My Love Is Your Love (song)

Daily Record wrote, "A fantastic return to form and another great single from her latest album of the same name. This once again uses a hip-hop beat to perfectly capture Whitney's soaring vocals.""Chartslot". Daily Record. July 16, 1999. Retrieved 2020-12-01. They also stated that "this is the best track in years from the soul diva.""Chartslot". Daily Record. August 6, 1999. Retrieved 2020-12-01. Entertainment Weekly editor Mark Bautz praised the song, "Wyclef Jean's gorgeous reggae-tinged title song and three funky cuts by Rodney Jerkins showcase the 35-year-old Whitney Houston in all her creative, soulful maturity."{{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,286180,00.html | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | title=Music Review: My Love Is Your Love, by Whitney Houston | date=December 18, 1998 | access-date=August 3, 2013 | archive-date=June 6, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606235107/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,286180,00.html | url-status=dead }} Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield praised the song as a one with some "creative juice"; "on the excellent title track, Wyclef gives Houston the sexiest Bob Marley rip-off he's ever written."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/my-love-is-your-love-19990104|title = My Love is Your Love|magazine = Rolling Stone|date = January 4, 1999}} USA Today editor Rachel D. called this track "a spiritual, reggae-tinged jam from Wyclef Jean."{{cite web |url=http://www.whitney-fan.com/music/reviews/60/325 |title=Houston's 'Love' Stands on Its Own - Whitney Houston Music Reviews | Whitney-Fan.com |access-date=June 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210032715/http://www.whitney-fan.com/music/reviews/60/325 |archive-date=February 10, 2013 }}

"My Love Is Your Love" was released throughout Europe in mid-1999, prior to the United States. Upon release, the song was popular immediately across Europe and became a bigger hit during her European leg of My Love Is Your Love World Tour. On June 27, 1999, the single went straight to its peak position, number two, in the United Kingdom for the week ending date of July 3, 1999.{{cite web | url = https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19990627/7501/ | title = Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive: the week ending date July 3, 1999 | publisher = Official Charts Company | date = July 3, 1999 | access-date = September 25, 2010 }} According to The Official Charts Company, it has sold 525,000 copies there, becoming Britain's 22nd best-selling single of 1999.{{cite web | url = http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/charts/official-uk-countdowns/whitney-houston-official-top-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111016094046/http://www.mtv.co.uk/music/charts/official-uk-countdowns/whitney-houston-official-top-20 | url-status = dead | archive-date = October 16, 2011 | title = The Official UK Countdowns - Whitney Houston Official Top 20 | publisher=MTV Networks | access-date = January 6, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://uktop40.republika.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201999.html |title=UK's best-selling singles of 1999 |publisher=The Official Charts Company |access-date=October 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015012125/http://uktop40.republika.pl/sp%20uk%20best%201999.html |archive-date=October 15, 2008 }} In Germany, it was also very successful. The single entered Media Control Top 100 Singles Chart at number 39, the week dated June 14, 1999, and three weeks later reached a peak of two, spending consecutive 15 weeks within the top 10 on the chart. It was certified Platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipments of 500,000 copies of the single.{{cite certification|region=Germany| access-date = October 7, 2010|title=My Love Is Your Love}} The song also reached the number two in countries such as Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. It went to top five in Belgium (Flanders), Denmark,{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA75 | title = "My Love Is Your Love" on the Danish Singles Chart | magazine = Billboard | date = September 25, 1999 | access-date = October 7, 2010}} and Norway, and reached the top 10 on the singles charts in Belgium, Canada,{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 | title = Hits of the World: Canadian SoundScan Hot 100 Singles Chart, the week ending date of November 6, 1999 | magazine = Billboard | date = November 6, 1999 | access-date = November 18, 2010}} and France. Eventually, the single topped the European Hot 100 Singles Chart for a week, becoming her fourth number one single on the chart and was positioned at number six in the Europe's Top Singles list of 1999.{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA55 | title = "My Love Is Your Love" peak position on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Chart | magazine = Billboard | date = July 10, 1999 | access-date = September 25, 2010}}{{cite magazine | author = Dominic Pride | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&q=whitney%20houston%20my%20love%20is%20your%20love&pg=RA1-PA49|title=Cross-Border Successes Fulfill European Label's Dreams|magazine=Billboard|date=December 25, 1999|access-date = June 7, 2010}} In New Zealand, it peaked at number one for a week, making it Houston's third number-one single in the country after 1987's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and 1992's "I Will Always Love You."

Likewise, "My Love Is Your Love" was a big hit in the United States. The song debuted at number 81 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the issue dated September 4, 1999, without a retail release.{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA112 | title = Billboard Hot 100 chart listing for the week of September 4, 1999 | magazine = Billboard | date = September 4, 1999 | access-date = October 7, 2010}} With its official single in two weeks, it shot up on the chart and reached the top 10 in the next three weeks, the issue date of October 9, 1999, becoming her 22nd Hot 100 top-10 hit.{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102 | title = Billboard Hot 100 chart listing for the week of October 9, 1999 | magazine = Billboard | date = October 9, 1999 | access-date = February 2, 2011}}{{cite magazine | author = Fred Bronson | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=cAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110 | title = Chart Beat: Houston's 'Love' Is 'Our' Love | magazine = Billboard | date = September 25, 1999 | access-date = October 7, 2010}} On January 1, 2000, the single peaked at number four, making her the first artist to have a top-10 hit in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, staying within the top 10 of the chart for 17 weeks.{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=kw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA110 | title = Billboard Hot 100 chart listing for the week of January 8, 2000 | magazine = Billboard | date = January 8, 2000 | access-date = October 7, 2010}} It also reached the number two position on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (formerly "Hot R&B Singles & Tracks"), the issue date of September 25, 1999, spending a total of 29 weeks on the chart, and topped Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, making it Houston's eighth number-one song of the chart.{{cite web | url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/1999-09-25/r-b-hip-hop-songs | title = Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hot Songs chart listing for the week of September 25, 1999 | publisher = Billboard | date = September 25, 1999 | access-date = October 7, 2010}}{{cite magazine | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36 | title = "My Love Is Your Love" on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | magazine = Billboard | date = September 4, 1999 | access-date = September 25, 2010}} The song also reached top 10 on the Billboard Pop Songs,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/Billboard-Airplay/2000/BBAM-2000-12-22.pdf|title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2000|magazine=Billboard|volume=8|issue=51|page=54|date=December 22, 2000|access-date=June 26, 2020}} becoming her final single on the chart. The single was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of 1,000,000 copies on December 14, 1999.{{cite web | url = https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22My+Love+Is+Your+Love%22 | title = RIAA Certification for "My Love Is Your Love" single | publisher = Recording Industry Association of America | date = December 14, 1999 | access-date = July 5, 2010}} According to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold 900,000 copies in the US alone.

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• US 2× 12-inch vinyl single{{cite AV media notes | title = My Love Is Your Love | others = Whitney Houston | date = 1999 | type = US 12" 2× Vinyl Single liner notes | publisher = Arista | location = United States | id = 07822-13729-1}}

:A1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan Peters' Vocal Mix) ― 13:46

:B1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Thunderpuss 2000 Severe Dub) ― 8:31

:B2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Album Version) ― 4:24

:C1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Thunderpuss 2000 Club Mix) ― 8:28

:C2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Album Version) (Instrumental) ― 4:24

:D1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Wyclef Remix) ― 4:10

:D2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Salaam Remix) ― 4:11

• US maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes | title = My Love Is Your Love | others = Whitney Houston | date = 1999 | type = US Maxi-CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = United States | id = 07822-13729-2}}

1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Wyclef Remix) ― 4:10
2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Salaam Remix) ― 4:11
3. "My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan Peters' Radio Mix) ― 4:30
4. "My Love Is Your Love" (Thunderpuss 2000 Radio Mix) ― 4:11
5. "My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan Peters' Vocal Club Mix) ― 13:46
6. "My Love Is Your Love" (Thunderpuss 2000 Club Mix) ― 8:28
7. "My Love Is Your Love" (Thunderpuss 2000 Severe Dub) ― 8:31
8. "It's Not Right But It's Okay" (KCC's Release The Love Groove Mix) ― 7:05

• Australian maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes | title = My Love Is Your Love | others = Whitney Houston | date = 1999 | type = AUS Maxi-CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = Australia | id = 74321 70193 2}}

1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Album Version) ― 4:22
2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Wyclef Remix) ― 4:19
3. "It's Not Right But It's Okay" (KCC's Release The Love Groove Bootleg Mix) ― 7:03
4. "My Love Is Your Love" (Thunderpuss 2000 Club Mix) ― 8:30
5. "My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan Peters' Vocal Club Mix) ― 13:48

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• European maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes | title = My Love Is Your Love | others = Whitney Houston | date = 1999 | type = EU Maxi-CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = Europe | id = 74321 67088 2}}

1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Radio Edit) ― 4:03
2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Wyclef Mix) ― 4:23
3. "My Love Is Your Love" (Salaam Remi Remix) ― 4:12
4. "It's Not Right But It's Okay" (KCC's Release The Love Groove Bootleg Mix) ― 7:04

• European maxi-CD single (The Remixes){{cite AV media notes | title = My Love Is Your Love | others = Whitney Houston | date = 1999 | type = EU Maxi-CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = Europe | id = 74321 70063 2}}

1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Radio Edit) ― 4:04
2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Wyclef Mix Feat. Dyme) ― 4:22
3. "My Love Is Your Love" (Jonathan Peters Tight Mix) ― 8:23
4. "My Love Is Your Love" (Thunderpuss Radio Mix) ― 4:11
5. "My Love Is Your Love" (Marvel & Eily South Side Mix) ― 7:14

• European CD single{{cite AV media notes | title = My Love Is Your Love | others = Whitney Houston | date = 1999 | type = EU CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = Europe | id = 74321 67089 2}}

1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Radio Edit) ― 4:03
2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Wyclef Mix) ― 4:23

• UK CD single{{cite AV media notes | title = My Love Is Your Love | others = Whitney Houston | date = 1999 | type = UK CD Single liner notes | publisher = Arista Records | location = United Kingdom | id = 74321 67286 2}}

1. "My Love Is Your Love" (Radio Edit) ― 4:03
2. "My Love Is Your Love" (Wyclef Mix) ― 4:23
3. "My Love Is Your Love" (Marvel & Eily Vocal Mix) ― 7:14

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;CreditsMy Love Is Your Love album booklet

• Written and produced by W. Jean, J. Duplessis
• Lead and background vocals: Whitney Houston
• Choir: Eric Cherry's Family And Friends
• Additional vocals: Robby Pardlo, Ryan Toby

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;Recording and mixing

• Recorded and mixed by Rickie St. Hilaire at The Hit Factory

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• List of European number-one hits of 1999
• List of number-one singles in 1999 (New Zealand)
• List of number-one dance singles of 1999 (U.S.)
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1999
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2000
• Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1999
• Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2000

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