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Mariah wants to know what love is: covers Foreigner
Foreigner's Mick Jones can start ordering caviar and Champagne again: Mariah Carey is
releasing her own gospel-tinged version of his masterwork song, "I Want to Know What Love
Is". It's the first "real" single from her new album following the summer release of the
witty "Obsessed", which is also included on "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel". The album
and the single hit the world on September 29th.
I heard the Foreigner song yesterday along with all of "Memoirs" and let me tell you:
Mariah's got a hit on her hands along the lines of "Emancipation of Mimi". The hour-long
CD is ballad-centric. Written and produced with The Dream and Tricky (I know, but these
are their stage names), "Memoirs" boasts a lot of singles. Starting with the Foreigner
song is a canny move in these uncertain times. By the time its run is over, a new generation
will think "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a Mariah Carey song.
Mick Jones, who wrote it, should start picking out some nice new cars thanks to Carey.
The money should come rolling in quickly. The other songs on the album - these are the
titles, although the running order is still being finalized: "Betcha", "Obsessed",
"H.A.T.E.U.", "Candy Bling", "Ribbon", "Standing O's", "Impossible", "It's a Wrap",
"Inseparable", "Up Out My Face", "More than Just Friends", and "Angels Cry".
Several of these are radio ready. "Angels Cry" is an honest-to-god ballad a la "Vision
of Love", and should be a gigantic success. "Standing O's" also has potential, as do
"H.A.T.E.U." - which stands for "having a typical emotional upset" - and "Inseparable".
Def Jam's L.A. Reid - who previewed the CD for the first time yesterday with a clutch
of staffers - is playing with the order, to get it right. But he really can't go wrong.
Carey's album, is, as they used to say, "what the kids want". Plus, it's got stuff for
the slightly older crowd. I loved the doo-woppy "It's a Wrap". And the Foreigner track
is so powerful, it's going to be everywhere.
Good news, too: no more songs about Eminem. One was plenty. So, by the end of September
we'll have new CDs from Whitney and from Mariah. They're each top notch and different
from each other enough that their fans should want them both. Maybe we'll see a return
to record stores (we have but a few in Manhattan now) and diva duels on radio if
programmers are smart.
(Showbiz 411)
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