"We had a lot of R&B-based tunes, we had a few ballads, but we didn't have a pop crossover song. Griffith described his discovery of the song and what he and Clive Davis thought of it: He soon contacted Andrews and the song's two writers and prompted that they should give up the song to him for Houston's debut album. Griffith, who was compiling material for Houston's debut album at the time, felt the song perfectly matched her sound. We had written it with her completely in mind." During this period, Brenda Andrews, at Almo-Irving Music, Merrill and Rubicam's publisher, played the song for Gerry Griffith, the director for R&B music at A&M and Arista Records. "We were pretty upset because we thought it was perfect for her at the time. In an interview with Fred Bronson, Merrill expressed his feelings after learning of Jackson's decision. However, after hearing the song, Jackson's management passed on the song, feeling it was too weak in comparison to her other material. Initially, songwriters George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam had written the song's demo in 1984 for R&B singer Janet Jackson, employed by A&M Records executive, John McClain. "How Will I Know" is also featured as a remix on Houston's compilation album Whitney: The Greatest Hits (2000), whereas the original single version is featured on The Ultimate Collection (2007) and I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston (2012). The song was performed on many of her tours including Greatest Love Tour (1986) and her Nothing but Love World Tour (2009–10). It received two nominations at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards Best Female Video and Best New Artist, winning the former category. The music video gave Houston exposure to the teenagers and MTV. The accompanying music video for "How Will I Know" features scenes of Houston dancing in a setting of video screens and colored partitions. It also reached top 10 positions in Australia, Sweden, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom, and top 20 positions in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland. It became Houston's second number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1986, spending two weeks atop the chart and also became her first chart topper on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles chart. "How Will I Know" received mostly positive reviews from music critics. The lyrics speak about the protagonist trying to discern if a boy she likes will ever like her back.
Houston then recorded the song with altered lyrics and production from Narada Michael Walden. Originally written and composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, the song was originally intended for R&B singer Janet Jackson, but she passed on it. The song was released on November 22, 1985, by Arista Records as the album's third single. " How Will I Know" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for her self-titled debut studio album.
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