debut album of history, the second album ''Whitney'' cimeted her has a icon of the 80's and battled records with four US n.1 singles and the first female artist to debuted at n.1 in the albums charts when it's came out. ''I Wanna Dance With Somebody'' create a huge runaway to incite the peoples to buying the second album when the album came out.

[@mickeyhank]

Absolutely, Empress -- this song makes you feel good and want to dance! And I liked your term, "isms", haha, and how Whitney has some. Also, yeah, peak '80s hair. 🙂

[@EmpressReacts]

💯

[@BayAreaSon]

Yeah Whitney was a babe back

[@gribouillefripouille]

* WHITNEY HOUSTON / NUMBER ONE FOREVER ...

[@gribouillefripouille]

BIG CLASSIC / LEGENDARY / OLD SCHOOL REPRESENT / BIG RESPECT / 80'S 90'S FLAVA BABY !!! / F*CK NEW SKOOL

[@adnap]

When you grow up and lose your innocence, and you realize that most songs about “dancing” are NOT about dancing. Lol

[@EmpressReacts]

😳😂

[@RBS_]

***(80's) WHITNEY TRIVIA TIME!!!*** ...now, get with THIS! (5:46)...ha-HAAA!! ...WHAT else can I add, to this CLASSIC track!??? ...everything's been SAID! ...but I'll soldier ON.... - ...This was the VERY LAST track to be added to the IMPORTANT 2nd Album from Whitney; her Label was holding a tune called, "If I Say Yes", to be the BIG hit tune for Whitney, but Deniece Pearson (from UK R&B Group Five Star) heard the tune, and snatched it, for the "Silk & Steel" Album in 1986.... ....Clive Davis (of course) called the "How Will I Know" Songwriters Boy Meets Girl (George Merrill & Shannon Rubicam) to write a new tune FAST, and they came up "I Wanna Dance" changed to, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)", and it became HUUUUGE, HUGE, HUGE.... - ...her label was gonna release the Album track "For The Love Of You" first, after 5 Star snatched "If I Say Yes", but they got "IWDWS" SO late, they stuck STICKERS on the artwork of "For The Love..", to cover the title, when they went with "Didn't We Almost Have It All", as the 2nd single.... - ...Whitney's Album, and "IWDWS" were released June 1987, and the LP debuted at #1, making Whitney the FIRST Woman - and, BLACK WOMAN - ...to debut at #1 on the LP charts! ...She OWNED 1988, having FIVE #1 from the LP ("Love Will Save The Day" hit #9 Pop, but hit #1 on the Dance charts, making it 5 #1's.... ...and, HERE'S the Top 10 when Whitney hit the top, July, 1987.... 10. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi 9. Just To See Her - Smokey Robinson 8. Diamonds - Herb Alpert (feat. Janet Jackson) 7. Shakedown (from "Bev. Hills Cop 2") - Bob Seger 6. Songbird - Kenny G. 5. Always - Atlantic Starr 4. Alone - Heart 3. In Too Deep - Genesis 2. Head To Toe - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam 1. ***I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)*** - Whitney Houston (1st wk. of 3 weeks)

[@EmpressReacts]

omg! love your commentary! increduble she was the 1st black woman to debut at #1 wow!!! not even diana ross, donna summer, aretha?!? wow! and question was this the lead single of that love song?

[@RBS_]

@@EmpressReacts ....yep, after they lost "If I Say Yes", they pushed "For The Love Of You" to be the 1st single, until they got "I Wanna Dance..." , and YES, Whitney THE first (Black) Woman to debut at #1....on ANY Music chart! ...LEGEND.....

[@EmpressReacts]

@@RBS_ wow‼️

[@Marc-zi5cq]

Classic. This was such a huge #1 in Germany, they still play it at Gay clubs and on every 80s night. Must be her biggest song after I Will Always Love You. I also prefer Whitneys more R&B stuff from the late 90s...in the 80s she was mostly Pure Pop. I heard she got booed at the Soul Train Awards in 1990/1991 as the audience thought she or her sound was too white, which upset her. She sold 20 million of her first two albums though so white people must have bought them alot :D Like we said before, i like this simply for Whitneys amazing voice, she was impeccable in the 80s and 90s vocally and this is fun and catchy as hell, so not surprised it shot to #1 everywhere. She's an icon!

[@EmpressReacts]

wow that's crazy! i can't believe that

[@Marc-zi5cq]

@@EmpressReacts Unfortunately it happened, it several years at several Awards shows :( 1989: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnTdgp6If92ijtE 1988: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3nXe6hnbtaDnsk She even got asked about it on Arsenio Hall

[@TheRealKymiPoo]

"Whitney Houston and her hair" is what people were saying when this video dropped. Lol Idc, I liked it anyway!

[@EmpressReacts]

🤣🤣🤣

[@adnap]

❤ Empress.

[@EmpressReacts]

😍

[@diaquitaquita8984]

come to think of it the base also reminds me of BILLY OCEAN LOVER boy REACT to that it's a good song to.

[@mic1240]

This was unquestionably pop music (her “How Will I Know” video similar vibes, including unexpected video shout out to Aretha Franklin, who her mother sang backup for). Early on Whitney was often criticized, particularly by the Black community, for being “too pop”, even sadly booed at award shows when nominated for R&B categories. Eventually appreciation for her voice became more universal. Undoubtedly one of the top voices of her generation.

[@EmpressReacts]

wow i can't believe that

[@diaquitaquita8984]

THE BASE REMINDS BILL JEAN CARRIBEAN QUEEN A LITTLE BIT.

[@diaquitaquita8984]

it's kinda sounds static on the video i i think i spell the word right if didn't it means the sound the video don't all at least on here it doesn't.

[@citydweller99]

When I was a kid I loved the song and remember the video...but the frizzy long blondish hair threw me off and I had no idea it was Whitney till I was a teen and my mom had to point that out to me lol

[@EmpressReacts]

🤣🤣