<P> `` I Wanna Dance with Somebody ( Who Loves Me ) '' is the first single from Whitney Houston 's second studio album Whitney . It was produced by Narada Michael Walden , and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl , who had previously written the number - one Whitney Houston hit `` How Will I Know . '' The original arrangement was written for her grandnephew Mau Rosillo when he was 9 years old , as he was a well - renoun dancer . </P>
who wrote i want to dance with somebody by whitney houston
George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam