<P> `` Why Does It Hurt So Bad '' by Whitney Houston became the seventh and final single to be released off the album in July , 1996 . Christopher John Farley of the TIME magazine commented `` Houston more than holds her own , particularly on ( this ) , with its masterly balance of pop zip and soulful melancholy . '' At the time the single was issued , Billboard said `` this should have been the follow - up to ' Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) ' '' and added `` she ( Houston ) was positively luminous on this heartbreak ballad . '' On August 3 , 1996 , the single debuted at number sixty and number thirty - four , on the Hot 100 and Hot R&B singles chart , respectively . In a few weeks later , it peaked at number twenty - six on the Hot 100 and number twenty - two on the Hot R&B . Houston performed the song at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards . The track was also included in a medley along with `` I Believe in You and Me '' and `` It Hurts Like Hell '' in her set list on her My Love Is Your Love World Tour in 1999 . </P>
<P> `` Why Does It Hurt So Bad '' by Whitney Houston became the seventh and final single to be released off the album in July , 1996 . Christopher John Farley of the TIME magazine commented `` Houston more than holds her own , particularly on ( this ) , with its masterly balance of pop zip and soulful melancholy . '' At the time the single was issued , Billboard said `` this should have been the follow - up to ' Exhale ( Shoop Shoop ) ' '' and added `` she ( Houston ) was positively luminous on this heartbreak ballad . '' On August 3 , 1996 , the single debuted at number sixty and number thirty - four , on the Hot 100 and Hot R&B singles chart , respectively . In a few weeks later , it peaked at number twenty - six on the Hot 100 and number twenty - two on the Hot R&B . Houston performed the song at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards . The track was also included in a medley along with `` I Believe in You and Me '' and `` It Hurts Like Hell '' in her set list on her My Love Is Your Love World Tour in 1999 . </P>
song at the end of waiting to exhale
song at the end of waiting to exhale
`` Why Does It Hurt So Bad ''
`` Why Does It Hurt So Bad ''