"I Learned from the Best" is a 1999 single from American R&B/Pop

Pop music

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 singer Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...

; the fifth and final single

Single (music)

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 from Houston's multi-platinum 1998 album My Love Is Your Love

My Love Is Your Love

My Love Is Your Love is the fourth studio album by American singer Whitney Houston, released worldwide on November 17, 1998. The album, her first studio album in eight years since I'm Your Baby Tonight, was composed of mid-tempo R&B, hip hop, ballads, urban-dance, reggae, and torch songs, produced...

. The ballad became a moderate hit, peaking at number twenty-seven on the US Hot 100. Dance remixes of the song by Hex Hector

Hex Hector

Hex Hector , is an American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for "Best Remixer".-Biography:Hector was born in in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, and was raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan...

 and Junior Vasquez

Junior Vasquez

Junior Vasquez, , is an American club DJ and remixer/producer.-Career:...

 topped the U.S. dance chart for three weeks. (Whitney's record label released the single well after the song had become a smash in the dance clubs, had the song been released before the song became such a huge hit, the song would have charted higher). Houston gained another top 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 with this song, where it peaked at number 19. The song was written by Diane Warren

Diane Warren

Diane Eve Warren , is a US songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, including one win and seven Grammy Award nominations, including one win. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001...

.

Music video

The music video, directed by Kevin Bray, features Houston giving a concert performance of the song to a small intimate audience. It was filmed in Cologne

Cologne

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, Germany

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Formats and track listings

• UK CD 1

1. "I Learned from the Best" (radio edit) – 3:55
2. "I Will Always Love You" (Hex Hector Club Mix) – 9:52
3. "It's Not Right, But It's Okay" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) – 4:26

• UK CD 2 – The Remixes

1. "I Learned from the Best" (album version) – 4:20
2. "I Learned from the Best" (HQ2 Uptempo Radio Mix) – 4:23
3. "I Learned from the Best" (Jr. Vasquez UK Club Mix) – 9:07

• US maxi single

1. "I Learned from the Best" (HQ2 Club Mix) – 10:37
2. "I Learned from the Best" (Junior Vasquez USA Millennium Mix) – 11:37
3. "I Learned from the Best" (HQ2 Dub) – 8:56
4. "I Learned from the Best" (Jr. Vasquez Disco Club Mix) – 9:21

• Note: The Jr. Vasquez Disco mix is unique in that Houston re-recorded her vocals for this version.

Chart positions

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Chart (1999/2000)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... )	18
Spain (AFYVE Singles Chart PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry... )	8

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop Singles	82

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–09)	Position
U.S. Dance/Club Play Songs	24

Chart procession and succession

External links

• I Learned from the Best at Discogs
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