Bobby Brown - Something In Common ft. Whitney Houston

What this video is

Released in December 1993 at the height of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston's celebrity marriage, 'Something in Common' is a rare documented artifact of the couple's public persona as a united musical and romantic partnership. The video, shot at Brown's Alpharetta estate, presents an aspirational vision of Black affluence and domestic joy, functioning simultaneously as a pop music product and a curated celebrity…

Why it matters

A landmark new jack swing duet pairing the genre's defining bad-boy figure with its reigning pop diva, the video documents the brief commercial and cultural moment when R&B, hip-hop fashion, and mainstream pop celebrity fully converged in early-1990s American music. Produced by Teddy Riley and…

The director

Andrew Douglas Morahan (born 11 August 1958) is a British commercial, film, and music video director. A graduate of St Martin's College, he rose to prominence directing videos for George Michael, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, and Michael Jackson, winning MTV…