WHERE DO
BROKEN HEARTS GO
WHITNEY
HOUSTON
SONGWRITERS: CHUCK JACKSON & FRANK N. WILDHOM
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: WHITNEY
LABEL: ARISTA RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1987
Whitney Elizabeth Houston(August 9, 1963 –
February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. She is one of the best-selling
music artists of all time, with sales of over 200
million records worldwide. Houston is also one of the most awarded artists in history.
Known for her powerful and soulful vocals, she has influenced many other
singers. Houston is the only artist to have seven consecutive number-one
singles on the Billboard Hot 100,
from "Saving All My
Love for You" in 1985 to "Where Do
Broken Hearts Go" in 1988.
Houston
began singing in church as a child and became a background vocalist while in
high school. She was one of the first black women to appear on the
cover of Seventeen magazine after becoming a teen model in 1981. With the guidance of Arista Records chairman Clive Davis,
Houston signed to the label at age 19. Her first two studio albums, Whitney
Houston (1985) and Whitney (1987), both
peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 and are among the best-selling
albums of all time. She became the first female
artist to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 with her second studio
album. Houston's third studio album, I'm Your Baby
Tonight (1990), was certified quintuple
platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA).
The album yielded two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: the title track
"I'm Your Baby
Tonight" and "All the Man
That I Need".(…)
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" is the
fourth single from Whitney Houston's second
album, Whitney. The ballad was released on
February 25, 1988. The song was written by Frank Wildhorn and Chuck Jackson and produced by Narada
Michael Walden. Due to Wildhorn's previous
working relationship with Arista Records CEO Clive Davis, he had
been approached about potentially writing for Houston. He contacted Jackson, who came up
with the title, after which Wildhorn completed the music and lyrics for the
song. Smokey Robinson originally wanted to record the song;
however, Wildhorn and Jackson held the song for Houston.
Initially,
Houston did not want to record the song, feeling there was no special message
to convey. In a 2000 interview, Houston reminisced that she "hated the
song". However, Davis believed the song would go to number one if she
recorded it, so she agreed. It indeed became a number one, Houston's seventh
consecutive number-one single in the United States—a record for consecutive
number-one singles that still stands to this day.
Houston
remained perplexed by the song and its lyrics. Wildhorn later recalled that
Houston sent him a letter essentially asking: "Where do broken hearts go? I
have no idea."
I know it's been some
time
But there's something on my mind
You see, I haven't been the same
Since that cold November day
We said we needed space
But all we found was an empty place
And the only things I learned
Is that I need you desperately
So here I am
And can you please tell me, oh
Where do broken
hearts go
Can they find their way home
Back to the open arms
Of a love that's waiting there
And if somebody loves you
Won't they always love you
I look in your eyes
And I know that you still care, for me
I've been around
enough to know
That dreams don't turn to gold
And that there is no easy way
No you just can't run away
And what we have is so much more
Than we ever had before
And no matter how I try
You're always on my mind
So here I am
And can you please tell me, oh
Where do broken
hearts go
Can they find their way home
Back to the open arms
Of a love that's waiting there
And if somebody loves you
Won't they always love you
I look in your eyes
And I know that you still care for me
And now that I am
here with you
I'll never let you go
I look into your eyes
And now I know, now I know
Where do broken
hearts go
Can they find their way home
Back to the open arms
Of a love that's waiting there
And if somebody loves you
Won't they always love you
I look in your eyes
And I know that you still care
Where do broken
hearts go
Can they find their way home
Back to the open arms
Of a love that's waiting there
And if somebody loves you
Won't they always love you
I look in your eyes
And I know that you still care for me, for me
You still care for me.
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