Verisimilitude
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Post by Verisimilitude on Oct 7, 2015 11:44:38 GMT -5
Surprised this doesn't have a thread! This was a double A side with "Without You" in the US and was promoted to Urban radio. It peaked at #1 on the Radio & Records Urban airplay chart for 1 week, #7 on Billboard's R&B/Hip Hop Singles Chart, & #3 on the Hot 100.
I actually prefer this to "Without You". Surprised she never shot a video for this!
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Post by Sir Benji on Oct 7, 2015 16:00:15 GMT -5
The album version was decent, but JDs radio mixes were really good. I almost forgot this existed. "Without You" overshadowed it
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Post by God on Oct 7, 2015 17:43:53 GMT -5
I really like this one but something about the chorus irks me for whatever reason. I feel like I'm being scolded.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Oct 7, 2015 17:48:04 GMT -5
I really like this one but something about the chorus irks me for whatever reason. I feel like I'm being scolded.LOL. that's interesting.. is it the "oh baby, no!" part? |
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Post by grandelf on Oct 24, 2015 0:24:55 GMT -5
Love this, alongside Breathe Again and Take A Bow, Babyface at his finest!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 0:44:01 GMT -5
This and Open Arms are the only 90s Mariah singles that I don't care for. The JD remix of this is decent though.
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Post by God on Oct 24, 2015 10:20:03 GMT -5
I really like this one but something about the chorus irks me for whatever reason. I feel like I'm being scolded.LOL. that's interesting.. is it the "oh baby, no!" part? That and the "OOHHHHH!!!!" that always follows shortly after. It's just really over the top to me, I don't know. |
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Post by #LisaRinna on Oct 24, 2015 10:26:45 GMT -5
The radio mix is cheesy. The original is fine, a great vocal.
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Post by Caviar on Oct 24, 2015 11:26:43 GMT -5
Loved it! Music Box is perfection
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 24, 2015 12:32:26 GMT -5
It peaked at #1 on the Radio & Records Urban airplay chart for 1 week This doesn't make sense. It only peaked in the 20s on Billboard's R&B Airplay; how would that be so different from R&R? Well, it was an urban-only single so it isn't too surprising. Anyway, this is solid but obviously pretty typical of Babyface songs of that time. It's a nice little R&B song in her catalog. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 12:36:21 GMT -5
Not a career highlight or anything, but I like it.
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Post by divasummer on Oct 28, 2015 7:32:16 GMT -5
I LOVE this song.
It's funny listening to it now and thinking this was for Urban stations only.
It just sounds like a pop midtempo ballad with light RnB undertones in my opinion.
It's also from my favorite Mariah cd ever "Musicbox". I find this whole cd to be flawless.
I don't care if some of the ballads are supposedly "over done or cheesy" like some have said about them.
I can feel every lyric she sings in all of them.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jan 5, 2017 20:42:11 GMT -5
I always forget that this was a single, it's so forgotten in her singles catalog. It's a solid track, but I never really revisit it.
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Post by Dreams on Jan 5, 2017 21:00:09 GMT -5
It's enjoyable but it doesn't stand out all that much listening to the album, IMO. There's a mix/extended version which when I heard for the first time my jaw dropped; her vocals are PHENOMENAL.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jan 6, 2017 7:34:26 GMT -5
There's somewhat a lite country undretone to the production on the album version.
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Post by XanderAnthony on Jan 29, 2018 3:12:25 GMT -5
I know This song wasn't a huge hit, though sales of the single allowed it to peak at #7 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart, It only reached #26 in R&B airplay. My question is, if any of you remember hearing it on the radio, which version got the most airplay? I'm assuming the JD remix did, since that was promoted as the single version, but I remember hearing it just a few times and it was the album version. Mainly curious because I'm fleshing out her first Greatest Hits album on my itunes (Making it more of a singles collection and adding NFY, Breakdown, & CTTA (As well as international singles TGTBAW, IIO, Open Arms, The Roof,DYKWYGT & AAO). I'd like to include the version that was the "hit" version so to speak
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jan 29, 2018 10:15:09 GMT -5
One of my favorites on Music Box for sure...even more than the singles.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2018 16:31:37 GMT -5
Its a once in a decade listen for me. I cant wait to hear it again in 2028!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 16:57:05 GMT -5
Yeah, I never got into this. Harmless and nicely sung but the song as a whole is going through some specific set of motions that I wish it hadn't.
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 4, 2018 13:34:28 GMT -5
It's enjoyable but it doesn't stand out all that much listening to the album, IMO. There's a mix/extended version which when I heard for the first time my jaw dropped; her vocals are PHENOMENAL. Yeah, this one: It does highlight the vocal more. I love the "my baby" at the start of the 2nd verse; so sensual. |
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Apr 13, 2018 23:26:14 GMT -5
One of my faves from Music Box. I always felt that it sounded very Boyz II Men-ish.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Apr 13, 2018 23:27:20 GMT -5
Loved it! Music Box is perfection Agreed! |
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Post by Ling-Ling on Nov 12, 2018 10:16:35 GMT -5
I always forget that this was a single, it's so forgotten in her singles catalog. It's a solid track, but I never really revisit it. LIES. That remix, ugh. JD did his thing. It's been revisited quite a bit lately. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2020 7:59:37 GMT -5
Single mixes now available on digital
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