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)
We Belong Together Remix
Mariah Carey Lyrics
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I didn't mean it
When I said I didn't love you, so
I should have held on tight
I never shoulda let you go
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid, I was foolish
I could not fathom that I would ever
Be without your love
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself
'Cause I didn't know you
'Cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt
The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
'Cause I don't have a choice
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here, cause baby
(We belong together)
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
Who else am I gon' lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh, baby baby, we belong together
I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Saying to me
"If you think you're lonely now"
Wait a minute
This is too deep (too deep)
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial
Trying to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
I only think of you
And it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
But I'm falling apart
I'm feeling all out of my element
I'm throwing things, crying
Trying to figure out
Where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song
It ain't even half of what
I'm feeling inside
I need you
Need you back in my life, baby
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
Who else am I gon' lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh, baby baby, we belong together, baby
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
Who am I gonna lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
The lyrics of Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" convey the pain and regret of a lost love. The song's narrator is looking back on a past relationship and realizing she made a mistake in letting her partner go. She acknowledges that she was foolish and didn't know what she had until it was gone. She's longing for her lover's touch, voice, and presence in her life again, and is struggling to deal with the pain of being apart. The chorus "we belong together" emphasizes the idea that despite any mistakes or problems, the two were meant to be together.
Throughout the song, Mariah expresses her emotions in a powerful, raw way. The lyrics are full of intense feeling, from the regret of having let her lover go to the desperation of wanting them back. She uses music as a way to cope with the pain, referencing songs by Bobby Womack and Babyface that capture the same emotions she's going through.
Overall, "We Belong Together" is a compelling and emotional ballad about lost love and the longing to have it back. It touches on themes of regret, pain, and the realization of the value of what we have until it's gone.
Line by Line Meaning
I didn't mean it
When I said I didn't love you, so
I regret denying my love for you during our past conversation.
I should have held on tight
I never shoulda let you go
I wish I would have fought to keep our relationship instead of allowing it to end.
I didn't know nothing
I was stupid, I was foolish
I was lying to myself
I was ignorant and foolish to think that I could live without your love.
I could not fathom that I would ever
Be without your love
Never imagined I'd be
Sitting here beside myself
I never thought that I would lose you and be alone without your love.
'Cause I didn't know you
'Cause I didn't know me
But I thought I knew everything
I never felt
I realize that I didn't really understand you or myself, even though I thought I did. I had never felt a love like ours before.
The feeling that I'm feeling
Now that I don't hear your voice
Or have your touch and kiss your lips
'Cause I don't have a choice
I miss you so much that the emptiness is unbearable. I don't have the option to be with you now.
Oh, what I wouldn't give
To have you lying by my side
Right here, cause baby
(We belong together)
I would give anything to have you next to me right now because we belong together.
When you left I lost a part of me
It's still so hard to believe
Come back baby, please
'Cause we belong together
Your leaving left a void in my life, and it's still hard to come to terms with it. Please come back to me because we belong together.
Who else am I gon' lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me on the phone
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh, baby baby, we belong together
I don't have anyone else to rely on for emotional support like I had with you. No one can replace you or the love we shared because we belong together.
I can't sleep at night
When you are on my mind
Bobby Womack's on the radio
Saying to me
"If you think you're lonely now"
Wait a minute
This is too deep (too deep)
I gotta change the station
So I turn the dial
Trying to catch a break
And then I hear Babyface
I only think of you
And it's breaking my heart
I'm trying to keep it together
But I'm falling apart
I obsessively think of you and can't sleep at night as you constantly occupy my thoughts. Even listening to the radio makes me think of you, which causes me to break down emotionally.
I'm feeling all out of my element
I'm throwing things, crying
Trying to figure out
Where the hell I went wrong
The pain reflected in this song
It ain't even half of what
I'm feeling inside
I need you
Need you back in my life, baby
I'm completely lost and consumed by my emotions. I'm in so much pain that my actions show my distress. I'm trying to figure out where things went wrong, and this song can't even convey half of the anguish I feel. I desperately need you back in my life.
Who am I gonna lean on
When times get rough
Who's gonna talk to me
Till the sun comes up
Who's gonna take your place
There ain't nobody better
Oh baby, baby
We belong together
I'm lost and don't have anyone else to turn to when things get tough. No one can replace you and the connection we had because we belong together.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Abkco Music, Inc., BALLADS BY DESIGN, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: KENNETH EDMONDS, JERMAINE DUPRI, SIDNEY JOHNSON, DARNELL BRISTOL, MARIAH CAREY, MANUEL SEAL, JOHNTA AUSTIN, PATRICK MOTEN, BOBBY WOMACK, SANDRA SULLY
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@joebrowne846
This remix is off the hook. One of the all time classics.
@NuraCaicedo-xh2ok
💯 ♥️
@SuperFunkykool
Drop one of Clue's bombs for DJ Clue on tha remix tip ha ha
@abduljalilmahama5682
Jadakiss and Styles P killed it
@Jamal.official300
And Mariah murdered it!
@never152
Good memories of 2005 when radio were alternating between this one and the original every hour.
@yahiko09
“I only think of you on two occasions...that’s day and night.”
Fave.
@amalizbhali4393
Baby face
@arifhassanali7965
babyface - two occasions
@arifhassanali7965
https://youtu.be/6vr9a46ZZ18