It's Not Right but It's Okay

"It's Not Right but It's Okay"
Single by Whitney Houston
from the album My Love Is Your Love
A-side"Heartbreak Hotel"
B-side"Get It Back"
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)[1]
Recorded1998
Genre
Length
  • 4:52 (album version)
  • 4:22 (radio and video version)
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Darkchild
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(1998) 		"It's Not Right but It's Okay"
(1999) 		"My Love Is Your Love"
(1999)
Music video
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" on YouTube
Audio
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" (album version) on YouTube
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" (Thunderpuss Club Mix) on YouTube

"It's Not Right but It's Okay" is the third single from American singer Whitney Houston's fourth studio album, My Love Is Your Love. It was written by LaShawn Daniels, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Isaac Phillips, Toni Estes and produced by Rodney Jerkins, who went by the nickname Darkchild. The song examines a woman confronting her lover about his infidelity. Houston won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for this song. In 2003, Q Magazine ranked "It's Not Right but It's Okay" at number 638 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".[2] In 2019, Billboard listed it as one of the Greatest Songs of 1999.[3] In 2022, the Thunderpuss club mix was listed in the list of the 200 greatest dance songs of all time on Rolling Stone.[4] The single reached number one in Spain and the top five in Canada, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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  2. ^ "Q - 1001 best songs ever (2003)".
  3. ^ "The 99 Greatest Songs of 1999". Billboard. April 8, 2019. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. July 21, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2024.