美國黑人天后［惠妮休斯頓］＆［西西休斯頓］的母女合作──流行靈魂曲──［I Know Him So Well／我如此了解他］

Nothing is so good it lasts eternally

Perfect situations must go wrong

But this has never yet prevented me

From wanting far too much for far too long

Looking back, I could have done it differently

Won a few more moments, who can tell?

But it took time to understand the man

Now at least I know, I know him well

Wasnt it good, Wasnt it fine

Isnt it madness he cant be mine

But in the end, he needs a little more than before

Security, he needs his fantasy and freedom

I know him so well

No one in your life is with you constantly

No one is completely on your side

And though I move my world to be with him

Still the gap between us is too wide

Looking back, I could have played it differently

Learned about the man before I fell

But I was ever so much younger then

Wasnt it good (oh so good), Wasnt it fine (so fine)

Isnt it madness he cant be mine

Didnt I know how it would go

If I knew from the start

Why am I falling apart

Wasnt it fine

Isnt it madness he cant be mine

But in the end, he needs a little more than before

Security, he needs his fantasy and freedom

I know him so well

It took some to understand him

Hoo ooh I know him so well

Songwriters

RICE, TIM / ANDERSSON, BENNY GORAN BROR / ULVAEUS, BJOERN K.

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Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

１９８７年６月　２４歲的美國歌壇新慧星惠妮休斯頓（Whitney Houston）推出第二張大碟［Whitney］

成為首位空降Billboard專輯榜后座的女藝人  在美大賣六百萬張（至今已九百百多萬張, 全球近２０００萬張）

前四首單曲登上美國榜冠軍（首位女藝人有此成績）

並且讓她成為Billboard史上首位也是唯一一位連續拿到七首冠軍的歌手　鞏固其歌壇天后地位

第五首主打［Love Will Save The Day］雖沒延續佳績　但仍拿到美國榜＃９　英國榜＃１０

１９８８年１１月　Arista唱片公司在特定地區──西德, 西班牙, 荷蘭,澳洲推出第六主打［I Know Him So Well／我如此了解他］

此曲由英國作詞人Tim Rice與瑞典天團ABBA團員Benny Anderson＆Ulvaeus.Ulvaeus為音樂劇［Chess］創作

Elaine Paige＆Barbara Dickson合唱

１９８４年底發行, １９８５年初登上英國榜冠軍四週

１９８７年版由Narada Michael Walden製作

惠妮請來母親西西休斯頓（Cissy Houston）合唱

歌曲維持成人抒情風格

惠妮與西西則以靈魂／節奏藍調來詮釋此曲

女兒高亢清亮與母親低沉醇厚的嗓音形成明顯對比

［I Know Him So Well］登上荷蘭榜＃１４　德國榜＃４６

惠妮並沒拍攝MV, 公司也沒特別宣傳

但由於是母女首次錄音合作, 加上歌曲本身有名, 因此有一定知名度

Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UomwE7tYfTI

1997 Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LK7hoVrHy4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1D6ffcTHnC8