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The second single from Any Way You Like It was Houston's rendition of " If It's the Last Thing I Do ", a standard written by Saul Chaplin and Sammy Cahn ; the track had been recorded and prepped for single release in 1973 but canceled.

The impact of " If It's the Last Thing I Do " was far less than that of " Don't Leave Me This Way ", as the former fell short of both the R & B Top Ten and the Pop Top 40.

With the lead single from her 1978 album The Devil in Me: " I'm Here Again ", Houston returned to the style of " Don't Leave Me This Way " without recapturing the earlier single's success.

Houston did enjoy considerable commercial success in 1978 via the inclusion of her track " Love Masterpiece " on the Thank God It's Friday soundtrack album which sold double platinum but her own album release that year Ready to Roll again failing to consolidate the stardom augured by " Don't Leave Me This Way ".

The album's second single: " Saturday Night, Sunday Morning ", gradually accrued airplay entering the national charts in March 1979 and ascending as high as # 34 (# 19 R & B ) that June.

" Saturday Night, Sunday Morning " was issued on a new album by Houston: Ride to the Rainbow but the track's relative success was not enough to forestall Houston's planned departure from Motown.