Didn’t We Almost Have It All - Whitney

That's very disappointing. It's even more confusing
since it's been 7 years now since she passed, so it's
not like her passing would be exploited by having the
Deluxe Edition released.

If someone worked on "Didn't We Almost Have It All" to
lessen the distortion, is there any chance to at least
have that version made available as a digital download
(hopefully lossless)? I guess that would have to have
Clive's approval too, but it's not like it would set
them back financially to make it available in that
format.

As for "All At Once", it had quite a bit of Airplay in
my area on the AC Stations and I think I even heard it a
few times on one of our Top 40 stations. Since it was
the B-Side of "Saving All My Love For You", I really am
surprised Billboard didn't list both songs on the chart
as a Double A-Side.

Does anyone know if radio stations jumped on "All at
Once" as a potential follow to the No. 1 success of
"Greatest Love of All" (which was the final single from
the album)? Or, was it just played throughout 1985/1986
despite not being promoted as an A-side?

Bellenger1981 wrote: Does anyone know if radio stations jumped on "All at Once" as a potential follow to the No. 1 success of "Greatest Love of All" (which was the final single from the album)? Or, was it just played throughout 1985/1986 despite not being promoted as an A-side?

I seem to recall it having airplay late in 1985, but I
could be wrong. If it was 1986, I could see why Arista
might have been reluctant to release it, as a year
after "Greatest Love Of All" went to #1, the first
single from her second album was already on the charts
and on its way to #1. Maybe they thought having "All
At Once" as an A-Side would have been overkill.

I also heard All at Once sprinkled intermittedly in various Top 40 markets
during 1986, but never in Power Rotation. It always felt like a local choice, not
a Label directive, and I guess AC just couldn't help themselves, thus the #23
AC peak in Radio & Records. I believe Arista wanted to keep Whitney's Hot
100 #1 streak alive and felt that the song was incapable of quite doing that in
the summer of 1986.

A similar scenario occurred 5 years later when Columbia issued a cease &
desist to various stations who were playing Mariah Carey's "Prisoner" as a
logical follow-up to her first 4 #1 songs. I think Tommy wanted to keep her
streak alive in prep for her Sophomore album later that year.

Bellenger1981 wrote: Such a wealth of information here. Thank you for the responses.

It's nice to see new members here! I'm sure some have "lurked" for years but weren't able to register due to it being suspended. Hopefully the workaround I've posted at the top of the board encourages other long-time lurkers to reach out to me about joining.