Mariah Carey - "Love Takes Time"

[Caviar]

One of my all time favorite songs!! I actually prefer the clip in 2013 to most of the 90s performances. It's a shame this gets overshadowed by VOL and IDWC because it's just as good and AMAZING live.

[Tea-why]

This is one of her best for sure. I like this song much better than some of her other #1's such as "One Sweet Day" and "Hero".

[Best In The World]

My favorite from her! :) It's such a smooth and comforting song...I love it!

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[Dreams]

"Love Takes Time" topped the Hot 100 this day 25 years ago.



Flashback: Mariah Carey's 'Love Takes Time' Topped Billboard Charts 25 Years Ago

We're having trouble remembering a time when Mariah Carey was anything other than an established pop powerhouse, but even a self-anointed "diva" has to start somewhere.

On Nov. 10, 1990, the single "Love Takes Time" (off Carey's self-titled debut album, Mariah Carey) rose to the top of the Billboard Charts, establishing Carey as a veritable force in pop – and a hair icon who would go on to define a generation of curl envy. That's right – it's been a full 25 years since Carey's hauntingly powerful vocals became the soundtrack to break-ups everywhere.

"Love Takes Time" was the second in an astonishing streak of four consecutive No. 1 singles from that record, including "Vision of Love," "Someday" and "I Don't Wanna Cry."

Excuse us while we feel super-old, and apply her lyrics of heartbreak to our own mortality: "I can't escape the pain/ Inside/ 'Cause love takes time/ I don't wanna be here/ I don't wanna be here alone."

Never forget.

www.people.com/article/mariah-carey-love-takes-time

Bonus:



Mariah sang it again this year for her Vegas residency, after paying it dust for 22 years. She said she found a new appreciation for it after performing it live.

The way the music drops before the bridge + 2:09 ...

[Soulsista]

Her second #1 on the R&B chart.

[jenglisbe]

The bridge on this song, though!

[Ling-Ling]

All of the ballad singles from her first album remain flawless. Gorgeous. That voice.

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

I grew up with this song. My earliest memories of listening to Mariah's music.

[Dreams]

Jan 24, 2019 17:20:09 GMT -5 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 said:

I grew up with this song. My earliest memories of listening to Mariah's music.

🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲, sis, how amazing is the bridge of this song? I just can't deal 😭

[🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲]

Feb 5, 2019 17:17:08 GMT -5 Dreams said:

Jan 24, 2019 17:20:09 GMT -5 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 said:

I grew up with this song. My earliest memories of listening to Mariah's music.

🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲, sis, how amazing is the bridge of this song? I just can't deal 😭

I know, right?!? She sang that song with such conviction!

[Verisimilitude]

Beautifully used in the ending of the latest "Pose" episode. Love this.

[Dreams]

a slay even in 2019!  \o/

[Dreams]

#LisaRinna - Listen to what she says at the beginning of the video!! OMG what kinda 180

if she starts to feel the same about “Forever” and starts to perform that one soon I’m not sure my lil’ lamb heart will be able to handle it 🤞😢

[#LisaRinna]

Aug 7, 2019 17:28:22 GMT -5 Dreams said:

#LisaRinna - Listen to what she says at the beginning of the video!! OMG what kinda 180

if she starts to feel the same about “Forever” and starts to perform that one soon I’m not sure my lil’ lamb heart will be able to handle it 🤞😢

I would give everything to hear her do "Forever" now :'( :'(

[disman00911]

Like many Mariah ballads thoughout the radio, this was played all over the radio, primarily on the AC stations (such as Lite FM 93.9 in my market).  This is okay but I would rank "Vision of Love", "Hero", "I Don't Wanna Cry", "Can't Let Go", "One Sweet Day", "I'll Be There" and "Without You" over this one.

[Ernesto]

"Love Takes Time" started a three-week run at No.1 on the Hot 100 30 years ago today. It's one of her loveliest heartbreak songs, a lament rather. Her transitions, the whistle notes, the inflections, the feeling, everything is brilliant. God-given talent for sure. I still remember seeing the video for the first time on MTV. It was played after "Cherry Pie" by Warrant. It was mindblowing anyone could sing like that and look so gorgeous whilst doing so.

[Dreams]

Random: Mariah sounds so beautiful when she sings "so MUCH" on this song. It's the way she enunciates that word.

[Sounds from the Other Side]

I loved this song. The bridge >>>

[Dreams]

I've been listening to the bridge over and over for the past half hour. Those background "ohhhs" that she does still give me chills after all these years... 😭😍😍😍😍

I'll never forget the very first time I listened to this song... it was in the E=MC² era. It was that day, night actually to be honest, that I became an instant Mariah stan (up until that point I was just a casual fan). I still remember that incredible, magical feeling after I'd listened to that new, to me, song, "Love Take Time". I've only felt the same way a handful of times since and it was mostly with Mariah's music.

This song, to me, has dated the best out of all the singles off her debut. And I don't say that 'cause it's my favorite track. One thing I loved with her Vegas residency, as I mention above in a post, is that Mariah rediscovered and fell in love with LTT all over again, after paying it dust for a good two decades. I'm pretty sure she'll be performing it often in the future.

[jdanton2]

according to this it is Mariah's 4th biggest hit and was bigger than Vision Of Love.

[Dreams]

I remember I was shocked, and pleasantly surprised, when I found out that it is actually one of Mariah's most successful #1's. Bigger than "Vision of Love".
"Love Takes Time" was a SMASH. 💕

[jenglisbe]

May 20, 2023 7:28:57 GMT -5 Dreams said:

I remember I was shocked, and pleasantly surprised, when I found out that it is actually one of Mariah's most successful #1's. Bigger than "Vision of Love".
"Love Takes Time" was a SMASH. 💕

Yeah "VOL" spent an extra week at #1, but "LTT" spent 1 more week in the top 5, 1 more week in the top 40, and an extra 4 weeks on the Hot 100. So "LTT" ultimately had a bit more longevity. There isn't too much separating them, which is why they are always pretty close on those all-time charts. "VOL" was more influential and unique (I still can't think of another song it sounds like), but "LTT" is a great ballad with a terrific bridge.

"LTT" should be Platinum, so hopefully Sony updates its cert soon.

[divasummer]

This song is stunning.
Very emotional.
I always preferred it over “Vision Of Love”.
It’s one of my favorite Mimi ballads.