whitney houston sang you give good love to me.
whitney houston sang you give good love to me.
who sings you give good love to me?
whitney houston
when songwriter/producer kashif accepted arista president clive davis' invitation to see a new york club performance by a young singer named whitney houston that he'd just signed to the label, he was disappointed. her act was a lounge act and didn't appeal to kashif. davis continued to court kashif sending him a videotape of houston's performance on "the merv griffin show". la la, a writer signed to kashif's music publishing company, sent him a demo of a ballad she had written titled "you give good love." she'd sent it to her idol roberta flack first but she was rebuffed by her assistant with an angry "don't call us, we'll call you" retort. when kashif heard the song, a light bulb came out in his mind that flashed "hit! hit!" then he called gerry griffith, an arista a&r man, and said that "i think i have a song for you." so griffith and houston drove to the new jersey studio where kashif was working to check it out. griffith recalled that there was a demo of the song but la la wanted to sing it live with her piano playing. after la la finished the song, griffith said "that's the song – that's what i've been looking for." it was the kind of tune that had the emotion that she could get into and sing her heart out. the release of "you give good love" was designed to give houston a noticeable position and standing within the black music charts. clive davis later explained the thinking behind releasing the song as the debut single from the album:
you give good love
section::::track listing and formats.









































bullet::::- aus 12" maxi-vinyl / uk 12" maxi-vinyl single









































bullet::::- a "you give good love" (extended version) – 4:55









































bullet::::- b1 "someone for me"









































bullet::::- b2 "thinking about you"









































bullet::::- aus 7" vinyl / jpn 7" vinyl single









































bullet::::- a "you give good love" – 4:33









































bullet::::- b "greatest love of all" – 4:55









































bullet::::- uk 7" vinyl single









































bullet::::- a "you give good love"









































bullet::::- b "thinking about you"









































bullet::::- us 7" vinyl single









































bullet::::- a "you give good love" – 3:58









































bullet::::- b "greatest love of all" – 4:55









































section::::credits and personnel.
you give good love