By MARIA SHERMAN, Associated Press Music Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — It sounds impossible, but that’s the magic of it. On Thursday, a new Whitney Houston song arrives 13 years after her death.

English singer Calum Scott is responsible. The single is a duet between Scott and Houston, a balladic reinterpretation of the timeless “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” using Houston’s original vocal stems. (Stems are the individual musical elements that, when combined, make up a song.)

“It wasn’t even something I could have dreamt as a possibility, and the fact that I’m getting to do it is, geez, one of the honors of my career,” Scott told The Associated Press. Houston’s voice is one that soundtracked his childhood — courtesy his mom — and he refers to Houston as one of the most influ

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