The Ultimate Collection
Greatest hits album by
Whitney Houston
ReleasedOctober 29, 2007 (UK)
Recorded1984–2000
Genre
LabelArista
Producer
Whitney Houston chronology
One Wish: The Holiday Album
(2003) 		The Ultimate Collection
(2007) 		I Look to You
(2009)

The Ultimate Collection is a Whitney Houston greatest hits collection, released on October 29, 2007.[1] In Brazil, the album was released as Whitney Houston – The Best So Far. In 2011, it was reissued as All Time Best - Reclam Musik Edition in Germany and Switzerland.

Unlike the North American edition of her previous singles compilation, Whitney: The Greatest Hits, the upbeat and dance-oriented songs — with the exception of "I'm Your Baby Tonight" — are not remixed and contain the original version of those songs (although a few of the songs appear here as their radio / single edits). The Ultimate Collection was not released in North American territories.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Digital Spy[3]

Track listing

Album

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."I Will Always Love You" (Edit)Dolly PartonDavid Foster4:27
2."Saving All My Love for You"
Masser3:45
3."Greatest Love of All"
Masser4:46
4."One Moment in Time"
Narada Michael Walden4:46
5."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Walden4:49
6."How Will I Know"
  • Merrill
  • Rubicam
  • Walden
Walden4:33
7."So Emotional"
Walden4:31
8."When You Believe" (Duet with Mariah Carey)
Babyface4:32
9."Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
Walden4:38
10."I'm Your Baby Tonight" (U.K. Version)
  • Reid
  • Babyface
4:10
11."Didn't We Almost Have It All" (Single Version)
Masser4:35
12."Run to You"
  • Allan Rich
  • Jud Friedman
Foster4:27
13."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"BabyfaceBabyface3:25
14."If I Told You That (Radio Edit)" (Duet with George Michael)
  • Jerkins
  • Michael
4:05
15."I Have Nothing"
Foster4:51
16."I'm Every Woman"
4:39
17."It's Not Right but It's Okay"
  • Jerkins
  • Jerkins III
  • Daniels
  • Isaac Phillips
  • Estes
Jerkins4:40
18."My Love Is Your Love" (Edit)
  • Jean
  • Duplessis
3:56
Total length:76:35

DVD

Music videos
No.TitleLength
1."You Give Good Love" 
2."Saving All My Love for You" 
3."How Will I Know" 
4."Greatest Love of All" 
5."I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 
6."Didn't We Almost Have It All" 
7."So Emotional" 
8."Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 
9."I'm Your Baby Tonight" 
10."All the Man That I Need" 
11."The Star Spangled Banner" (Live at the Super Bowl XXV, January 27, 1991) 
12."I Will Always Love You" 
13."Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" 
14."I Believe in You and Me" 
15."I'm Every Woman" 
16."I Have Nothing" 
17."Run to You" 
18."Queen of the Night" 
19."Step by Step" 
20."Heartbreak Hotel" 
21."My Love Is Your Love" 
22."It's Not Right But It's Okay" 
23."I Learned from the Best" 
Bonus content
No.TitleLength
1."Home" (Live on The Merv Griffin Show, June 23, 1983) 
2."Lover for Life" (The Concert for a New South Africa, November 12, 1994) 
3."One Moment in Time" (Live from the 1989 Grammy Awards) 
4."My Love Is Your Love: The Making of an Album" 
5."My Love Is Your Love" (Live from Mannheim, Germany, August 28, 1999) 
6."Why Does It Hurt So Bad" (Live from the 1996 MTV Movie Awards) 
7."It's Not Right But It's Okay" (from MTV All Access, July 7, 1999) 
8."Interviews with Whitney and Clive Davis" 
9."Behind-the-scenes footage from the Greatest Hits photo shoot" 
10."Song lyrics" 

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

See also

References

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