I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

Album: Whitney (1987)
Charted: 1 1
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  • Clock strikes upon the hour
    And the sun begins to fade
    Still enough time to figure out
    How to chase my blues away
    I've done alright up 'til now
    It's the light of day that shows me how
    And when the night falls, loneliness calls

    Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
    I wanna feel the heat with somebody
    Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
    With somebody who loves me
    Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
    I wanna feel the heat with somebody
    Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
    With somebody who loves me

    I've been in love and lost my senses
    Spinning through the town
    Sooner or later, the fever ends
    And I wind up feeling down
    I need a man who'll take a chance
    On a love that burns hot enough to last
    So when the night falls
    My lonely heart calls

    Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
    I wanna feel the heat with somebody
    Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
    With somebody who loves me
    Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
    I wanna feel the heat
    Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
    With somebody who loves me

    Somebody ooh, somebody, ooh
    Somebody who loves me yeah
    Somebody ooh, somebody, ooh
    To hold me in his arms, oh
    I need a man who'll take a chance
    On a love that burns hot enough to last
    So when the night falls
    My lonely heart calls

    Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
    I wanna feel the heat with somebody
    Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
    With somebody who loves me
    Oh, I wanna dance with somebody
    I wanna feel the heat with somebody
    Yeah, I wanna dance with somebody
    With somebody who loves me

    Ooh-hoo (dance)
    C'mon baby (dance)
    Ooh, yeah (dance)
    Now get with this
    Whoa-oh (dance)

    Don'tcha wanna dance (dance) with me baby?
    Don'tcha wanna dance (dance) with me boy?
    Hey, don'tcha wanna dance (dance) with me baby?
    With somebody who loves me

    Don'tcha wanna dance? Say you wanna dance
    Don'tcha wanna dance?
    Don'tcha wanna dance? Say you wanna dance
    Don'tcha wanna dance? (Dance)
    Don'tcha wanna dance? Say you wanna dance, uh-huh (dance)
    With somebody who loves me

    (Dance)
    (Dance)
    (Dance) Hey baby Writer/s: George Robert Merrill, Shannon Rubicam
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Matteo M. from Saratoga Springs,nyGeorge and Shannon probably are referring to their TEAC 3340 4 track Recorder.
  • Ruby from Western Australia Love you Whitney
  • Sony from Bangalore, IndiaI love this song..miss you Whitney..she looks so cute and fresh in this video and so full of herself..RIP angel
  • Esskayess from Dallas, TxOne of her best and easily her most 'fun.' I would have liked to heard Merrill and Rubicam cover it, though. They sounded great together.
  • Matt from Dalton, PaAnnabelle,

    The voices singing "Dance!" at the end of the song following Houston's high notes are Jim Gilstrap and Kevin Dorsey. They were the only male backup vocalists on the song. All of the other background vocals (during the choruses) were performed by Houston, Myrna Matthews, Kitty Beethoven, and Jennifer Hall.
  • Caitlin from Upper Township, NjLike the song. it reminds me of girls just wanna have fun by cydni lauper
  • Annabelle from Eugene, OrIn the end of the song, when Whitney sings those high notes, after those bursts of high notes, there's a bunch of bass voices that say, "Dance!". Who are those guys?
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