Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)

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"Heartbreak Hotel"
Whitney Houston - Heartbreak Hotel - US Commercial Artwork.png
Artwork for US, Japanese and Australian editions
Single by Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price
from the album My Love Is Your Love
B-side "It's Not Right but It's Okay"
ReleasedDecember 15, 1998 (1998-12-15)
RecordedSeptember 1998 [1]
Genre
Length
  • 4:40 (single and album version)
  • 4:03 (radio and video version)
Label Arista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Soulshock & Karlin
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"When You Believe"
(1998)
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(1998)
"It's Not Right but It's Okay"
(1999)
Faith Evans singles chronology
"Love Like This"
(1998)
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(1998)
"All Night Long"
(1999)

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [19] Platinum1,300,000 [20]

Release history

RegionVersionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States"Heartbreak Hotel"December 15, 1998Radio Arista [76]
Japan"Heartbreak Hotel" / "It's Not Right but It's Okay"February 24, 1999CD [77]
United Kingdom"Heartbreak Hotel"December 18, 2000
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
[78]

See also

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