Not as bad as I thought it would be either. Nothing can touch the original (one of the first major pop songs with a gospel group on chorus, done many times since of course)

I agree with Paisleypark, it gets better, but is much too short on a song that is all about building and building. She even does the same adlibs as the original ("lets talk about love" or whatever it is). Her voice cant touch the original singer though.

Not as bad as her cover of "Against all odds" LOL.

thesexofit said:

The saving grace on this is she didn't try to outdo Minnie Ripperton on a song that Minnie didn't sing

daPrettyman said:

She did the same thing on "Through the Rain"

midiscover said:

Lord did you have to remind me of that?

Remember when Debra Wilson clowned her, Whitney and that song on Mad TV ("I'm Not Insane")?

Mariah could've totally changed the song if she wanted to, bring a new energy to it.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I can bet someone like Wally Affansief (spelling?) did not produce this song. How can i tell? Mariah does not oversing on this one. On songs Wally did like "without you", Mariah oversang and it was horrible. Wally also did this previous with Michael Bolton on hurrendous covers like "When a man loves a woman" etc...

This performance though is actually quite restrained for her. Maybe its because she cant belt out like she used to, but Iam all for it in this case.

thesexofit said:

"Tricky" Stewart and "Big Jim" Wright (from Jam & Lewis' camp) produced it.

Timmy84 said:

Yes or maybe her voice is just shot so she can't

midiscover said:

She could've shortened the tempo rather than keep the tempo in its original key if she was having trouble. Obviously she probably told them "go down so I can hit my Minnie note."

Timmy84 said:

No one can do the "Minne note" like Minne!

musicjunky318 said:

not bad. her voice sounds good for song. Even if her voice isn't like how it used to be, she can still sing her butt off.

PricelessHo said:

Me too I heard it at school and almost cried

OMG, this is the type of material I want her to sing

Even though her voice is lacking strength, the emotional delivery is STILL apparent,,,,,which is the most essential element to me.

Harlepolis said:

I know People are getting on my nerves. When she released Obsessed they kept on hating about her trying too hard with hip hop songs and now she releases a nice ballad, no less, and they're still hating


I'm actually very excited about the album now

Alej said:

Actually

I can't STAAAAAND Obsessed

But this sure is a redeeming move,,,,,one thing about this woman, she could sing the most outlandish chickeheaded song ever written and still get me back on her side with songs like this one

Harlepolis said:

Co-sign. That song sucked but this one redeems Mariah, lol

Harlepolis said:

I'm not a big fan of Obsessed either It makes me laugh but I know it's not a good song

Mariah

:mariah'sboobs:

Alej said:

Timmy84 said:

Timmy84 said:

They should have left Tricky out of the production all together.

Sorry but I don't like it. Sounds like a mess to me.

Great, "I want to know what love is" with a (Vainandy, listen up! ) shit-hop beat. The only thing which is missing is the guest rapper.

On top of that, the whole build-up of the song towards the "gospel section" at the end is ruined. All of a sudden, there are 100 voices coming out of nowhere.

Is there anyone left in the pop business nowadays who is capable of doing proper production?

EmancipationLover said:

we need a new batch don't we?!

It's a horrible song to begin with so she doesn't really ruin anything.

It's just as boring and predictable and tacky.

But its not her worst.




Something tells me that its her and her hubby's wedding dance song.

EmancipationLover said:

Yes ask people like ?Love, Linda Perry or Jim Wright are really good producers. Please no more hip hop producers making beats for singers....sometimes it works but most of the time with songs like these real musicians need to be taken advantage.

rushing07 said:

I disagree. The original is great. Mariah's is . I mean I cannot really comprehend how her fans seem to adore this or for that matter other covers of hers such as Against All Odds
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jiorjios said:

I love Mariah because she doesn't take herself too seriously and the main reason her fans adore her are her vocals so

Seriously, I've been on some Mariah boards and they don't really care about the production, instruments and such. They just want to hear her sing.

I think it's an average song. Music doesn't have to be so serious and pretentious all the time

Alej said:

I was not wondering why the fans like Mariah herself or her music in general. I admit I like a lot of stuff by her myself (especially the earlier stuff) and even though I own just one cd of hers I do follow her career. I was wondering how some fans are so excited about some of her cover versions which in my ears (which of course may be tone-deaf or something) are horrible:)

The whispering pissed me off. It's not a whispering song.

Other than the original, I'm a fan of Tina Arena's, Wynona's and Leela James'.

johnart said:

I'm hearing her's right fucking now!