Carey's self-titled debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, who married her three years later. She gained further worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). Their singles include "Hero", "Without You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", and "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s) and was the longest running number one song of the decade. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new urban image and incorporated more elements of hip hop with the album Butterfly (1997). She left Columbia in 2001 after eleven consecutive years of U.S. number-one singles and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records.
Following Carey's highly publicized physical and emotional breakdown and the failure of the film Glitter (2001) and its soundtrack, Virgin bought out her contract and she signed with Island Records the following year. After a comparatively unsuccessful period, Carey returned to the top of the charts with The Emancipation of Mimi (2005), which became the best-selling album in the US and the world's second best-selling album of 2005. Its second single, "We Belong Together", topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (2000s). She won the Breakthrough Actress Performance award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival for her role in the 2009 film Precious. Carey's subsequent ventures included being an American Idol judge, starring in the docu-series Mariah's World, appearing in the films The Butler (2013), A Christmas Melody (2015), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017), performing at two Las Vegas concert residencies, and publishing her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey in 2020.
Carey is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with over 220 million records sold worldwide. She holds the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles by a solo artist (19), a female songwriter (18), and a female producer (15). Carey is the highest-certified female artist in the United States and 10th overall, with 72 million certified album units. In 2008, she was named one of Time's annual 100 most influential artists and entertainers in the world. Billboard named her the "top-charting female solo artist", based on both album and song chart success in 2019. Carey has won 5 Grammy Awards, 19 World Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards and eight Guinness World Records. An inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she is credited for inspiring multiple generations of pop and R&B artists, and for merging hip hop with pop music through her crossover collaborations.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariah_Carey
Studio albums
Mariah Carey (1990)
Emotions (1991)
Music Box (1993)
Merry Christmas (1994)
Daydream (1995)
Butterfly (1997)
Rainbow (1999)
Glitter (2001)
Charmbracelet (2002)
The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
E=MC² (2008)
Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009)
Merry Christmas II You (2010)
Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014)
Caution (2018)
My All (Morales "My" Club Mix
Mariah Carey Lyrics
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In my sleepless solitude tonight
If it′s wrong to love you
Then my heart just won't let me be right
′Cause I've drowned in you
And I won't pull through
Without you by my side
Just one more night with you
I′d risk my life to feel
Your body next to mine
'Cause I can′t go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all for your love tonight
Baby can you feel me
Imagining I′m looking in your eyes
I can see you clearly
Vividly emblazoned in my mind
And yet you're so far
Like a distant star
I′m wishing on tonight
I'd give my all to have
Just one more night with you
I'd risk my life to feel
Your body next to mine
′Cause I can′t go on
Living in the memory of our song
I'd give my all for your love tonight
I′d give my all to have
Just one more night with you
I'd risk my life to feel
Your body next to mine
′Cause I can't go on
Living in the memory of our song
I′d give my all for your love tonight
Give my all for your love
Tonight
The lyrics of Mariah Carey's song My All express the intense yearning and longing for lost love. The singer admits the obsession and the inability to move on from the love that has been lost. The first two lines of the song set the stage for the song's theme of love that permeates even the sleepless nights. The singer confesses that the love she feels for the person is so strong that she cannot control it, and that she is willing to risk everything to be with them again.
In the chorus, the singer is clear that she would give everything she has to be with this person again. The line, "Living in the memory of our song," is a key moment in the song, as it highlights a particular song that they shared together that still resonates with the singer. The desire to feel the person's body next to hers is palpable throughout the song, and the final line of the chorus, "I'd give my all for your love tonight," shows just how far she would go to be reunited with her lost love.
The second verse continues the intense emotion, with the singer admitting that she is imagining being with the person again, and the image of the person is vivid in her mind. The use of the metaphor of "a distant star" further emphasizes the separation between the two individuals. The repetition of the chorus further emphasizes the depth of emotion, and the repetition highlights the song's key message about the power and intensity of love.
Line by Line Meaning
I am thinking of you
I cannot stop thinking about you
In my sleepless solitude tonight
I am unable to sleep because I am alone and thinking about you
If it's wrong to love you
Although society may see our love as wrong, my heart still loves you
Then my heart just won't let me be right
I cannot ignore my heart's love for you, even if it is perceived as wrong
'Cause I've drowned in you
I am completely consumed by my love for you
And I won't pull through
I cannot survive without you
Without you by my side
I need you to be with me
I'd give my all to have
I am willing to give everything that I have
Just one more night with you
I long to spend more time with you
I'd risk my life to feel
I am willing to take any risk in order to experience your touch
Your body next to mine
I crave physical intimacy with you
'Cause I can't go on
I am unable to continue living my life
Living in the memory of our song
Thinking about our past memories together is the only comfort I have
Baby can you feel me
Do you understand how much I love you?
Imagining I'm looking in your eyes
I picture myself gazing into your eyes
I can see you clearly
I can visualize you perfectly in my mind
Vividly emblazoned in my mind
The image of you is etched into my thoughts
And yet you're so far
Despite my vivid imagination, you are physically distant
Like a distant star
Your presence is like a star, so far away and out of reach
I'm wishing on tonight
I hope that tonight my wishes and dreams of being with you will come true
Give my all for your love
My love for you is so strong that I would give everything to be with you
Tonight
I hope that tonight my dreams of being with you will come true.
Writer(s): חיטמן תמיר, Afanasieff,walter N, Carey,mariah
Contributed by Colin L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@DaudRotama
Mariah is honestly ahead of her time. Everyone's releasing house songs nowadays, meanwhile she's done it during her prime. I can't name a better woman!
@user-rf4co1ee5o
Tbf, this style has been popular in England since the early 80s
@huntercrawford18
JUST ONE MORE NIIIIIGHT
@kalielilah3237
💕😭
@shinywooper5988
WITH YOUU
@NateBear1021
Just one night would be a start. Forever is better!
@ZestoHrd-db7hv
i risk mylife to feeel your body next to mine!!
@youtubestyle293
Just ONE more night!
@gregoryellwood7832
Mariah. Gurl. Kylie did it. Bey did it. We need you to bring the house sound back for the children.
@shanemcauley9030
This is morales remix