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"Didn't We Almost Have It All" is the second single from Whitney Houston's second album Whitney. The song was released in August 1987. It was written by Michael Masser and Will Jennings. The song starts out with a keyboard melody played by the session musician Robbie Buchanan. The keyboard melody is repeated throughout the song as the thick orchestral background swells.

The video for "Didn't We Almost Have It All" is not really a music video, but a live performance of the song recorded during Houston's 1987–1988 "Moment of Truth" tour.

Chart performance

"Didn't We Almost Have It All" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, from September 26 to October 9 1987. The song also topped both component charts, the Hot 100 Single Sales and Hot 100 Airplay, Houston's fourth song (and fourth consecutive release) to do so.

The single stayed in the Top 40 for thirteen weeks, and topped the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts for three weeks.

Internationally, the single did not fare nearly as well as its predecessor, not even making the top ten in most markets, reaching fourteen in the United Kingdom, twenty-seven in Australia, twenty in Germany, and eighteen in Switzerland. It also broke Houston's string of hits, as it became her first song not to receive gold or platinum certification.

"Didn't We Almost Have It All" was ranked twenty-second on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end charts (1987), and remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for seventeen weeks. It was her fifth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, her fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales, her fourth on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, and her fifth on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts.

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