February 15, 1986 (37 years ago today) – “How Will I Know” reached #1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, and later also hit #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. It was the third single from Whitney’s debut album and became her second #1 Hot 100 single — part of a run that would extend to a record-setting seven consecutive #1 hits.
The music video gave Whitney exposure on MTV, where it ended up winning Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in September that year. The video is re-created in the biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody, currently available for streaming.