Stephanie Mills re-recorded the song for her 1989 album of the same name with background vocals by Take 6. The single release scored her another number one on the BillboardHot Black Singles chart. The single was the last of five number ones for Mills on the R&B Singles chart.[1]
In 1984, Mireille Mathieu recorded a french cover "Chez moi" because she planned to adapt the musical into French and perform it in Paris ; this project was abandoned but this song appears on the double CD "Cinema" (Sony 2019).
An 11-year-old Jazmine Sullivan sang the show at her elementary school performance of The Wiz in 1999. The home video clip posted on YouTube has had over one million views.
In 2010, the song was used in an episode of Glee's first season called "Home", sung by Kristin Chenoweth.
In 2018, MJ Rodriguez and Billy Porter, as their characters Blanca Evangelista and Pray Tell, respectively, sang the song as a duet in the episode "Love Is The Message" of the television series Pose.
In 2019, Glennis Grace performed the song in a concert event Whitney: A Tribute by Glennis Grace (Live In Concert) in Rotterdam Ahoy (The Netherlands) and Lotto Arena (Belgium) with her tribute to Whitney Houston.
In 2020, Johnny Manuel performed the song in the blind auditions of The Voice Australia Season 9 giving Manuel a four chair turn but Kelly Rowland was blocked from being chosen to be given a chance coach Manuel.
Samples
In 2003, this song was sampled in the song "Homies 2 Smoke With" by Violent J recorded for his second EP called Wizard of the Hood.
References
^Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 402.
