My Love Is Your Love

In the late 1990s, Whitney Houston had spent nearly eight years without releasing a full-length studio album, her last being 1990's I'm Your Baby Tonight. After wrapping a brief ten-date European tour, she began recording new material aimed at R&B and hip-hop audiences. Arista Records CEO Clive Davis reached out to Wyclef Jean, who was then on tour promoting his album Wyclef Jean Presents The Carnival, to write a song for her. Jean and his cousin Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis developed the beat on Jean's tour bus, which was equipped with a recording studio, and Jean sent a demo of the finished "My Love Is Your Love" to Davis before Houston agreed to record it.

The session took place at The Hit Factory in Manhattan, and Jean admitted he had never met Houston beforehand and worried whether she would connect with the material. She reportedly lit up the room on arrival, and her five-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina was present, adding her voice to encourage her mother during the song. At one point Jean stopped the recording, thinking Houston had sung a note flat, only for her to explain she had bent it intentionally. Her husband Bobby Brown, Robbie Pardlo and Ryan Toby supplied background vocals, alongside the Family Friends Community Choir.

Released on May 31, 1999 as the album's fourth single, the reggae and R&B fusion track interpolates the Meters' 1970 song "Handclapping Song" and sold 10 million units worldwide. A dance remix by Jonathan Peters gave Houston a number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Play chart, and a live version later appeared on the 2014 release Whitney Houston Live: Her Greatest Performances.