"It's Not Right but It's Okay" | ||||
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Single by Whitney Houston | ||||
from the album My Love Is Your Love | ||||
A-side | "Heartbreak Hotel" | |||
B-side | "Get It Back" | |||
Released | February 15, 1999[1] | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
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Label | Arista | |||
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Producer(s) | Darkchild | |||
Whitney Houston singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Not Right but It's Okay" 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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