"Love That Man" is a song by American R&B-pop singer

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. It was written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds,

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, Calvin Gaines, Eritza Laues, Bill Lee, and Balewa Muhammad for her fifth studio album ''

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'' (2002), with production helmed by Edmonds and Fusari. The song was released as the album's fourth and final single on May 20, 2003 by

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. Commissioned as a remix single in the United States,

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and The Pound Boys produced remixes of the song. "Love That Man" became Houston's 12th number-one hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Background

"Love That Man" was written by Babyface,

, Calvin Gaines, Eritza Laues, Bill Lee, and Balewa Muhammad, while production was helmed by Babyface and Fusari. Commenting on his involvement with ''Just Whitney'', Fusari said: "Arista liked my song "Love That Man," and they wanted me to produce it on Whitney’s new album ..They flew me down to

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to work with Whitney on this song. I ended up co-producing this song with Babyface."

Critical reception

BBC Music reviewer Keysha Davids found that "Love That Man" sounds "suspiciously like an ode to her much criticised hubby. Here Whitney comes across as soulful and sincere as she ooohs and aaahs in the right places. The mid-tempo track harks back to 80s soul with its simple bass line, and unfussy production." Joan Anderman of ''

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'' panned the single with "stands by her bad boy."Houston, We Still Have a Problem
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Track listings

All tracks written by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds,

, Calvin Gaines, Eritza Laues, Bill Lee, and Balewa Muhammad. Notes * denotes additional producer

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of ''Just Whitney''. * Babyface – producer, writer *

– producer, writer *Calvin Gaines – writer *Eric Kupper – keyboards *Eritza Laues – writer *Bill Lee – writer *George O. Luksch – keyboards * Balewa Muhammad – writer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

External links

* 2002 songs Whitney Houston songs Songs written by Babyface (musician) Song recordings produced by Babyface (musician) Songs written by Rob Fusari 2003 singles Arista Records singles {{2000s-pop-song-stub