Mariah Carey – "You're Mine"

[Dreams]

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Version with Trey Songz


This was the second single off Mariah's last studio album Me I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse which was released 4 years ago. It was written and produced by Mariah and Darkchild. It didn't reach a high position on the charts (#1 on Dance, #26 on AC, #24 on R&B).

From my first listen to it I thought it was one of Mariah's most gorgeous love songs. I think it's been unfairly maligned by most of Mariah's fans as another "We Belong Together" knock-off (which I disagree with - the song bears enough elements to differentiate it from WBT) and a bad single choice (that I agree with).

[#LisaRinna]

Weakest song on the album bar the two covers. Sis coulda kept this as a single, but it's cute enough.

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Not a great single, but a decent/solid song.

[Live Your Life]

It's an alright song. I think it has a pretty melody, but I hope this is the last time she tries to recreate "We Belong Together."

[Deleted]

I think it's a pretty single and it was perfectly fine
Though, it does have that watered down We Belong Together feel

But I don't mind it tbh

[Deleted]

It's perfectly fine, but it was obviously not going to be a hit. I don't even think it would have been a big hit during the peak of her comeback.

I also don't think it sounds anything like "We Belong Together".

[Ling-Ling]

So pretty. Love this. And this sounds nothing like "WBT," where is that comparison even coming from?

[Fat Ass Kelly Price]

Any ballad since 2005 from Mariah is a WBT clone according to people. Lmao

[Dreams]

May 13, 2018 12:06:47 GMT -5 Ling-Ling said:

So pretty. Love this. And this sounds nothing like "WBT," where is that comparison even coming from?

It's a post-2005 R&B torch song, performed and written by Mariah and it's all pretty much sung in chest voice until a sustained note for a climax, so it's a WBT retread by default.

[jenglisbe]

This definitely works better as an album track than as a single, but even then it's just decent filler. It has its charm, but it's the only song among the first 12 on MIAM that I sometimes skip.

I don't get the "WBT" comparison either as the structure is different, the melody is different, and the sound is different. In terms of its sound, it has some electronic blips and stuff that make it a little different in her catalog.

[#LisaRinna]

What I like about it is that it sounds like a EDM-esque ballad. There's a build-up that never happens, so there's tension there.

[stunnedout]

I forgot his existed. It seems like she keeps making the same song over and over. This songs like so many of the other mid tempo/ballads she has released since We Belong Together.

[Positive Tension]

It's a solid album track and sounds like a few Mariah songs blended together (I don't think it's a WBT clone though), but it just wasn't single material.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Decent song.