A new Whitney Houston duet? How Calum Scott made ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ with the late star
September 11, 2025
A new Whitney Houston song has arrived 13 years after her death. On Thursday, English singer Calum Scott released a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).” It was only possible with the approval of a few parties. Whitney’s sister-in-law and the executor of her estate Pat Houston and copyright holder Primary Wave were all on board. Scott even got approval from the 1987 hit’s original songwriters, George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam. Unlike the up-tempo original, Scott and Houston’s new song is slow. It highlights the yearning in the song’s lyrics.