Saving All My Love for You Kelley L. Carter of MTV also listed the track on their "Whitney Houston's Top 10 Songs", complimenting the singer for taking an already-recorded song and giving it new life." 'On "The New York Daily News"'s "The 100 Greatest Love Songs", "Saving All My Love for You" was placed at number 79. The song was also on "The Telegraph",s "The 50 Best Love Songs of the 80's", with the authors wrote that, "The song that launched Whitney, invented a newly minted variety of globe-storming soul diva", picking the line, "Though I try to resist, being last on your list/But no other
If You Had My Love performed a striptease in which she had "If You Had My Love" woven in with her song "Girls". She described the performance as burlesque-esque. "If You Had My Love" serves at the opening number in her Las Vegas residency, , which commenced in 2016. The performance was preceded by an "ethereal, fairy-tale overture," where female dancers in showgirl costumes were suspended above the stage. Lopez wore a crystal-encrusted sparkly bodysuit and a white feathered robe. "The Guardian" writer Eve Barlow called it a "dazzling opening." The song was also incorporated into the striptease segment later in the show, where she