"Heartbreak Hotel" | ||||
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Single by Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price | ||||
from the album My Love Is Your Love | ||||
B-side | "It's Not Right but It's Okay" | |||
Released | December 15, 1998 | |||
Recorded | September 1998[1] | |||
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Label | Arista | |||
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Producer(s) | Soulshock & Karlin | |||
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"Heartbreak Hotel" on YouTube |
"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. Originally written for inclusion on TLC's third studio album FanMail, it was later recorded by Houston after TLC rejected the song.[2] The song was written by Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage, and produced by Soulshock & Karlin. It was released on December 15, 1998, by Arista Records, as the second single from Houston's 1998 album My Love Is Your Love. The song prominently features R&B singers Faith Evans and Kelly Price during the choruses and bridge.
The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on February 2, 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also a hit in many countries worldwide. The song received two nominations at the 2000 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The video, directed by Kevin Bray,[3] was nominated for Best R&B Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2019, the song was listed as one of the 50 best songs of the 1990s by Rolling Stone.[4]