Whitney Houston – Didn’t We Almost Have It All

“Didn’t We Almost Have It All” – Single by Whitney Houston from the album Whitney
B-side:”Shock Me” (Special Collector’s Bonus Cut)
Released in July 1987.
Songwriters: Michael Masser and Will Jennings
Charted No.1 in US and No.14 in UK

This was the fifth of seven consecutive US #1 hits for Houston, whose career was being guided by Clive Davis at Arista Records. Davis had quite a knack for finding songs that would be successful for Houston, and enlisted Masser to write for her. He had written the hit ballads “Touch Me In The Morning” (for Diana Ross) and “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love” (for Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson) and also wrote Houston’s hits “The Greatest Love Of All” and “Saving All My Love For You.”

“Didn’t We Almost Have It All” was ranked 22nd on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end charts (1987), and remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for 17 weeks. It was her fifth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100, her fourth on the Hot 100 Singles Sales chart, her fourth on the Hot 100 Airplay, and her fifth on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 2020, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of 500,000 equivalent units. Three years later, it was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry for sales of 200,000 equivalent units.

Lyrics:
Didn’t we almost have it all
When love was all we had worth giving?
The ride with you was worth the fall my friend
Loving you makes life worth living
Didn’t we almost have it all?
The night we hold on ’til the morning
You know you’ll never love that way again
Didn’t we almost have it all?

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