Whitney Houston - How Will I Know Lyrics

Whitney Houston Lyrics

"How Will I Know"

There's a boy I know, he's the one I dream of
Looks into my eyes, takes me to the clouds above
Ooh, I lose control, can't seem to get enough
When I wake from dreaming, tell me, is it really love?

Ooh, how will I know? (Don't trust your feelings)
How will I know?
How will I know? (Love can be deceiving)
How will I know?

How will I know if he really loves me?
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me?
I try to phone, but I'm too shy (Can't speak)
Falling in love is so bittersweet
This love is strong, why do I feel weak?

Oh, wake me, I'm shaking
Wish I had you near me now
Said there's no mistakin'
What I feel is really love
Ooh, tell me

How will I know? (Don't trust your feelings)
How will I know?
How will I know? (Love can be deceiving)
How will I know?

How will I know if he really loves me?
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me?
I try to phone, but I'm too shy (Can't speak)
Falling in love is so bittersweet
This love is strong, why do I feel weak?

If he loves me
If he loves me not
If he loves me
If he loves me not
If he loves me
If he loves me not
Oh, how will I know?
How will I know?
How will I know?
Hey, how will I know?

How will I know if he really loves me?
I say a prayer with every heart beat
I fall in love whenever we meet
I'm asking you what you know about these things
How will I know if he's thinking of me?
I try to phone, but I'm too shy (Can't speak)
Falling in love is so bittersweet
This love is strong, why do I feel weak?

How will I know? (How will I know?)
How will I know?
How will I know? (I say a prayer)
How will I know? Ooh
How will I know? (I fall in love)
How will I know?
How will I know?
I'm asking you

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Thanks to Max Hale, Olivia Persaile for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): George Merrill, George Robert Merrill, Narada Michael Walden, Shannon Rubicam

Narada Michael Walden, the producer of this track, recalled his impression of Whitney Houston when they met during the writing process of this song, "She was just mind-blowing. All that range and power and beauty and sex appeal coming at you with a kind of confidence you've never known before. I said, 'Oh, my Lord, you are really too much.' She said, 'Yeah, I know.' After that a bunch of things came down the pike."

George Merrill, one of the co-writers of "How Will I Know", said about working with Narada Michael Walden on the song, "He had an idea for taking some of the music of the chorus and making a verse out of some of it, and as Shannon [Rubicam] and I heard it, we thought that sounded like a cool idea, and Shannon jumped right in on the lyrics."

Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother, performed the backing vocals on this track.

album: "Whitney Houston" (1985)

Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston album cover

You Give Good Love

Thinking About You

Someone For Me

Saving All My Love For You

Nobody Loves Me Like You Do

How Will I Know

All At Once

Take Good Care Of My Heart

Greatest Love Of All

Hold Me

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