"I Look to You" is the name of a song by United States singer Whitney Houston.
It was used as a single on the album "I Look to You", which was album number seven for Houston. This pop song had influences of soul and R&B into it and has a length of 4 minutes and 26 seconds. It was released on the 23rd of July, year 2009 for the Arista Records label. It was made available as a digital download, as well as a CD single.
It has been recorded in the year of 2009 and written by Robert Kelly. The production team included Emanuel Kiriakou, Tricky Stewart and Harvey Mason, Jr.
"I Look to You" was single number one for the United States release and was put on radio airplay soon, on the 27th of July. On the 30th of July it managed to reach position nineteenth on the US Billboard Hot R&B / Hip-Hop charts. In order to promote it, Whitney Houston played it live on the "Good Morning America" TV show on the first of September, 2009.
It was also played by her for the TV network "Wetten, dass..?", a German network which furthered the fame of the song worldwide. At the BET Celebration of Gospel, it was also performed live by Houston, alongside the gospel choir and Kim Burrell. It was one of the best performances of the gala.
"I Look to You" was covered in several occasions. First, in episode number two of the TV show "Glee". It was performed by Amber Riley and this version started off at rank 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, on the 23rd of October, year 2010. In 2012, on the 18th of February, R. Kelly played the song for the funeral of Whitney Houston, at the New Hope Baptist Church.
The location was New Jersey, Newark. The entire ceremony was played worldwide on television. Singer Selah also created his own version, which was included on his album number four, titled "Hope of the Broken World". The album came out in 2011. Joe McElderry also used it on his album number four, called "Here’s What I Believe".
The UK digital single and EP versions include remixes by Giuseppe D., Johnny Vicious, ChristianDio. It managed to chart moderately well worldwide as well, hitting top 20 in Switzerland and on the US Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs charts. It also reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs charts.
Enjoy and download the R&B piano sheets for "I Look to You" by Whitney Houston.
