The music video for " You Give Good Love " was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and produced by Karen Bellone , featured an off-duty cameraman entering a club that 's being refurbished . Houston is on the stage rehearsing for a performance . Taken aback by her impressive singing , the man begins filming Houston as she performs . '' TIME '' commented that the video " tells the story of a romance with a cameraman ― and , more tellingly , with his adoring camera . " Liam Lacey of '' The Globe and Mail '' , in an interview with Houston , called it " the blatantly erotic video " and added " Houston and a photographer have a suggestive encounter ( the photographer with his zoom lens , the singer with her microphone ) . " As a solo artist , Houston first promoted " You Give Good Love " alongside other tunes from her debut album '' Whitney Houston '' in the shows , arranged by Clive Davis for music critics to see Houston perform , at Sweetwater 's club in New York , the place where Cissy Houston had been bringing Whitney along , on February 12 – 16 , 1985 . She also performed the song on '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson '' on April 5 , 1985 , which was her first National TV appearance since '' The Merv Griffin Show '' in 1983 . This performance was included in the 2014 CD/DVD release , '' Whitney Houston Live : Her Greatest Performances '' . Houston lip-synced to the album version of the song on the syndicated TV special " The 1985 R&B Countdown " which aired on December 31 , 1985 . She delivered a performance of " You Give Good Love " on the 1st Soul Train Music Awards , where Houston was nominated for two categories , at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on March 23 , 1987 . The performance is found in the bonus DVD featured on '' Whitney Houston : The Deluxe Anniversary Edition '' , remastered to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its original release
1st Soul Train Music Awards
1987 Soul Train Music Awards
You Give Good Love