My Name Is Not Susan

"My Name Is Not Susan"
Single by Whitney Houston
from the album I'm Your Baby Tonight
ReleasedJune 24, 1991 (1991-06-24)[1]
Genre
Length4:39
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Eric Foster White
Producer(s)
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"Miracle"
(1991)
"My Name Is Not Susan"
(1991)
"I Belong to You"
(1991)
Music video
"My Name Is Not Susan" on YouTube
Music video
"My Name Is Not Susan (w/out Rap)" on YouTube

"My Name Is Not Susan" is a song by American singer and actress Whitney Houston, released as the fourth single from her third album, I'm Your Baby Tonight (1990). The song was released on June 24, 1991, by Arista Records. It was produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface, and written by Eric Foster White. The song is an uptempo new jack swing number in which Houston harshly tells off a lover who has mistakenly called her by his ex-girlfriend's name "Susan". She lets him know that if he cannot get over Susan, then their relationship is over. The music video for the song was directed by Lionel C. Martin and inspired by the 1958 film Vertigo. A remix featuring British rapper Monie Love was also released, becoming one of the first times a pop/R&B artist had included a rapper in a remix, following Janet Jackson's "Alright", which remix featured Heavy D the year previous.

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. June 22, 1991. p. 19.
  2. ^ Himes, Geoffrey (November 11, 1990). "Whitney Houston's 'I'm Your Baby' Strong Voice, Weak Material". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (November 8, 2021). "The Number Ones: Whitney Houston's "All The Man That I Need"". Stereogum. Retrieved December 20, 2023. ...a stodgy and old-fashioned ballad that shows up after the two dancey R&B tracks that open [I'm Your Baby Tonight].