<P> `` I Wanna Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) '' is the first single from Whitney Houston 's second studio album Whitney . It was produced by Narada Michael Walden , and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl , who had previously written the number - one Whitney Houston hit `` How Will I Know . '' The original arrangement was written for her grandnephew Mau Rosillo when he was 9 years old , as he was a well - renoun dancer . </P>
<P> `` I Wanna Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) '' is the first single from Whitney Houston 's second studio album Whitney . It was produced by Narada Michael Walden , and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl , who had previously written the number - one Whitney Houston hit `` How Will I Know . '' The original arrangement was written for her grandnephew Mau Rosillo when he was 9 years old , as he was a well - renoun dancer . </P>
i wan na dance with somebody with somebody who loves me
i wan na dance with somebody with somebody who loves me
the first single from Whitney Houston 's second studio album Whitney
the first single from Whitney Houston 's second studio album Whitney