As one of you heathens admitted, Anytime You Need a Friend was Mariah's first single to miss the US top ten. I think it was ballad overload, as this was her third (fourth if you count Never Forget You) ballad in a row. Shame, as it's undoubtably the best on the record; the gospel choir employed on the chorus is so tied to Mariah in a way that none of the other ballads are.
Mariah said this song is under-rated. Well, this was one of the song she felt that is better than some of her songs that actually made to #1
This song is good but not gonna cry over the placement.
As one of you heathens admitted, Anytime You Need a Friend was Mariah's first single to miss the US top ten. I think it was ballad overload, as this was her third (fourth if you count Never Forget You) ballad in a row. Shame, as it's undoubtably the best on the record; the gospel choir employed on the chorus is so tied to Mariah in a way that none of the other ballads are.
I like this song, her performance @ thanksgiving concert >>>>>
A good number of tens, but not that much passion for a song that Mariah and Jermaine Dupri started writing before The Emancipation of Mimi was due to the label, but finished in time for a re-release. It feels like a re-release track, doesn't it?
This is the first of Mariah's four R&B Female Vocal performance nominations to go. Will we see any of the other three - Always Be My Baby, Honey, and We Belong Together - tonight?
Speaking of the Grammys ...
... one of Mariah's most acclaimed live performances, even though I still maintain it was lipped.
A good number of tens, but not that much passion for a song that Mariah and Jermaine Dupri started writing before The Emancipation of Mimi was due to the label, but finished in time for a re-release. It feels like a re-release track, doesn't it?
This is the first of Mariah's four R&B Female Vocal performance nominations to go. Will we see any of the other three - Always Be My Baby, Honey, and We Belong Together - tonight?
Speaking of the Grammys ...
... one of Mariah's most acclaimed live performances, even though I still maintain it was lipped.
Let's be honest: the bright spot of that misbegotten mess called Rainbow. A standard summer single, but in retrospect, a bit more challenging lyrically and structurally than anything else she had released.
