Readers Poll: What is the Best Whitney Houston Song of All Time?

Whitney Houston performs at the World Music Awards in Las Vegas.

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When Whitney Houston died last weekend, she left behind an incredible and highly influential body of work including massive hits such as "I Will Always Love You," "The Greatest Love of All," "How Will I Know," "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and "So Emotional."

Earlier this week, Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield named his 12 favorite Houston hits. Now it's your turn. Our question for you is: What is your favorite Whitney Houston song?

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Song Stories

“Baby Got Back”

Sir Mix-a-Lot | 1992

While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”

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