Just Whitney (2003) Songwriting Credits — Whitney Houston

Authorship Breakdown 1 / 10 self-written

Who wrote the songs?

Every track is scored by writing credit — whether Whitney Houston carries a lyricist or composer credit.

10%

1 trackwritten by Whitney Houston 9 tracksoutside writers

Whitney Houston's roles on this album

Share of the 10 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.

Lyricist10%

Composer10%

Producer0%

Performer100%

By the Numbers

10

Tracks

40

Lyricists

12

Producers

2003

Released

Just Whitney is the fifth studio album by Whitney Houston, released in December 2003 on Arista Records and produced by Babyface, Jermaine Dupri, Tank, and others, released during a period of significant personal difficulty for Houston, including her widely publicized divorce from Bobby Brown in 2006 (then still ongoing) and a 2002 television interview with Diane Sawyer that generated substantial press coverage about substance use. Houston wrote or co-wrote several tracks; the album's title was interpreted by many observers as a statement of personal and artistic reidentification, returning to 'Whitney' as a simple identity rather than the 'Whitney Houston' commercial construct, though the material on the album does not represent as significant a departure from her established mode as the title might suggest. The album was not accompanied by the promotional infrastructure of her previous major releases; it reached number nine on the Billboard 200 and generated 'One of Those Days' as a minor single. Just Whitney has been certified platinum in the United States and is regarded by critics as a transitional document rather than a peak statement, reflecting the gap between the commercial scale of her career and the personal circumstances of her life during the period. The album's modest commercial performance relative to her earlier work reflected the broader context of her personal life during this period rather than the permanent commercial standing she had built through Whitney Houston, Whitney, and The Bodyguard, a standing that would be demonstrated again by I Look to You (2009) and by the extraordinary streaming numbers that followed her death in February 2012.

Track Listing & Credits 10 tracks

Written by the artist Written by outside writers

#	Title	Lyricist(s)	Composer(s)	Producer(s)	Performers
1	One of Those Days	Kevin BriggsO'Kelly Isley Jr.Rudolph IsleyRonald IsleyErnie IsleyMarvin IsleyChris JasperDwight ReynoldsPatrice Stewart	Kevin BriggsO'Kelly Isley Jr.Rudolph IsleyRonald IsleyErnie IsleyMarvin IsleyChris JasperDwight ReynoldsPatrice Stewart	She'kspere	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
2	Tell Me No	Kenneth EdmondsKandi BurrussHolly LamarAnnie Roboff	Kenneth EdmondsKandi BurrussHolly LamarAnnie Roboff	Babyface	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
3	Things You Say	Charlie BerealKenny BerealMelissa ElliottCharlene KeysNisan StewartEthan Farmer	Charlie BerealKenny BerealMelissa ElliottCharlene KeysNisan StewartEthan Farmer	CKBMissy Elliott	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
4	My Love	Ted BishopGordon ChambersGreg Charley	Ted BishopGordon ChambersGreg Charley	Gordon ChambersTed Bishop	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)Bobby Brown (Vocals)
5	Love That Man	Kenneth EdmondsRob FusariCalvin GainesEritza LauesBill LeeBalewa Muhammad	Kenneth EdmondsRob FusariCalvin GainesEritza LauesBill LeeBalewa Muhammad	BabyfaceRob Fusari	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
6	Try It on My Own	Kenneth EdmondsJason EdmondsCarole Bayer SagerAleese SimmonsNathan Walton	Kenneth EdmondsJason EdmondsCarole Bayer SagerAleese SimmonsNathan Walton	Babyface	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
7	Dear John Letter	Kevin BriggsDwight ReynoldsPatrice Stewart	Kevin BriggsDwight ReynoldsPatrice Stewart	She'kspere	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
8	Unashamed	Darius GoodLuke PaternaStephanie SalzmanTroy Taylor	Darius GoodLuke PaternaStephanie SalzmanTroy Taylor	Troy TaylorThe Formula	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
9	You Light Up My Life	Joe Brooks	Joe Brooks	BabyfaceRickey Minor	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)
10	Whatchulookinat	Whitney HoustonTammie HarrisAndre LewisJerry Muhammad	Whitney HoustonTammie HarrisAndre LewisJerry Muhammad	Bobby BrownJerry Muhammad	Whitney Houston (Lead Vocals)