Whitney Houston - How Will I Know? (LIVE! 1986)

[zene1994]

very good point padussia. No matter what,some people will always find something bad to say,no matter what you do.

[pradamizrahi]

whitney aint resting .... that lady is in heaven sannnngin as only she can....... we'll miss u whit

aka nippy

[DetroitLives313]

@pradamizrahi God Bless you!

[TechNoir87]

RIP Whitney, Love you!

[jeffsdomainxbox360]

OH MY GOD! FOR HERE TO HIT THAT NOTE DURING THE BRIDGE!!! LOL AWESOME!

[padussia]

Love you Whitney.

[padussia]

Ok I have a response to those who are saying, "One dies a millions cries. A million dies no one cries." about the death of Whitney Houston. This is so disrespectful. Ten times out of ten, you weren't thinking about the millions who are dying. And when someone did show deep concern about the million dying, you labelled him a child molester, you stripped him of his fame and fortune, you killed his name, you killed him, and is STILL trying to kill his legacy. So what's really the problem?

[thisisitmj]

she had it all, beauty, height, talent, voice... I CANT STOP WATCHING THIS... SO BEAUTIFULLLLL

[sifeholunn]

Whitney tore that place up, no she totally CARVED that place up with her performance!.. I'm gonna miss her so much.

[AustynTheeStar]

UGH!!! this is WAY to amazing! =) ....all the runs are perfect and then she wants to extend it to make me just creep back in my skin full of goosebumps! this is ridiculous. <3 ....i see where Beyonce gets a little inspiration... the hair, and the way she adds a little extra to the song's notes. OH YES!!! hottttttt

[diamonddonut]

there is nothing compared to a confident talented people who perform to the world and show how they can do their job perfectly.

[powerrecluse]

beautiful, talented and full of energy. whitney really was blessed!

[SCWiggy]

@BlackKen2008 So I'm I. I know I saw this video at least 10 times this week. Love me some Whitney!!! R.I.P.

[trojanstate1]

It's painful to watch this because i just started watching in alot just last summer. RIP.

[SandDec]

It is sad to watch these black artists who made 80's theirs like Whitney and Michael loose lives early to drugs or drug related deaths. Then we have artists like Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder who entered music industry in the 60's and still going on strong in personal and/or private lives. RIP Whitney.

[SweetBoiish]

This wasn't lip singing either

[BlackKen2008]

i am OBSESSED with everything about this performance.

[sifeholunn]

Puuurfect!

[SweetBoiish]

I don't see how their calmed I would be cheering loud

[kobetv]

@SweetBoiish Agreed

[SweetBoiish]

A angels voice gone too soon but never forgotten

[pdeb09]

Love this song. What a Diva she was. R.I.P Whitney.

[CODEColt45OwnzYou]

No doubt there have always been great singers just as there has been great music throughout the last century of history but I dont believe anyone as a solo artist has ever quite reached the pinnacle in skill,tone,success and achievment as Whitney Houston.May she rest in Peace.

[MUSiCiSMYS0UL1]

Damn. Whitney had RANGE!

[AndySan]

02:03 - Whitney's epic voice is tearing apart the fabric of space and time!

RIP :(

[PurpleHoneyBear]

This is an example of a great vocal performance. There is very little going on to back her up, and her voice is amplified far above the music. This showcased the magnitude of her talent.

Very few female pop singers were as technically capable as her back in the day.

[daveheel]

when whitney was young and fearless. an unforgettable performance. the riffing was the best part.

[nanalie9]

REST IN PEACE!!!!! IM SHOCKED

[brendan71488]

RIP

[dimplz0315]

this is my favorite performance of hers. her voice was such perfection and a gift from god. she will forever be loved and missed.

[iyamt]

@dimplz0315 Completly agree!! This performance is just AWESOME !!!

[Akosuaification]

R.I.P Whitney! :'(

[steve51704000]

Gone too soon. How can it be?

[jasminepardo]

R.I.P

[bkgangstashawtii]

R.I.P. Whitney!!! I can't believe you're gone!

[DetroitLives313]

Our Princess is gone. God Bless her soul and let's thank him for her as we pray for her family. RIP Whitney...you were the best baby!

[Nick715]

@DetroitLives313 Perfection. R.I.P. Whitney.

[wpbritoo]

OMG é Vdd Ela Morreu ?

Não acredito D:

[BlackKen2008]

Heaven's newest angel. What a voice <3

[crebel223]

RIP to the world's greatest

[awoutersen5]

I got the album for my fifteenth birthday, but after this performance at the AMA and singing the superbowl anthem, I knew no one was going to top this, and never did. I myself even stopped singing for a while. A fan from Holland.

[bethcamiluv27]

CeCe Winnans is my role model, but Whitney Houston is my hero...the woman's voice is just S.P.E.C.T.C.U.L.A.R, how else will my generation learn to sing w/ OUT her?

# Two of the greatest women singers ever(:

[tofelt]

the little white boy on her LEFT, GOT IT! the catatonics on her RIGHT, front row, seem to saying, "i know something about you." i say, THIS performance is magnificent. the 2:40 mark into 2:53 when she HITS that NOTE: OMGGGGGGGGGG.

[DutchHPfan1992]

Her voice..I can't describe it..it's the best ever. It is so great. Can't stop listening to songs of her.

[fayfay29]

She handles a mic just like her cousin Dionne Warwick.

[xryadams91x]

4:02 who?

[MichaelMarshallstar]

@xryadams91x LMAO! You a fool and to answer ya question Idk either!!!!

[Westarist]

her head voice drive me crazyyy!! She's so sweeet!! Love yu girl

[collegeri]

she is so bad ass it's not even funny.

[IAMZAKARY]

The most talented singer I know, she is a legend

[062190]

This was performed in 1986. I was born in 1990 and remember this song being played on the radio throughout my childhood. It's 2011 and I just rediscovered this after it was played on an oldies radio station. Been rockin' out to this for two days now. Live on, Whitney!

[bethcamiluv27]

I luv You-tube VeVO- But where is the non-stop repeat button for the videos that have 100,00 views or more?!!!

[bethcamiluv27]

I love u WHITNEY!!

[giomark]

What a fantastic version of the song. Her arrangement from 2:38 onwards, especially that high note on 2:53, is out of this world. Absolutely love it!

[0rangepool]

goosebumps....................­...

[organicfoodiecutie]

She's a legend no matter what any one says!

[lovinginvain]

this live vision is 100 times better than the original. Love u whitney.

[sblxi]

I wish I could explain the feeling I get when she sings "whenever we meet" because that's the magic of Whitney. It just goes all over me.

[AdamLambertdominates]

There were several  technical diffculties yet Whitney EPICLY SLAYYYYYED from start til end #BOWDOWNTOTHEQUEEN

[bossb510]

my mom has this on tape & i rewind it over & over...can u blame me??? :D

[rlee1976]

She was just so friggin good.... Always been a Whitney fan, but not a major one... now I see what they were all talking about!

[Lishajc95]

looks beautiful and sounds it

[nelsonr1984]

2:53 Kills Me every time an i cant help but smile, and rewind rewind rewind!

[lashundrae]

Thats a bad bitch....and@NicjDee....comple­tely agree....lol!!!

[3117ss]

such confidence...lots of chops!!!!

[DanKanzas]

I say that performances like these kind of divide Carey and Houston away from each other. I just don't see the comparison, apart from singing pop music and hitting high notes they have little to nothing in common. Houston was on spot here, brilliant!

[itzwonderful437]

My favorite singer.

[brightlights456X]

LMAO at 1:50 - 2:04

The cowboy swaying to the music in the bottom right hand corner.

[rodgermourtagh]

Her live versions are always the best!!!! I´m so proud to be her fan.

[greymilton]

Whitney certainly paved the way quite nicely for Mariah and Beyonce!

[ashantimyidol]

@greymilton beyonce is not in this catogory, she is not a great singer..........

[drbayoms]

“The mark of greatness is when everything before you is obsolete, and everything after you bears your mark".

[DetroitLives313]

@drbayoms That is the truth and perfectly describes Ms. Whitney Houston. She should definitely be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I believe she is now eligible. 

[Chromatype]

@DetroitLives313 I don't think Whitney is Rock and Roll, so she doesn't deserve that title.  RUSH however, is one of the great ROCK bands...so you people somehow wanting to have a pop singer in the Rock and Roll hall of fame...where are you getting your oxygen?

[jeibal02]

@Chromatype Because she's black right? Tell that to Tina Turner. 

[OneLOVEOneGOD3000]

@drbayoms Youtube -

They Sold Their Souls For Rock And Roll

[collegeri]

@drbayoms who said that? if it was you-that's pretty good.

[NicJDee]

i mean...i seriously have an orgasm at 2:53 every effing time. the entire 2:38-3:03 is perfect but 2:53 is the sweet spot! YUM! i love u whit!

[DetroitLives313]

@NicJDee You need to quit! hhehehehehe. That was the funniest thing I've heard/read this week. Thank you and thanks for watching. 

[dc3fan2003]

@NicJDee totally agree with u. its even more impressive that she ad libbed that part to perfection!

[frsh6272]

@NicJDee I don't care if I am a month late, you still need yo end whipped for that comment. LOL

[MikaeliaRichardson]

@NicJDee So funny & true! I've been searching "Whitney Houston How Will I Know Live", looking through all the performances just to find this one just so I could have my orgasm at that spot too lol

[dynaco]

@NicJDee Right you are, just amazing. A gifted woman.

[tmjw69]

@NicJDee YES!!!!! at 2:53!! I remember watching this when it aired and I just jumped up out of my seat. God bless Whitney.

[pradamizrahi]

@NicJDee absolutely.....

[MrDTJones1]

never gonna be another like this VOICE.

[brightlights456X]

@MrDTJones1

You got that right.

[MsPietro1999]

Ich bin wegen Sarah hiir <3 aber whitney housten hatte auch sonje geile stimme *-* <3

[oakdaleatwt]

@MarlonskiFan; I thought the same thing. Must be very hard to know you once had the best female voice and now it is gone..it's such a big shame..I am still a fan don't get me wrong but I really wonder how she feels about it and if she is thinking about it a lot.

[rubiosensual]

She is wonder woman

[iHondeux]

Damn!

She is great!!!

[doowopman49]

@MarlonskiFan actually, you actually like the word actually !!! "ACTUALLY". tom d brick,nj.

[loucas87]

Stevie Wonder is loving it!

[janecalvin0609]

holy hair!

[didi1or]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[partonlvr]

She is sooooooo great!! You do notice that even back then when her voice was superb that she didnt try to hit that high note like she did on the album.

[TheMrMarilyn]

@MarlonskiFan Ah highly doubt it love!!Just knowing her the amount ah do makes meh think she could give a fuk about all that nonsense!!And damn straight too!!She's a fukkin legend...wass she got bto worry bout all that crap for...and her legacy and catalogue are hardly "gone with the wind" deeYah!!Ah wish AH had THAT particular 'breeze' down MAH way!!Her performances are indelible...fact...look...look where we're even DISCUSSING this...UNDER ONE OF HER PERFORMANCES!!!!Nuf said...

[8bobthebuilder]

This was music in the 80s...this was music in 1986.. no copy-cat miming clowns!!.

[chadae84]

OMG!!!!!! From 2:30-2:50 I actually get chills everytime I see it!

[jtrobins1]

Whitney is the best!

[Lionsmusic]

Wonder what was going through Madonna's mind that night watching Whitney on stage? They both won that night but Whitney was the one that performed and kicked it.

[TheMrMarilyn]

@Lionsmusic Knowing Madge (an ah do lol) she was prolly thinkin "yeah yeah yeah...but ahv got a snatch an they all fuukin 'want' meee" LMFAO!!Madge has a rather 'high' ego ya know (understatement of the year lol)...but in fact,there was plenty of 'room' for both of them...each doin their own thing...which is exactly as it should be too,ah think...as it gives 'us' more 'choices',and thass a good thing...there's room for everyone (shame lots of em don think like that though!!)

[KyleSevenStars]

She was so FUCKING amazing (Excuse my language) and still is, but right here - right her in 1986 was when I first saw Whitney back on television in London and I was BLOWN AWAY!!! Damn - she gave me chills as soon as she said "He's the one".......WOW!!! She will always be captivating - I do love Mariah, Celine and Aretha, they're all beasts in their own right but Whitney - NO ONE COULD OUT -DO HER PRESCENCE AND POWER. TEAM WHITNEY!

[TheMrMarilyn]

@KyleSevenStars Ooooh...errr...hold on...thass not EXACTLY true ya know!!Whitterz ia/was and always WILL be 'the mutts nuts'...but...this (as you stated yourself) was at the very start of the whole Whitterz 'explosion'...but...she hadn't yet gotten her 'stage presence' down as she absolutely would...DID a lil while after this...but there was Diana Ross...and no'one...and ah mean NO'ONE came even NEAR to Diana's 'presence' (Whitterz used ta go watch DiAnne perform as well)!!An thass a fact!!x

[KyleSevenStars]

@TheMrMarilyn

True, but this was Whit's SIXTH AMERICAN TELEVISED PERFORMANCE in ONLY 3-1/2 MONTHS from when she went #1 with Saving. She did M.Griffin, Tonight show, J.Rivers, D.Letterman & P.Popshow before this...And for her to sing this good in an up-tempo song, when everyone thought she was just a balladeer (who hadn't owned her album) , is GREAT. D.R had terrific prescene, but Whit. seemed more electric vocal wise, cause' vocal styles had changed, so whits prescene was far different. : )

[przezchwilewb]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[Ejai8202]

@ohsooosilky... You said that. You too the exact same words out of my mouth... that bitch muthfukin weeeerked!

[OhSoooSilky]

Man This Bitch just utterly sung the shit outta this Song!!!!! Go Muthafuckin' TEAM WHITNEY

[TheMrMarilyn]

@OhSoooSilky LOlol...yeSSum...tell it like it IS narr lol!!

[gizmoffm]

she was so great back in the days - her voice was so great - and now :(

[OhSoooSilky]

@gizmoffm I beg your pardon? whitney is the greatest!!!

[knownbutunknown]

yall wanna see magic?...fast forward to the 2.40 mark and what a pro wake up the living dead in that place..lo.

[knownbutunknown]

Yall wanna see magic...fast forward to about 2.45..thats how you know a real star when you see her wake them stiff dead people up in the audience...lol

[rubiosensual]

ha sido la mejor de todas , yo aún la quiero mucho aunque ahora no cante como antes

she has been the best of all, I still want her very much although now I do not sing like earlier

[MyRealtalktv]

she could never hit those notes again she lost it just like Aretha did

[tofelt]

from the 2:40 to the 2:53 mark she is MAGNIFICENT. that just for the people in the balcony glance...that note she hits...to that bounce in her step. OMG.

[MyRealtalktv]

LOOK AT HER SKINNY LITTLE LEGS AWW VSO CUTE

[Galacticavatar]

Haha, she forgot the first line of the song: "There's a boy I know".

[TheMrMarilyn]

@Galacticavatar Er...no she did NOT!!!!THe playback fukked up so she had to come in on that line!!

[superviewer]

Listen to the coloring of that voice (:

[vvusa]

anywone know what version is the Song, can i buy the version, because the part from minute 2,41 i´d never lissen

[vvusa]

anywone know what version is the Song, can i buy the version, because the part from minute 2,41 i´d never lissen

[macksboy78]

George Michael clapping at 2;41

[isaiahandillyshow]

2 people dont know...i love this songg :))

[higgybaby1]

This is the night I fell in love with Whitney Houston, this performance. Love this.

[GaryYOfficial]

that growl she does at 2:41-2:42 is ridiculous! also, the note at 2:51 gave me chills! this woman is indestructible - a force to be reckoned with. a true talent & utterly and completely in a league of her own - in her prime or not. Even her worst days turn to be golden.

[troynellsantana]

man i dont know another singer alive....jennifer hudson , christina aguilera, celine dion, mariah carey...included who Possess this kind of quality to their voices...its just something about Whitney's Voice....i cant explain it...im really trying lol to put into words what im trying to say.........i guess in a nut shell....i dont know another FEMALE VOCALIST whose voice matches Whitney's in her prime.......

[macksboy78]

@troynellsantana I agree..I think it has something to do with the gospel upbringing that the others you mentioned(minus j-hud)lack

[90loveelybabi]

aah Wants to fInd a man who will share a good time with me

[LADYT281]

OMG I am in tears after watching this. This brings back so many times I wished I could sing like that, but there won't ever be another her. God please bring her back to us, we really need our Whitney Houston.

[grethomory]

love her.  i remember this night...she blew it away and people started to recognize she was going to be a force to reckon with in the industry

[TheMrMarilyn]

Jesus WEPT!!Her voice was cookin this night...the fluidity of that first lil; run...it juss pours out of her like honey foh the ears...she was SO amazing...ugh...ah love mah Whitterz!!!!

[iamkeigivi]

there are no words for her voice!!! its like LOVE!!! her voice gives me LOVE!!! woooooohhh... go Whitney!!!

[TheSimonAlberto]

Muy Bien!! i <3 u W.H.

[Alsaba03]

dammnm now i cant sleep ...too much energy from her voices...it is all about the voice

[Alsaba03]

my god why was born in ke$ha time ....it is actually now that i m listinnig to true a singer

[SocietySecret]

I'm speechless

[Lookdownhereiam]

I LOVE that she's wearing a suit. She's a drug addict but she was a lways a class drug addict. 

[TheDitalianPeninsula]

Very impressive!

[hununuisnoob]

those people there must be so lucky to hear such a good voice. but people now in our era are so dam unlucky -.-

[mjordan552]

Let's see a Taiwanese boy do THAT! 

[anniegoddamnit]

Fantastic! But what is she wearing... :P

[mjordan552]

@anniegoddamnit  She's wearing what everyone wore in the 1980s -- big hair and shoulders you could serve dinner for six on.

[natazer]

i'd be better with a live band. more like really good karaoke

[WONDERTRANNY1]

my queen

[ruthlessin909]

The 1# the only Whitney Houston , Bitchessss!!!! follow that I think not !!! haha.. wow she is just gifted

[pakantotmiss]

love the cowboy hat left and right

[mjordan552]

2:50 to 2:55 says it all. Just a reminder that back in the day her voice could snap you out of coma.

[kingtrapper06]

@mjordan552 I thought I was the only one who liked that part...well...no I didn't!!! LOL!!

[mjordan552]

@mjordan552 LOL! I heard it and all I could say was "Damn!"

[Milleon08]

Relíquiaaa

[EZserenity]

oh wow...i wasnt even born yet :s

its absolutely breathtaking watching her sing in her youth....she had pipes unlike any other, yet she sings so effortlessly! THAT is talent! and when you hit your high note singing live, no one can question or doubt it! love love love it!

[misszest2502]

Awesome

[jspankin]

Who was the blithering idiot that gave this a dislike?

[DetroitLives313]

@jspankin His name is jwcluckie on here that did that.

[TheGemini90]

@DetroitLives313 YES! Call him out.

[sorafsfd]

@jspankin it was Mariah Carey

[gaylolful]

@sorafsfd lol no it wasn't

[OlyviaStaples]

@jspankin how can you NOT LIKE THIS??? IDIOT

[jspankin]

@OlyviaStaples I ask who was the blithering idiot that gave this a dislike? i didn't i disliked it, please read carefully. YOU ARE THE IDIOT.

[DetroitLives313]

@jspankin The idiot that gave this clip a dislike is JWCluckie, a die-hard Diana Ross fan.

[OlyviaStaples]

@jspankin I know, i wasnt talking about you, i was talking about the person who disliked it :)

[SamSnuffle]

@jspankin Bobbie Brown? :P

[knownbutunknown]

@jspankin You know there is always gonna be one or two haters who not only dislike whitney, but they really dislike themselves. On the bright note, there are 196 lovers than 2 haters...lol. I would take them odds anyday!