Million Dollar Bill
| "Million Dollar Bill" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Whitney Houston | ||||
| from the album I Look to You | ||||
| A-side | "I Look to You" | |||
| Released | August 18, 2009 | |||
| Studio |
| |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producers |
| |||
| Whitney Houston singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Music video | ||||
| "Million Dollar Bill" on YouTube | ||||
"Million Dollar Bill" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston from her seventh and final studio album, I Look to You (2009). The song was written by Alicia Keys, her husband Kaseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean and Norman Harris, and produced by Keys and Beatz. It was released as the official worldwide lead (second in the US) single from the album on August 18, 2009, through Arista Records in the US and August 24, 2009, through RCA Records in the UK. It is Houston's final single from a studio album, and the last single released in her lifetime before her death in 2012. The song samples R&B singer Loleatta Holloway's "We're Getting Stronger", written by Norman Harris.
Upon its release, it was a moderate pop success in the United States, becoming her second entry from I Look To You on the Billboard Hot 100, and her last entry prior to her death. It became her 31st top 20 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and topped the Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult R&B Songs charts. The song became Houston's comeback hit in Europe, peaking at number five in the United Kingdom and number eight in Ireland, while also appearing on the charts in ten other countries in Europe and reaching the top 20 of the Eurochart Hot 100. It is widely considered to be one of the best songs Houston recorded in her later years, based on multiple lists and compilations.