It's Not Right but It's Okay

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"It's Not Right but It's Okay"
Single by Whitney Houston
from the album My Love Is Your Love
A-side"Heartbreak Hotel"
B-side"Get It Back"
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)[1]
RecordedAugust 1998
Genre
Length
  • 4:52 (album version)
  • 4:22 (radio and video version)
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Darkchild
Whitney Houston singles chronology
"Heartbreak Hotel"
(1998) 		"It's Not Right but It's Okay"
(1999) 		"My Love Is Your Love"
(1999)
Music video
"It's Not Right but It's Okay" on
YouTube

"It's Not Right but It's Okay" is the third single from American singer

Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for this song. In 2003, Q Magazine ranked "It's Not Right but It's Okay" at number 638 in their list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".[3] In 2019, Billboard listed it as one of the Greatest Songs of 1999.[4] In 2022, the Thunderpuss club mix was listed in the list of the 200 greatest dance songs of all time on Rolling Stone.[5]
The single reached number one in Spain and the top five in Canada, Iceland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Release

The original Rodney Jerkins production was released, but mainstream radio airplay and sales were given for the Thunderpuss Remix. The remixed version was released on Houston's 2000 Whitney: The Greatest Hits collection, and the original album version appears on 2007's The Ultimate Collection.

The Johnny Vicious remixes were included on the domestic CD maxi-single of "Heartbreak Hotel" as well as the on the import single and are currently available as iTunes downloads. The KCC remix was included on the US version of the "My Love Is Your Love" maxi-single and is also available as an iTunes download. Rodney Jerkins' remixes are the closest to the album version; Club 69 (Peter Rauhofer) also remixed the track for play in the UK. In the US, when it was released as a stand-alone single, the versions that appear are the Rodney Jerkins, Thunderpuss, and Club 69 remixes. There is also a ballad version, entitled "Smooth Mix".

Composition

"It's Not Right but It's Okay" is a R&B and neo soul song.[6] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, it is written in the key of C minor with a tempo of 130 beats per minute. Houston's vocals span from G3 to A♭5 in the song.[7]

Critical reception

Bill Lamb from

R&B - we just reckon you deserve better songs. Still, as a chart cert this'll do nicely, it's not great but it's okay."[11] Matt Stopera and Brian Galindo from BuzzFeed noted on the Thunderpuss Remix, that "aside from being a essential gay dance floor classic, this track proves how a good remix can elevate a song from good to ICONIC."[12] Daily Record stated, "Soul diva Whitney sounds streetwise with her biggest single since I Will Always Love You."[13]

Chart performance

It became the album's third single, peaking at number four on the US

United Kingdom
— in March 1999, where it stayed in the chart for 15 weeks, becoming a hugely popular radio hit in the country. And in Spain it peaked at No. 1.

Music video

The music video was directed by Kevin Bray.

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[57] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Version Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref(s).
Sweden "It's Not Right but It's Okay" February 15, 1999 CD
[1]
United Kingdom February 22, 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
 [58]
Japan "Heartbreak Hotel" / "It's Not Right but It's Okay" February 24, 1999 CD Arista [59]
United States "It's Not Right but It's Okay" April 19, 1999
[60][61]
May 25, 1999
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [57]

Cover versions

The song was covered by

CHVRCHES
. The song was heavily sampled in Mak & Pasteman's "It Ain't Right" and Shane Codd's "Rather Be Alone".

See also

References

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