It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be

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"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be"
Single by Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston
from the album Through the Storm
B-side	"If Ever a Love There Was"
Released	June 10, 1989
Genre	New jack swing[1] dance-pop house
Length	5:37 4:49 (single edit)
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Albert Hammond Diane Warren
Producer(s)	Narada Michael Walden (album version) Gene Griffin, Teddy Riley (remix version)
Aretha Franklin singles chronology
"Through the Storm" (1989) "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (1989) "Gimme Your Love" (1989)
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"I Know Him So Well" (1988) "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be" (1989) "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (1990)
Music video
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"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" is a duet recorded between Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, and appeared on Franklin's 1989 album Through the Storm. The song was released on June 10, 1989, as the second single from the album by Arista Records.

The original album version was written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren and produced by Narada Michael Walden, and the re-mixed version was produced by Teddy Riley. In the US, the single reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the R&B Singles chart. On the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at No. 29.