My favorite on here in the HQ2 (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle) Club Mix. Of all their amazing remixes, this is one of the best (if not the best) mixes to come from the HQ2 camp. It blew away the dance floors in early 2000 and is now considered a classic among DJs. With Whitney's powerful vocals, tribal drums, and even breathing sounds, the mix just pounds away for 9 minutes with an amazing amount of energy. The production values are top notch, and the break in the middle is one of the best I've ever heard.

A close second is the Jr. Vasquez Disco Club Mix which is excatly the way it sounds - retro, disco, campy, over the top. Whitney actually re-sang her vocals in the studio for this mix. They seem more raw and stripped down which fits the mix perfectly. The Disco mix got lots of club play too and stands out as one of the best mixes Jr. Vasquez ever put out.

The other club mix (Jr. Vasquez USA Millenium Mix) is also good but just doesn't measure up IMO. The album version is a dull throwaway, but it makes you appreciate just how incredible these remixes really are.

"I Learned From The Best" spent 3 weeks at #1 on Billboard's Dance/Club Chart and became Whitney's fourth #1 in a row.


Whitney is learning to be a clubland mainstay very well   April 13, 2000
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and whether it's breakin' hearts or breakin' charts, Mrs. Houston is makin' the grade! In this song Houston tells it like it is to the man who broke her heart in chapter 1. In chapter 2, the shoe is on the other foot, and look out because she is fierce! So fierce that the original version of the song could not contain her wrath. Enter HQ2(Hex Hector and Mac Quayle) and Hand-bag-totin' Junior Vasquez. Here Houston's Diva-esque vocal and lyrics come to a full boil. Hector/Quayle turn up the heat with some throbbing beats and dark soundscapes that accentuate the song's retributive nature, giving Mrs. Thang a run for her money. Listen closely and you'll her breathing heavily to the beat. Now while Junior's Millenium Mix is typical of his style, it's his Disco Mix that I really get a bang out of. Everytime I hear the intro to this version I keep thinking it's Donna Summer. Is time travel possible? Or is Vasquez simply showing his age? If I did not know any better I'd be looking for this in the 70's/disco bins at some ol' used record shop. Vasquez is totally on top of his game with this one even incorporating Eiffel 65's "Da Ba De" into his concoction for a reality check for old folks like me:), and Houston,s makes sure she is getting her point across by re-recording some of her vocals for this version. No matter how you slice it this Maxi-Single is a winner.


Whitney knows how to do it!   March 27, 2000
Hannibal Alexander (Richmond, ca USA)
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When I first saw the video for "I Learned From The Best" I couldn't wait to hear what the dance remixes where gonna sound like. And I knew she was gonna have some. I mean after #1 club smashes out of "It's Not Right But It's OKay", "Heartbreak Hotel" and "My Love Is Your Love", why would she stop her streak. These mixes are really cool. I love the HQ2 club mix and dub, especially the part where it's silent for a second and than she goes "uugh" and than the beat pumps back in again. The Junior Vasquez disco mix is cute, but his Millennium Mix is better. I like break downs and build ups and this remix offers a lot. But his UK club mix found on the import of this single is better in my opinion. The Millennium mix has a bit too much noise at times, but I'm loving the "Step By Step" sample. This is a good song with good mixes. I still love the Thunderpuss 2000 remix of "It's NOt Right But It's Okay" the best though (and the original "It's Not Right But It's Okay" is Houston's best song in my opinion ever). And by the way I'm looking forward to her greatest hits album. If you haven't seen the track listing for the album just look at it on this website. ONe side is all slow songs, and one is all remixes. "Greatest Love of ALl", "Queen Of The Night", and the major hot Hex Hector remix of "I Will Always Love You" are included. Too bad though that there won't be enough time to put the full club mixes on it. But I did hear she was coming out with a vinyl copy of the hits and nobody knows if it's gonna include the full club mixes to each song. We'll see...it's supposed to be out on the 9th of MAY!