Live performances I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

houston performing on nothing love world tour, in 2010

houston performed song on of world , regional tours. premiered song during later shows of greatest love world tour in 1986, before official release of next year, introducing song along didn t have new tunes upcoming album. during european promotion new album in april–may 1987, houston performed song on various tv shows such domenica in (italian tv entertainment programme), montreux golden rose rock festival: im&mc gala (may 15, 1987), , top of pops (may 21, 1987), sang live, unlike other performers lip-synced on programme.

moment of truth world tour in 1987-1988 had houston performing finale song of tour. performed song without back-up dancers on north american leg (1987), , 4 dancers on european leg of tour (1988). 2 different performances of song taped in saratoga springs, new york on september 2, 1987 , @ wembley arena in london, united kingdom in may 1988. first broadcast on mtv, during 4th mtv video music awards on september 11, 1987. second taken 1 night of 9 sold-out wembley arena shows, aired on italian tv channel, rai uno s special program in 1988. on march 2, 1988, opened night of 30th annual grammy awards singing song. during european leg of tour, participated in nelson mandela 70th birthday tribute concert , performed song in front of 72,000 people @ wembley stadium on june 11, 1988.

houston performed song part of set on fourteen-date-tour in japan, feels right tour. 1 performance of song on tour taped @ yokohama arena on january 7, 1990 , later broadcast on japanese tv channel. on march 17, sang song live on s friends for: arista records 15th anniversary aids benefit concert, televised on cbs, april 17, 1990. performance included in 2014 cd/dvd release, whitney houston live: greatest performances.

in 1991, opened m baby tonight world tour wanna dance (who loves me). 3 different performances of song taped , broadcast. first in yokohama, japan on march 15 , second in norfolk, virginia, concert titled welcome home heroes, televised live on hbo, march 31 , later released video of same name. third in coruña, spain on september 29, broadcast on spanish tv channel , later featured on select setlist on life, first hourlong tv special, aired on abc, may 6, 1992.

the song performed bodyguard world tour (1993–1994). on tour, 5 different performances of song taped , televised; 4 on south american leg of tour in 1994―brazil, chile, argentina , venezuela―and 1 in johannesburg, south africa, broadcast live via satellite on hbo, november 12, 1994; concert titled concert new south africa. houston performed song @ 25-minute pregame show of 1994 fifa world cup final @ rose bowl in los angeles, broadcast in more 180 countries on july 17, 1994.

wanna dance included in setlist on 2 regional tours, pacific rim tour (1997) , european tour (1998). during 1999 love love world tour, remix version of song performed part of 1980s dance medley along how know. 1 performance of song on tour taped in sopot, poland , broadcast live on polish tv channel tvp1 on august 22, 1999. in 2000, performed song similar version of 99 tour s on arista records 25th anniversary celebration, taped @ shrine auditorium in los angeles on april 10, , broadcast on may 15 on nbc.