Whitney Houston · 1987
Can you sing I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)?
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) by Whitney Houston runs from A3 to C6 — 2 octaves and 3 semitones.
It sits inside none of the 7 classical voice types, in any key: the song is wider than every one of those bands.
The two notes were read from 3 sources and the row is marked medium confidence. Three sources, and they disagreed. This is the narrowest one.
Where the song sits
| Lowest note | Highest note | Span | Original key | Year | Genre | Difficulty | Karaoke popularity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A3 | C6 | 27 semitones · 2 octaves and 3 semitones | G flat major | 1987 | Pop | 5 of 5 | 5 of 5 |
Which voice types it fits in the original key
The bands are the classical voice types as the sourced Wikipedia articles state them. A voice type is settled by timbre and tessitura as well as span, so a band this song fits is not on its own your voice type.
| Voice type | Band | Fits as written? | Smallest shift that fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | E2–E4 | No | Wider than this range |
| Baritone | G2–G4 | No | Wider than this range |
| Tenor | C3–C5 | No | Wider than this range |
| Countertenor | E3–E5 | No | Wider than this range |
| Contralto | F3–F5 | No | Wider than this range |
| Mezzo-soprano | A3–A5 | No | Wider than this range |
| Soprano | C4–C6 | No | Wider than this range |
Where these numbers come from
Every source the row was read from is listed below. The page prints note names, a key, a year and a genre, and nothing about the recording itself.