"My Name Is Not Susan," Whitney Houston (1991)

Part of Whitney's artistic response to getting booed at at the Soul Train Awards.

Peak: #8 on the R&B chart (#20 on the Hot 100)
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In “Whatta Man,” the all-time classic by Salt-n-Pepa and En Vogue, Spinderella praises her man by saying, “With him I’m never losin’, and he knows that my name is not Susan.” That’s not a random shout-out to Susan Lucci or Susan Powter: It’s a reference to Whitney Houston’s banging New Ja…