Is Rihanna's We Found Love this generations I Wanna Dance With Somebody?
The biggest song of 1987 and the biggest song of 2011.
Whitney's song was ridiculed at first for being similar to her #1 hit How Will I Know, similar to how WFL was ridiculed for being another Dance Pop song a la Only Girl.
Both Pop Smashes by the Biggest Black Female artist of the year and both resonate a longing for love.