On This Day: June 27, 1987 – I Wanna Dance With Somebody Becomes Number One in America

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On This Day: June 27, 1987 – I Wanna Dance With Somebody Becomes Number One in America.

On this day June 27, 1987, Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The upbeat anthem kicked off a two week stay at the top, holding the number one spot from June 27 through July 10.

The song was a global smash, also hitting number one in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Its infectious energy and powerful...

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