I'm Every Woman

It was recorded for Chaka Khan’s 1978 solo debut album, Chaka, at Atlantic Recording Studios in New York City. Arif Mardin produced the session, with James Douglass as engineer and additional recording and remixing by Lew Hawn and Gene Paul. Issued in 1978 by Warner Bros. as Khan’s first solo single, it launched her career outside Rufus and became her breakthrough hit as a solo artist. It reached No. 1 on the UK chart and No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100, establishing the song as her signature solo statement. The track has remained one of Khan’s defining recordings and has been repeatedly re-released, remixed, and covered, most famously by Whitney Houston. Khan’s official site also notes its later prominence in commercials and in Bridget Jones’s Diary, underscoring its lasting cultural reach.