"1986 singles" . . . "Arista Records" . "Soul ballads" . "Michael Masser" . "Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles" . . "Gramophone record" . "USWB10902437" . "0"^^ . . "12-inch single" . . "false"^^ . "%22The Greatest Love of All%22 is a song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed and originally recorded by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest. (A live version by Benson appears on 1978's Weekend in L.A.). The song was also recorded in 1979 by Shirley Bassey, for her album %22The Magic is You%22.The song was further popularized by Whitney Houston under the title %22Greatest Love of All%22. The song was recorded by the American recording artist for her debut album, self-titled Whitney Houston, which was released in February 1985, by Arista Records.Creed wrote the lyrics in the midst of her struggle with breast cancer. The words describe her feelings about coping with great challenges that one must face in life, being strong during those challenges whether you succeed or fail, and passing that strength on to children to carry with them into their adult lives. Creed eventually succumbed to the disease in April 1986 at the age of 37; at the time her song was an international hit by Houston.The song became a major hit, topping the charts in Australia, Canada and the US, while reaching the top 20 in most countries, including Italy, Sweden and UK. It remains her third biggest US hit, after %22I Will Always Love You%22 and %22I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)%22. All three songs, in order of their former popularity, re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart, after Houston's death, debuting the same week at numbers 7, 35 and 41, respectively, giving Houston three posthumous chart hits." . "english" . "2009-07-14"^^ . "Arista Records singles" . "false"^^ . "Songs written by Michael Masser" . "Cassette single" . "eng" . . "4029" . "113.0"^^ . "false"^^ . "CBS Sports" . "Pop ballads" . "333000.0"^^ . "George Benson songs" . "The Greatest Love Of All" . "-0.224158"^^ . "RPM Top Singles number-one singles" . . "1977 singles" . "Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles" . "16"^^ . "1986-03-18"^^ . . "Number-one singles in Australia" . . "National Basketball Association music" . . "Whitney Houston songs" . . "Linda Creed" . "1977 songs" . "2ea9f94f-ebc6-48b8-9ea9-cdf4cb316d0f" . "3822148" . "5714ded125ac0d8aee42cbdf" . "313894"^^ . "Michael Masser" . "Singles certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America" . . "December 1984" . "The Greatest Love Of All" . "Songs written by Linda Creed" . "-0.108853"^^ . "-18.6"^^ . "Rhythm and blues ballads" . "CD single" .