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

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{{Infobox song

| name = It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be

| cover = Aretha Franklin ItIsnt It Wasnt.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston

| album = Through the Storm

| B-side = If Ever a Love There Was

| released = June 10, 1989

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• New jack swing{{cite magazine|title= Single Reviews |date= June 24, 1989 |magazine= Billboard |page= 85 |url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-soul.pdf |access-date= August 9, 2016}}{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2024/11/how-aretha-franklin-brought-gospel-and-soul-to-pop|title=Say a Little Prayer Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date=November 15, 2024|access-date=February 17, 2025}}

| length =

• 5:37
• 4:49 (single edit)

| label = Arista

| writer =

• Albert Hammond
• Diane Warren

| producer =

• Narada Michael Walden (album version)
• Gene Griffin, Teddy Riley (remix version)

| chronology = Aretha Franklin

| prev_title = Through the Storm

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Gimme Your Love

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Whitney Houston

| type = single

| prev_title = I Know Him So Well

| prev_year = 1988

| title = It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Ever Gonna Be

| year = 1989

| next_title = I'm Your Baby Tonight

| next_year = 1990

}}

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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.