00:00Hi, I'm Mariah Carey and this is my Billboard Chart History.
00:05I'm Mariah Carey.
00:10I'm Mariah Carey.
00:15I'm Mariah Carey.
00:17On some level I do feel like...
00:20We Belong Together is my signature song.
00:22There's like eras of different songs.
00:25Being my signature like hero for a while was the one that people associated with me.
00:30The most.
00:31But a hero lies in you.
00:35But I think more people know we belong together because it's just...
00:40That kind of song.
00:41I'm Mariah Carey.
00:42I'm Mariah Carey.
00:44I'm Mariah Carey.
00:46I'm Mariah Carey.
00:47I'm Mariah Carey.
00:48Usually I plan it out but...
00:51That day I was waiting for L.A.
00:54Reid to come to the studio and he had some...
00:56Financial people with him and he was like, okay, I'm here.
00:58I'm coming out of this room.
00:59I was like, can you just give me...
01:01Like five minutes?
01:02So I did the outro like really fast.
01:05Thankfully it's...
01:06Not that all over the place or that complicated.
01:09So I was able to get it done.
01:11We belong together.
01:12We belong together.
01:13We belong together.
01:14We belong together.
01:15We belong together.
01:16We belong together.
01:17We belong together.
01:18We belong together.
01:19We belong together.
01:20We belong together.
01:21We belong together.
01:22We belong together.
01:23We belong together.
01:24We belong together.
01:25We belong together.
01:26We belong together.
01:27We belong together.
01:28We belong together.
01:29We belong together.
01:30We belong together.
01:31We belong together.
01:32We belong together.
01:33We belong together.
01:34We belong together.
01:35We belong together.
01:36We belong together.
01:37We belong together.
01:38We belong together.
01:39We belong together.
01:40We belong together.
01:16Do you ever do something crazy in the studio?
01:21And later on be like, why did I do that?
01:23Yes, I do. All the time. I'm always
01:26like, why did I do that? Now, how am I going to do it again?
01:28What is your favorite run?
01:31I like Lead the Way.
01:32I was going to tell you my favorite is Lead the Way.
01:36What a great run.
01:41Did you know that that would become like a part of your history as far as people just
01:46like constantly reposting and giving you credit for that run?
01:49No, but I'm appreciative that.
01:51They do. I'm really appreciative that they give me credit for that.
01:56But in reality, I'm slowly losing my mind.
02:01Well, I wanted to
02:06work with Bone Thugs in Harmony and I just love their style and they just.
02:11had Crossroads, which was a huge record.
02:13It worked out. We got it together.
02:15We got.
02:16I want the studio. Stevie J was there.
02:18It was a moment.
02:19It was like they.
02:21They were a moment, is all I can say.
02:23I don't mean to minimize them by saying that.
02:25I mean...
02:26to making them bigger, if I even could.
02:29They were so great.
02:31They were great to work with, and I love Breakdown.
02:36You know, with Breakdown, it was something that I...
02:41wanted to do.
02:42I was like, I really want to do something a la Bone Thugs in Harmony.
02:46Because no female had really done that yet.
02:51Because I don't want to be clear, if I even could.
02:56I don't want to be clear.
02:57I don't want to be clear.
02:58I don't want to be clear.
03:01I love the Honey music video.
03:06I wish I could live in it.
03:07I was in Puerto Rico, and I was on Little Island, Palo Manito Island.
03:11And I was watching people jet ski back and forth, and I thought, oh, that was...
03:16that would be, you know, that would be something I could do in the video.
03:19It was just on my mind.
03:20I was like...
03:21that visual looked so good.
03:23We decided to make it all like a James Bond.
03:26kind of chase scene, and still one of my favorites.
03:31The lyrics to Honey, people have a reference...
03:36That's what that means.
03:37It's just a song.
03:40They get so dramatic.
03:41I got you.
03:42I got you.
03:43I got you.
03:44I got you.
03:46I really didn't think people were going to go there, but they did.
03:51I really didn't think people were going to go there.
03:56I really didn't think people were going to go there.
04:01I love Marilyn Monroe.
04:02I actually have her piano from when she was a little girl.
04:06And it was her mom's piano.
04:08And when they auctioned it, I made sure I got the piano.
04:11I was inspired in that video.
04:13And I still believe to just kind of do an...
04:16It was an attempt at something that was inspired by her look.
04:19The hair over to...
04:21To the side, you know, and kind of like that 1950s hair.
04:25The hair set that we did.
04:27I think it was Peter Savick that did the hair.
04:29I just have always loved her.
04:30So that was the inspiration.
04:32And yes, with the army guys and everything.
04:35That was inspired by Marilyn.
04:37Just give me one more try.
04:39And love again...
04:43And love again...
04:44And love again...
04:45And love again...
04:52And love again...
05:00The jeans were too tight and they were too high, so I just ripped off the top at the
05:05photo shoot the night before for Heartbreaker. We just wore them in the video, and then all of a sudden,
05:10people started doing it, and I was like, hello, this is my idea.
05:15But she knows she loves Jay because she loves everything Jay says.
05:20I love Jay-Z, as does pretty much everybody, and when we're
05:25doing Heartbreaker, we had an idea to do a bunch of different skits.
05:30And Jay did Scarface, and I was dressed...
05:35like Michelle Pfeiffer was. Jay was in the hot tub, which was amazing.
05:40Give me your love, give me your love, give me your love...
05:45You forever you'll be my sweetheart.
05:50Boy, haven't you noticed?
05:52Say what.
05:53A gleam in my eyes.
05:55Well, I love Jermaine. Jermaine Dupri is like one of my favorite, favorite...
06:00producers and people in the world. He's just so talented and...
06:05has had so much success, and we really work well together, you know, from always...
06:10using my baby to We Belong Together, and we happened to do Sweetheart, which is not...
06:15my favorite, favorite song that we've done together, but I like the video.
06:20aí whal bride, chill out, man.
06:22H...
06:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
06:24Put your hands in the air.
06:25that was actually Jermaine's album life in 1472 and then it just
06:30went on to my number one's record. That's JD.
06:35Touch my body, hold me on.
06:40Well, the best thing about time
06:45that touched my body is the fact that Aretha Franklin did it.
06:50If you're on your own, I'm going to tell you about it.
06:52She's the time to do it.
06:54Woo!
06:55That is so iconic. I can't even know what to say. Seriously.
07:00In the studio I was with The Dream. He and I wrote that song together. It's still one of my favorites.
07:05We love this song.
07:07Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.
07:10Hi.
07:10I just liked it. I just felt like it was a feel good song and it was something
07:15that people would hopefully like. And then it became my 18th number one.
07:20So that was amazing.
07:21You touch my body, hold me on the floor.
07:25And you found out in the floor.
07:28I love you.
07:29Why are you so obsessed with me?
07:34It's so funny that that has this big resurgence, obsession.
07:39I'm like I never, not that I never thought, I actually thought it should have been a bigger record at the time.
07:44But it might have been a little ahead of its time.
07:47I love it now, we do it.
07:49At the shows, it's one of my faves.
07:54Well, I need it to be specific.
07:59Because I had to address the situation, but it is what it is.
08:04And I was like, why are you so obsessed with me?
08:09And I'm like, why are you so obsessed with me?
08:11And I'm like, why are you so obsessed with me?
08:14I know you're shining down on me from heaven.
08:19It was always meant to be a Boyz II Men collaboration, and I was so thankful.
08:24That they did the song with me, because they're amazing.
08:27You know, it was the 90s, and it was...
08:29That moment, like, and I became friends with particularly Juan Yeh.
08:34And he's so much, he's hilarious.
08:36Yeah, we did the song together, and...
08:39It did hold the record for a long time.
08:44I remember they came to the studio to listen to...
08:49The song they had, like, one day, so we had to get the video and the song on the same day.
08:53And...
08:54That's why it's, like, docu-style.
08:56We did a lot of layers and background vocals and stuff.
08:59And stuff like that.
09:00One sweet day!
09:04I don't want a lot of...
09:09When I first decided, okay...
09:14I'm making a Christmas album.
09:16The first thing I did was write a song because I wanted it to be...
09:19You know, have my own signature on it.
09:22That was the first song that I wrote.
09:24For the entire album, I also wrote a song called Miss You Most At Christmas.
09:29Miss You Most At Christmas...
09:34It's obviously not all I want for Christmas is you.
09:37That just became such a...
09:39That was the only thing that I never could have predicted it.
09:41Ever.
09:42So...
09:43Now...
09:44There we have it.
09:45Baby, all I want for Christmas is you.
09:49That's what I'm going to be doing when I get to my destination.
09:53My holiday...
09:54I'm going to be listening to Christmas music the entire time.
09:58Nobody's allowed...
09:59I'm allowed to play anything other than Christmas music.
10:01My favorite Christmas song is Not King Cole's...
10:04Merry Christmas...
10:05It's my favorite.
10:06Merry Christmas...
10:07Merry Christmas...
10:08Merry Christmas!
10:09Merry Christmas!
10:10To you...
10:11No, I never sang it because I...
10:13I love it so much, I didn't want to do my version.
10:16I wanted to leave that as it is.
10:18Baby, I'm here for it.
10:23Baby, oh, I love here for it all, it was the.
10:28The first song that I wrote for this album.
10:32It's always been close to my heart, I don't know.
10:33It's just one of those things.
10:35I actually played it for my friend Trey Lorenz
10:38when I first did it.
10:38And that's how long ago I did it, it was a while back.
10:41He kept reminding me of the song.
10:43And he kept saying, like, asking me about it and saying,
10:46like, where's the, but when you leave.
10:48That little part, you know, he really loved that.
10:52And I was, he's like, where's the.
10:53Where's that song?
10:54And I'm like, we're coming soon.
10:56But when you leave.
10:58You take a little bit of every fire, but that's in bed.
11:03You take me to me.
11:04I got to.
11:08I got to.
11:08I got to.
11:08Justice for Shake It Off.
11:13Yes, that was number two.
11:18Everybody just, everybody just bam.
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