Whitney Houston’s ‘If I Told You That’ With George Michael Was Originally Intended to be a Michael Jackson Duet

As with many iconic songs, there’s quite the story behind Whitney Houston and George Michael‘s 2000 jam ‘If I Told You That.’

During an appearance on the We Sound Crazy Podcast, hitmaker Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins shared an interesting fact about the track – and it relates to Michael Jackson.

Full story below…

Reflecting on the creation of the song (which was originally housed on Houston’s 1998 album ‘My Love Is Your Love’), Jerkins shared that the duet version that arrived two years later was originally conceived and demoed as a duet between the songbird and the King of Pop.

The prolific producer was notably working on both Houston and MJ’s projects at the time.

Check out what he said:

Legendary Rodney jerkins talks Whitney houston #rodneyjerkins #whitneyhouston pic.twitter.com/g5O3yrJYAU

— whit (@legendofNippy) July 14, 2023

Oh, what could have been! Still, we’re all sorts of enamored with the Nippy and George incarnation of the cut.

Check out the full episode…

…and relive this iconic bop below: