Saving All My Love for You
Saving All My Love for You is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin. It became known in 1985 by Whitney Houston. The Soul / R & B -heavy ballad is about an affair of a married man.
History
This song, which was also produced by Michael Masser, is the re-recording of the duet by Marilyn McCoo feat. Billy Davis, Jr. in 1978, which was only moderately successful in contrast to Whitney Houston cover in the United States. Saving All My Love for You was released in the version of Whitney Houston worldwide on 29 August 1985. It was a number -one hit in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and Australia. In addition to the great success on the Billboard Hot 100, the song also reached the top of the AC and the R & B charts. Houston won for the song at the Grammy Awards in 1986 her first Grammy ( in the category " Best Female Vocal Performance ").
The song is a total of 3:48 minutes in the version of 1985 and was released as the third single from the recorded in the Sigma Sound Studios album Whitney Houston. The B-side includes with Nobody Loves Me Like You a duet of her and Jermaine Jackson; it is a cover version of the song by Anne Murray feat. Dave Loggins of 1984.
The song was quickly taken up by jazz musicians and is now part of the Real Book.
In the episode of The Simpsons Wife Swap some participants sang the song at a karaoke reality show, when the Simpsons visited the Fox Studios.
Music Video
In the music video Stuart Orme directed. It was filmed in London. In the plot Houston offers the song in a recording studio dar.