<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "I'm Every Woman" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Life Is a Dance" (1978) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "I'm Every Woman" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Life Is a Dance" (1978) </Td> </Tr> <P> "I'm Every Woman" is a song by American singer Chaka Khan from her debut solo studio album Chaka (1978). It was Khan's first hit outside of her recordings with the funk band Rufus . "I'm Every Woman" was produced by Arif Mardin and written by the successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson . The single established Chaka's career outside of the group Rufus, whom she would leave after their eighth studio album Masterjam was released in late 1979 . </P> <P> The track was remixed and re-released in 1989 for Khan's remix album Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project; this mix reached number 8 in the United Kingdom . American singer Whitney Houston would later cover the song in 1992 with production by David Cole and Robert Clivillés and vocals produced by Narada Michael Walden, turning it into a dance hit for a new generation . </P>

Who sang the original i'm every woman