Heartbreak Hotel (Whitney Houston song)

"Heartbreak Hotel"
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
Studio
  • Crossway (Mendham, New Jersey)
  • Soulpower (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length
  • 4:40 (single and album version)
  • 4:03 (radio and video version)
LabelArista
Songwriters
ProducerSoulshock & 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)
"Georgy Porgy"
(1999)
Music video
"Heartbreak Hotel" on YouTube

"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. Written for inclusion on TLC's third studio album FanMail, it was later recorded by Houston after TLC rejected the song. The song was written by Carsten Schack, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage, and produced by Soulshock & Karlin. It was released on December 15, 1998, by Arista Records as the second single from Houston's 1998 album My Love Is Your Love. The song prominently features R&B singers Faith Evans and Kelly Price during the choruses and bridge.

The song reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles & Tracks chart on in early 1999. "Heartbreak Hotel" was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was also a hit in several countries worldwide. The song received two nominations at the 2000 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

The video, directed by Kevin Bray, was nominated for Best R&B Video at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. In 2019, the song was listed as one of the 50 best songs of the 1990s by Rolling Stone.