Album: Sparkle Soundtrack (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • This R.Kelly produced Motown-inspired track is featured on the American musical film, Sparkle, which stars Whitney Houston as a mother of three and Jordin Sparks as one of her daughters. It is a duet between the two stars and finds them singing of celebrating life.
  • This was the very last song Whitney Houston ever recorded before her untimely death at the age of 48.
  • The duo didn't have the chance to record the track together. "I would have loved to be in the studio with her, but with Whitney's schedule it got so crazy [we never] found the time to get together, so we recorded it separately," Sparks told BET. "But it was amazing to be able to go in after she had already finished her part… It was so cool because you could just hear the smile in Whitney's voice when she was singing it."

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