The music video for the song directed by Karen Bellone, shows Houston performing at a club and a photographer focusing his camera on her. Houston performed the song on various TV shows and awards ceremonies such as "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "The 1985 R&B Countdown" and The 1st Soul Train Music Awards of 1987, as well as on her first three tours and select dates of The Bodyguard World Tour (1993–94) and My Love Is Your Love World Tour (1999). "You Give Good Love" is also featured on three of Houston's compilation albums, "" (2000), "Love, Whitney" (2001) and "The Essential Whitney Houston" (2011).