| It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be | |
| Cover: | Aretha Franklin ItIsnt It Wasnt.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston |
| Album: | Through the Storm |
| B-Side: | If Ever a Love There Was |
| Released: | June 10, 1989 |
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| Label: | Arista |
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| Chronology: | Aretha Franklin |
| Prev Title: | Through the Storm |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Gimme Your Love |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
"It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" is a duet recorded between Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston, and appeared on Franklin's 1989 album Through the Storm. The song was released on June 10, 1989, as the second single from the album by Arista Records.
The original album version was written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren and produced by Narada Michael Walden, and the re-mixed version was produced by Teddy Riley. In the US, the single reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on the R&B Singles chart. On the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at No. 29.
AllMusic editor William Ruhlmann retrospectively panned "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be", calling it "an embarrassing failure for both Franklin and the previously pop-perfect Whitney Houston."