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How Will I Know

song written and composed by George Merrill, Shannon Rubicam and Narada Michael Walden, originally recorded by Whitney Houston and released in 1985
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How Will I Know

Summary

How Will I Know is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (800 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How Will I Know's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • How Will I Know's composer is recorded as George Merrill[4].
  • How Will I Know's composer is recorded as Shannon Rubicam[5].
  • How Will I Know's composer is recorded as Narada Michael Walden[6].
  • How Will I Know's genre is popular music[7].
  • How Will I Know was performed by Whitney Houston[8].
  • How Will I Know's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • How Will I Know was published on November 1985[10].
  • How Will I Know's lyricist is recorded as George Merrill[11].
  • How Will I Know's lyricist is recorded as Shannon Rubicam[12].
  • How Will I Know's lyricist is recorded as Narada Michael Walden[13].
  • How Will I Know's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How Will I Know'}[14].
  • How Will I Know's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 81852e6b-27cd-48da-b150-a979aef0fa57[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

How Will I Know was performed by Whitney Houston[8].

Publication

How Will I Know was released on November 1985[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is popular music[7].

Why It Matters

How Will I Know ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (800 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Whitney Houston

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Whitney Houston
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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