Whitney Houston, You’re Still My Man | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 161st edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “You’re Still My Man” by Whitney Houston.   

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 161^st edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2024), we recollect and reflect on “You’re Still My Man” performed by Whitney Houston.

“On the day that you left me / You said no regrets / There’s a bond between us / That hasn’t been broken yet.” Those matters of the heart always fuel the fire for a wonderful musical selection. Once-in-a-lifetime vocalist Whitney Houston sang the wonderful  “You’re Still My Man” on her 1987 tour de force, Whitney. The soaring ballad is the eighth track from the Grammy-nominated LP (“I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” won a Grammy, FYI).  “You’re Still My Man” was written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. Houston wasn’t a songwriter, but could she bring any song to life at her best.  She thrives on this ambitious, big, and beautiful ballad.

“You’re Still My Man” wasn’t one of the 40 songs that Houston charted on the Billboard Hot 100.  It is, however, a solid album track from Whitney that deserves even more love.  Broken up from ‘her man,’ per Houston, and the unforgettable chorus, “You’re still my man / Nothing can change it / We still be long together.” Ooh-wee! She goes on to add, “Our love will last forever.” With a second verse continuing to tout their bond and a bridge where she vows, “I’ll wait for you / The thought that keeps me going each day / Is to believe you still love me,” her bread is its most buttery in the final choruses.  Here, Whitney navigates some epic key changes, showcasing the power and versatility of her pipes.  The ad-libs are epic.  Listening, I’m in sheer awe that someone possessed the ability to sing so celestially and perfectly.  Rightfully, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”, “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”, “So Emotional”, and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” get ample praise from Whitney.  However, “You’re Still My Man” deserves its flowers too.

Whitney Houston // Whitney // Arista // 1987

Whitney Houston, You’re Still My Man: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 161 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Arista; OpenClipart-Vectors, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Speedy McVroom from Pixabay]