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Post by Mpol on Sept 3, 2011 19:19:59 GMT -5
Brilliant Mimi song.
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Post by B-Boy on Nov 2, 2013 21:51:57 GMT -5
The background vocals in the chorus are insane. I felt like I was in church. I love both the original version and the Soul Convention mix.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 7:41:58 GMT -5
Love this song Live perrrrrrformabces are awesome Love the remixes as well!
And I remember the fuss about her str8 hair! ;)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 10:25:53 GMT -5
Great song! I remember being upset with its release back in '94 cause it broke her string of straight No. 1's on pop but over the years I have grown to love this. Probably my second favorite off Music Box.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 3, 2013 11:26:28 GMT -5
Great song! I remember being upset with its release back in '94 cause it broke her string of straight No. 1's on pop but over the years I have grown to love this. Probably my second favorite off Music Box. Actually, 'Without You' was released before this and that one broke her string of Pop #1s peaking at #2.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 13:42:53 GMT -5
Great song! I remember being upset with its release back in '94 cause it broke her string of straight No. 1's on pop but over the years I have grown to love this. Probably my second favorite off Music Box. Actually, 'Without You' was released before this and that one broke her string of Pop #1s peaking at #2. Crap, you're right, I think I may have mistaken that with her string of Top 10 singles on the Hot 100.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Nov 3, 2013 13:46:37 GMT -5
Actually, 'Without You' was released before this and that one broke her string of Pop #1s peaking at #2. Crap, you're right, I think I may have mistaken that with her string of Top 10 singles on the Hot 100. Exactly ;)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 14:19:04 GMT -5
What??? Where it peaked?
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Post by Glove Slap on Nov 3, 2013 14:22:22 GMT -5
This song is absolutely incredible. Easily the best song on the album and easily at least in my top 10 Mariah songs. The Soul Convention remix is the superior version, the acapella is simply astounding!
The part at 3:40-3:47 might be my favorite vocal from her ever. @spiritanimal appreciate this with me!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 14:35:17 GMT -5
the entire song and the message is simply pure class, those runs, that clear like a lake voice and the emotions is why i love this song and Mariah. Linkinfan take a bow its your favorite song! Gloveslap you got bonus points. Mario anytime you need a friend call Coco. Jazzy and OB will love the spiritual, gospel flavored splash like I do. xoxox
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2013 14:45:27 GMT -5
This peaked at No. 12 on the Hot 100.
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 10:01:40 GMT -5
Slant named the C&C Club Version her greatest remix of all-time.
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Post by Live Your Life on Aug 27, 2015 11:56:58 GMT -5
I never liked this one. She was great, vocally, but it's boring.
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 19, 2015 7:08:05 GMT -5
At the time of it's release, I always questioned this as a single, I wanted "Music Box" released so bad. But over the years, this has become my favorite single from that album. One of her best vocal performances, not just for the technicality of it, but she sang this with conviction. And the chorus is downright epic, those background singers and vocals. It depresses me that so many singers do their own background vocals these days, music has lost a lot of texture because of it.
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Post by TroublemakerOlly on Mar 7, 2017 22:03:03 GMT -5
Just in case anyone missed the full version of the song, which comes with some additional vocals/adlibs in the end.
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Post by TroublemakerOlly on Mar 7, 2017 22:03:58 GMT -5
Hot 100: #12 Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales: #19 Billboard Hot 100 Airplay: #8 Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks: #22 Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles: #5 Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play: #1 Radio & Records CHR/Pop Chart: #6 Too bad there were no CD-singles made for this song, only 2 versions of CD maxi-singles made.
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Post by Verisimilitude on Sept 26, 2018 21:39:05 GMT -5
The remix song & video deserves praise too. An utter slay.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2018 8:13:57 GMT -5
I like it but feel it’s really only complete in the house remix where she truly goes off vocally.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Nov 16, 2019 19:36:03 GMT -5
LOVE THIS ONE!!! Played this one alot when I was in deep depression. Very soothing and comforting to hear.
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Post by Dreams on Nov 17, 2019 9:07:11 GMT -5
This song is perfection. In all its versions. Brilliant lyrically, vocally, musically.
Mariah brought it back this year (last time she did it live was in 1996!) for her Caution world tour:
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Post by jenglisbe on Nov 17, 2019 9:16:30 GMT -5
This is a great soul ballad. It had weak sales in part because so many people already had the album, but Sony shouldn't have released a third ballad in a row as a single.
The C&C remixes are legendary, and Mariah's vocals on them are otherworldly.
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Post by jenglisbe on Apr 6, 2020 12:59:37 GMT -5
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Post by disman00911 on Jul 5, 2020 14:42:30 GMT -5
Strangely, I don't remember this song when it came out. I easily remember "Dream Lover", "Hero", "Without You" and her cover of "Endless Love" with Luther Vandross from her 1993/1994 period but not this one. The original version is okay but not her best ballad-type song ("Hero" and "Without You" are far more memorable). The C+C dance remix a better version of this song but still not her best dance/house remix (The David Morales remixes of "Dream Lover", "Fantasy" and "Always Be My Baby" come to mind).
In my market, the album/original version was played in the A/C stations (Lite FM 93.9, 100.3 and 101.9 The Mix). I'm guessing B96, being a dance-heavy rhythmic top 40 station back then, played the album/original version first but switched over to the C+C house remix (this did get mix show play, however). The urban stations, WGCI and V103, probably shied away as Mariah was seen as too AC/pop for the urban station at that time. However, the Soul Convention remix may had been played on those stations.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2020 7:56:45 GMT -5
Maxi single and vinyl mixes now available on digital
TOTP performance now available on Mariah's YouTube page
New video for the Soul Convention remix
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Post by Sounds from the Other Side on Aug 7, 2020 8:33:57 GMT -5
This song is incredible. I love it.
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Post by Verisimilitude on May 5, 2021 15:28:12 GMT -5
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Post by jenglisbe on Oct 13, 2022 15:50:32 GMT -5
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Post by bat1990 on Oct 27, 2022 11:14:15 GMT -5
OMG, I know Steven Canals. He was a diversity office at my college when I was a senior there.
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Post by Night Senses on Dec 28, 2022 5:30:35 GMT -5
Been listening to this a lot lately. The song sounds like someone is opening the gates of Heaven during the latter parts and final chorus. Just oozing with layers of euphoria.
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