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Mariah Carey Discografie - Album Butterfly


INFO: "Butterfly" ist das künstlerisch bedeutendste und m.E. bislang beste Album von Mariah Carey. Mit "Butterfly" - entstanden nach der Trennung von Ehemann und Labelchef Tommy Mottola - erreichte eine selbstbewußtere Mariah Carey eine neue künstlerische Qualität. Ein wunderbar gelungenes, vielseitiges Album, das von der traditionellen Ballade über R&B- und HipHop-Elementen bis zum Dance reicht. Großartige Balladen wie "Butterfly" oder "My All" prägen die CD ebenso wie das phantastische Duett "The Beautiful Ones" mit Dru Hill oder der wundervoll arrangierte Song "The Roof", ein "Multiduett" von Mariah mit sich selbst. Es war das Album, das letztmalig mit dem Mariah Carey Producer der Vorjahre, Walter Afanassieff, entstand und das wie kein anderes zuvor oder danach musikalische Vielfalt in feinster Qualität erreichte.
Mit "Butterfly" habe sie erstmals ein Album vor allem nach eigenen Vorstellungen verwirklichen können. "Butterfly" ist zugleich geprägt von vielen weiteren Kooperationen, so mit Puff Daddy, Mase, Missy Elliott, David Morales, Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone u.a.
Mariah zeigte sich nun in ihrem Auftreten (und in den Musikvideos) offener und erotischer. Sie betrachtete "Butterfly" als einen Ausdruck künstlerischer und persönlicher Emanzipation. Mehr als bei jedem Werk zuvor habe sie die Kontrolle über ihre eigene Arbeit gehabt, musikalisch ohnehin und Mariah führte diesmal auch gleich bei vier Videos Ko-Regie.
Unzufrieden war Mariah mit der Promotion des Album durch SONY. So erschienen in den USA nur 2 Singles ("Honey" und "My All"), im Abstand von einem dreiviertel Jahr. Mit der Trennung von SONY-Chef Mottola soll das natürlich rein gar nix zu tun gehabt haben ;-)


SINGLES: Aus dem Album "Butterfly" wurden 8 Singles ausgekoppelt, "Honey", "My All" (in den USA kombiniert mit "Breakdown" und "The Roof"), "My All / Stay Awhile", "Mi Todo" (in Mexiko in zwei Versionen), "Breakdown" (in Australien und als Promo in den USA), "Butterfly" (nicht in den USA), "Flay Away" (nur als Promo) und "The Roof" (erreichte in Deutschland leider nicht die Top 100).

Honey My All My All / Stay Awhile Mi Todo
USA # 1 USA # 1 - -
Deutschland # 38 Deutschland # 30 Deutschland - Deutschland -

Breakdown Butterfly Fly Away The Roof
USA - USA - USA - USA -
Deutschland - Deutschland #76 Deutschland - Deutschland -


Während der "Butterfly"-Zeit trat Mariah Carey 1998 gemeinsam mit anderen "Divas" beim VH-1 Konzert "DIVAS LIFE" auf. Außer einer CD zum Konzert und einem Video wurde aus dem Event eine Promo-Single ausgekoppelt: "A Natural Woman", der Song wurde  gemeinsam performt von Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, Aretha Franklin und Carol King.

Divas Live A Natural Woman
USA # 21 -
Deutschland # 39 -

REMIXE:
HONEY
Smooth Version With Intro
Smooth Version No Intro
Bad Boy Remix
Classic Mix
Classic Instrumental
Def Rascal Anthem
Def Rascal Dub
Morales Dub
Morales Club Dub
Mo' Honey Dub
So So Def Remix f/ Da Brat & JD

BUTTERFLY
Meme's Extended Club Mix
Meme Club Radio
Meme Latin Beats
TV Track
TV Track Short
Instrumental
Radio Instrumental
Sambatterfly
Sambatterfly Edit
Sambatterfly For Clubbers
Classic Bossa Nova

FLY AWAY (BUTTERFLY REPRISE)
Fly Away Club Mix
Def 'B' Fly Mix

BREAKDOWN
Mo Thugs Remix f/ Bone Thugs & Harmony
Radio Edit

THE ROOF
Mobb Deep Remix
Morales Funky Club Mix
Radio Mix
After Hours Mix
Bass Man Mix
Full Crew Club Mix
Full Crews' Club Mix
Full Crew Radio Edit

MY ALL
Classic Club Mix
Classic Club Mix Edit
Morales "My" Club Mix
Morales "Def" Club Mix
Full Crew Main Mix
Full Crew Main Mix w/o Rap
Full Crew Radio Mix
Full Crew Main Mix Instrumental
Live at Divas Live 1998

MY ALL / STAY AWHILE
So So Def Remix f/ Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
So So Def Remix without Rap
Instrumental
A Capella

MI TODO
Original Version
Version Por Una Noche Mas
Version Mi Fiesta
Por Una Noche Mas En Los Clubs
Por Una Noche Mas Instrumental


VIDEOS: Zum Album "Music Box" gibt es 8 Videos, zu "Honey" und zum "Honey-Remix", "Butterfly" und "The Roof" (genauer gesagt zum "The Roof Mobb Deep Remix"), "Breakdown", "My All" (die gleiche schwarz-weiß Videoversion wurde zur "My All" Album-Version und zum "My All Classic Club Mix" verwendet), ein Video zu "My All Stay Awhile" sowie zu "Whenever You Call" (ein Livemitschnitt von der "Butterfly"-Tour).
Kurioses & Anmerkenswertes: Der Dreh zu "The Roof" ging bis in die frühen Morgenstunden, während der Regenszene war es bereits sehr kühl und Mariah fror wie drei Schneider.
Im Video "Honey" springt Mariah zwar tatsächlich kopfüber ins Wasser, aber nicht von dem Balkon, sondern von einem Startblock. Das Gebäude, von dem Mariah scheinbar springt, wurde erst per Trick eingefügt. "Honey" war zugleich das erste "Action"-Video von Mariah. Die Hubschrauber- und Renn-Stunts wurden von Mariah selbst gedreht.
Während im Video "Butterfly" gar keine Schmetterlinge vorkamen, waren diese im Video zu "Breakdown" mehrfach zu sehen, auch als Tattoo auf Mariah's Rücken. Seitdem sind Butterflies Mariah Carey's Markenzeichen.

Honey Honey Remix Butterfly The Roof
Regie: Hunter/Pearl Regie: Hunter/Carey Regie: Pearl/Carey Regie: Carey/Martel

My All My All Remix My All / Stay Awhile Whenever You Call
Regie: Herb Ritts Regie: Herb Ritts Regie: Martel Regie: -

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HOMEVIDEO
VH-1 DIVAS LIVE (1998)
1998 fand das erste Konzert "Divas Live" statt, veranstaltet von VH-1 zur Unterstützung des Musikunterrichts in den USA. Dabei waren Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Shania Twain, Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion und Carole King. Mariah sang "My All" und "Make It Happen", im Duett mit Aretha Franklin "Chain Of Fools" und alle gemeinsam "A Natural Woman" und "Testimony".

Album Reviews

Fan-Review: Große Veränderungen im Leben eines Künstlers haben meist auch Auswirkungen auf seine Musik - gucken wir nur auf Kylie Minogue, die vom Pophäschen innerhalb eines Albums zur Indie-Braut wurde - der Grund: ihr neuer Rockerfreund Michal Hutchence.
Tja, ähnliches lässt sich auch über Mariahs´ "Butterfly" sagen. Die Trennung von ihrem herrischen Ehemann-Mentor-Plattenboß Tommy Mottola befreite Mariah von allen Klischees, die sie als vorher hauptsächlich Balladen singende Künstlerin mit sich herum schleppen musste: Statt, wie noch 94 auf "Music Box", eine triumphale Powerballade nach der nächsten zu schmettern, enthält "Butterfly" jede Menge verschiedene Stile und Klangrichtungen; MC zeigte sich als überaus vielseitige Künstlerin. Auch, was die Producer angeht, trat der Wechsel ein in Mariah´s Songs: Statt fast ausschließlich mit Balladen-Gott Walter Affasieneff zusammenzuarbeiten, produzierte z.B. "Bad Boy" Puff Daddy (heute P.Diddy) die relaxt- laszive, stark HipHop-beeinflußte Leadsingle "Honey", die natürlich prompt US-Nr. 1 wurde... Und das trotz der Radioblockade durch den verlassenen Ex-Mann. Die gospelige Soulballade "Butterfly" könnte textlich fast von MC selbst handeln; der traumhafte Klang ihrer gefühlsgeladenen Stimme und der Bomben-Chor-Refrain könnten den fast vergessen lassen....
"My all" wurde zum Sinnbild für eine neue Art von Mariah-Ballade; mit sehnsüchtigem, imtimen "Erotik-Soul" (BRAVO) bezauberte Mariah ihre Fans-und offensichtlich auch die Vereinigten Staaten:Nr. 1 für Miss Carey. In "My all"´s Tradition stehen Songs wie "I only wanted" oder "After Tonight" auf späteren Alben.
Einer meiner absoluten Lieblingstracks überhaupt ist die Traumballade "Whenever You call",in der Mariah äußerst gekonnt zwischen Schlafzimmer- und Powerballade balanciert und dabei ein unvergleichlich schönes, emotionales Meisterwerk produziert. Prince´s "The Beautiful Ones" verpasste MC einen neuen Anstrich als eine Art "HipHop-Ballade" zusammen mit den Jungs von Dru Hill; "The Roof" glänzt mit Gänsehautfeeling. Besonders intim und von den Fans geliebt sind zarte Balladen wie "Babydoll" oder "Outside"; sie zeigen Mariah pur. Einen ganz besonderen Beweis ihrer künstlerischen Wandlungsfähigkeit gibt sie in der ganz anderen "Butterfly"-Fassung "Fly away": Einfach beeindruckend.
Insgesamt ein überwältigendes Album; nicht über-, nicht unterproduziert; unglaublich abwechselungsreich und bezaubernd; alles souverän beherrschend Mariahs bis in feinste Nuancen perfekte Stimme, mal souverän führend, mal leise flüsternd. Perfekt. Danke, Tommy, dass du so unausstehlich bist. (Rene´Freudenthal)

Die Fans werden sie alle lieben: Das Schlummerlied "Baby Doll", das süß-triefende "Honey" und den eingängigen Titelsong, ein neu aufgenommenes Stück, das Teile aus Elton Johns "Skyline Pigeon" aus dem Album Fly Away integriert. Das Duett mit Dru Hill im Lied "The Beautiful Ones", das aus der Feder von Prince stammt, stellt den Höhepunkt des Albums dar
(aus Amazon.de Rezension)


"Butterfly" Billboard Chart History -  Album Charts

11.10.1997 - 3
18.10.1997 - 5
25.10.1997 - 5
01.11.1997 - 6
08.11.1997 - 4
15.11.1997 - 4
22.11.1997 - 7
29.11.1997 - 9
06.12.1997 - 13
13.12.1997 - 12
20.12.1997 - 11
27.12.1997 - 10
03.01.1998 - 10
10.01.1998 - 8
17.01.1998 - 15
24.01.1998 - 14
01.02.1998 - 17?
07.02.1998 - 19
14.02.1998 - 17
21.02.1998 - 19
28.02.1998 - 21
07.03.1998 - 24
14.03.1998 - 27?
21.03.1998 - 29?
28.03.1998 - 33
04.04.1998 - 33
11.04.1998 - 32
18.04.1998 - 38
25.04.1998 - 40
02.05.1998 - 30
09.05.1998 - 40
16.05.1998 - 46
23.05.1998 - 50
30.05.1998 - 48
06.06.1998 - 53
12.06.1998 - 49


"Butterfly" Billboard Chart History - Singles

Honey 1997 (3 weeks at # 1: Platinum)
13.09.1997 - 1
20.09.1997 - 1
27.09.1997 - 1
04.10.1997 - 2
11.10.1997 - 5
18.10.1997 - 5
25.10.1997 - 6
01.11.1997 - 9
08.11.1997 - 13
15.11.1997 - 18
22.11.1997 - 23
29.11.1997 - 25
06.12.1997 - 30
13.12.1997 - 34
20.12.1997 - 39
27.12.1997 - 41
03.01.1998 - 40
10.01.1998 - 37
17.01.1998 - 40
24.01.1998 - 41

My All 1998 (1 week at # 1:  Platinum)
02.05.1998 - 2
09.05.1998 - 2
16.05.1998 - 1
23.05.1998 - 2
30.05.1998 - 4
06.06.1998 - 4
13.06.1998 - 4
20.06.1998 - 4
27.06.1998 - 4
04.07.1998 - 8
11.07.1998 - 9
18.07.1998 - 9
25.07.1998 - 18
01.08.1998 - 22
...
29.08.1998 - 33
05.09.1998 - 38


Die Lyrics

Honey

Oh, oh, honey get me hooked on you...
I like that
Ooh...
Hmm...
(Come on)
(MC)
Oh...
Hmm...
(Come on)
Yeah
(MC)
Hmm...
Hmm... (I like that)

(That's right) Oh, honey you can have me when you want me (Hey)
If you simply ask me to be there (Uh, huh)
And you're the only one who makes me come running
'Cause what you got is far beyond compare, oh...

And it's just like (Yeah) honey
When your love (When your love) comes over me (Comes over me) (That's right)
Oh baby I've got a dependency (I got it)
Always strung out for another taste of your honey

(Come on) It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for ya cryin' for ya I adore ya (Hmm...)
One hit of your love addicted me (Yeah...)
Now I'm strung out on you darlin'
Don't you see every night and day
I can hardly wait for another taste of honey (Honey)

Honey I can't describe (Hmm)
How good it feels inside (Oh, honey) (Yeah)
Honey I can't describe (Hmm)
How good it feels inside

Hey, yeah, oh, oh
I can't be elusive with you honey (I like that)
'Cause it's blatant that I'm feeling you (Yeah)
And it's too hard for me to leave abruptly, yeah
Cause you're the only thing I wanna do...

And it's just like honey
When your love (When your love) comes over me (Comes over me)
Oh baby I've got a dependency (So deep)
Always strung out for another taste of your honey (Honey...)

It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet (Oh, oh)
And I'm dying for ya cryin' for ya I adore ya (I... need you babe)
One hit of your love addicted me
Now I'm strung out on you darlin' - Boy, your love addicted me
Don't you see every night and day - I can't wait
I can hardly wait for another taste of honey - For another

Baby I can hardly wait - (Harlem world we won't stop and Mariah, you're on fire)
Gotta have another taste - (Harlem world we won't stop so Mariah, take us higher)
Gotta have you now, come on baby, I need your love right now
(Harlem world we won't stop and Mariah, you're on fire)
Come sooth me with your honey - (Harlem world we won't stop so Mariah, take us higher)

(Break it down)
Oh, oh
Every little thing you do
(Now, what we're gonna do right here, is we're gonna smooth it out, come on)
oh, oh
Honey get me hooked on you
(MC, and she won't stop)

(Honey, it's like) It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet (Oh, you know)
And I'm dying for ya cryin' for ya I adore ya - I... need you love, oh, right now, baby
One hit of your love addicted me - Boy...
Now I'm strung out on you darlin'
Don't you see every night and day
I can hardly wait for another taste of honey - I need a taste of honey (Yeah)

It's like honey when it washes over me - I...
You know sugar never ever was so sweet - Need...
And I'm dying for ya cryin' for ya I adore ya (Honey, I)
One hit of your love addicted me - I need...
Now I'm strung out on you darlin'
Don't you see every night and day (Oh, honey, I)
I can hardly wait for another taste of honey (Honey, I)

It's like honey when it washes over me - I need...
You know sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for ya cryin' for ya I adore ya - I need...
One hit of your love addicted me - I need...
Now I'm strung out on you darlin'
Don't you see every night and day - I need...
I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

Honey I can't describe...



 

Butterfly

Oh...
Hmm

When you love someone so deeply
They become your life
It's easy to succumb to overwhelming fears inside
Blindly I imagined I could
Keep you under glass
Now I understand to hold you
I must open my hands
And watch you rise

Spread your wings and prepare to fly (Fly)
For you have become a butterfly (Oh, yeah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, fly (Fly...) abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were ment to be
So, spread your wings and fly
Butterfly

I have learned that beauty
Has to flourish in the light
Wild horses run unbridled
Or their spirit dies
You've given me the courage
To be all that I can
And I truly feel
Your heart will lead you back to me
When you're ready to land

Spread your wings and prepare to fly (Fly...)
For you have become a butterfly
Oh, oh, oh, oh, (Fly...) fly abandonedly into the sun (To the sun)
If you should return to me (And If you should return to me)
We truly were ment to be (We... were ment to be)
So, spread your wings and fly (Spread your wings)
Butterfly (Butterfly)

Oh, I can't pretend these tears
Aren't over flowing steadily
I can't prevent this hurt
From almost overtaking me
But I will stand and say goodbye
For you'll never be mine
Until you know the way
It feels to fly...

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Oh, oh, oh, oh, fly (Fly...) abandonedly into the sun (To the sun)
If you should return to me (I will know you're mine)
We truly were ment to be
So, spread your wings and fly
Butterfly (My Butterfly...)

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
(Fly...) For you have become a butterfly
Oh, oh, oh, oh, fly abandonedly into the sun (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, into the sun)
If you should return to me (You...)
We truly were ment to be (You and I)
So, spread your wings and fly (Spread your wings)
Butterfly (Butterfly)
So flutter through the sky
Butterfly
Fly...
Spread your wings and fly
Butterfly




My All


No...
Do...
Hmm...

I am thinking of you
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

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

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...
Do...
Do...
Oh...
Oh...
No...

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 for your love
Tonight...




The Roof


Hmm, hmm
(I got you stuck off the realness)
Yeah...
Oh, oh, hmm...
(I got you stuck off the realness)
Yeah, hmm...

It wasn't raining yet (Yet)
But it was definitely (But it was definitely)
A little misty on that warm november night
And my heart was pounding (Pounding)
My inner voice resounding (Oh...)
Begging me to turn away
But I just had to see your face
To feel alive

And then you casually walked in the room (Oh...)
And I was twisted in the web
Of my desire for you (I was twisted)
My apprehension blew away
I only wanted you (Oh...)
To taste my sadness
As you kissed me in the dark

Every time I feel the need
I envision you, caressing me
And go back in time
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

And so we finished the Moet and
Started feeling liberated
And I surrendered as you took me in your arms (You took me in your arms)
I was so caught up in the moment
I couldn't bear to let you go yet
(So I...) Threw caution to the wind
And started listening to my longing heart (Oh...)

And then you softly pressed your lips to mine (And I...)
And feelings surfaced I'd suppressed
For such a long time (And I was lifted)
And for a while I forgot
The sorrow and the pain
And melted with you as we stood
There in the rain

Every time I feel the need
I envision you (Envision you), caressing me (Caressing me)
And go back in time (Back...)
To relieve the splendor of you and I (You and I, you and I...)
On the rooftop that rainy night

(Every...) Every time I feel the need
I envision you (Envision you), caressing me (Hmm...)
And go back in time
To relieve the splendor of you and I (You...)
On the rooftop that rainy night

Last night (Last night) I dreamed that I (Dreamed I)
Whispered the words I love you (I love you, boy)
And touched you so very
Subtly as we were kissing goodbye

Hmm...
Ooh... yeah
Oh...
Pretty baby
How I'm missing you

(Every time...) Every time I feel the need
I envision you (Envision you), caressing me (Caressing me)
And go back in time (Back in time)
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night

Every time I feel the need (When I feel the need)
I envision you, caressing me (Over and over and over again)
And go back in time (Oh...)
To relieve the splendor of you and I - It was oh so sweet, you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night (On that rainy night)

Every time I feel the need (Last night I had the strangest dream)
I envision you, caressing me (I was actually quite symbolic)
And go back in time (As I whispered, that I loved you)
To relieve the splendor of you and I (Very subtly)
On the rooftop that rainy night

Every time I feel the need
I envision you, caressing me
And go back in time (Back in time)
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night



 

Fourth Of July


Trembling
Starry eyed
As you put your hand in mine...

It was twilight
On the Fourth of July
Sparkling colors were
Strewn across the sky
And we sat close enough
That we just barely touched
While roman candles
Went soaring above us and, baby

Then you put your hand in mine
And we wandered away...
I was trembling inside
But I wanted to stay (Stay, yeah, hey)
Pressed against you there and leave the world behind
On that Fourth of July (Fourth if July)

So starry eyed (So starry eyed)
On the flowery hillside
Breathless and fervid
Amid the dandelions
As it swept over me (Swept over me)
Like the wind trough the trees
I felt you sigh with a
Sweet intensity and baby

Then you put your hand in mine (Your hand in mine)
And we floated a, floated a, floated away
Delicately lay entwined
In an intimate daze (Intimate daze)
A crescent moon began to shine (A crescent moon began to shine)
And I wanted to stay (Stay, yeah, hey)
Tangled up with you among the fireflies
On that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)

Thunder clouds (Thunder clouds)
Hung around (Hung around)
So threateningly (So threateningly)
Ominously hovering
And the sky (The sky)
Opened wide (Opened wide)
Showering
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, hey

Then you put your hand in mine (Put your hand in mine)
And we ran from the rain (We ran from the rain)
From the rain, yeah (Baby)
Tentatively kissed goodnight (Tentatively kissed goodnight)
And went our separate ways (Ways, yeah, hey)
And I've never truly felt the way that I
Felt the Fourth of July (Fourth of July)
Fourth of July

Truly I have never felt the same inside
Like that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)
Fourth of July
Truly I could never feel the same as I
Felt that Fourth of July (Fourth of July)
Oh, baby



 

Breakdown


Break, break down
Steady breaking me on down
Break, break down
Steady breaking me on down
(Hmm...) Break, break down
Steady breaking me on down
(Hmm...) Break, break down
(Do, do, do, do, do...) Steady breaking me on down

You called yesterday
To basically say
That you care for me but
That you're just not in love
Immediately I pretended to be feeling similarly
And let you to believe I was ok
To just walk away from the one thing
That's unyielding and sacred to me...

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it
And I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine without ya
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my mind
Underneath the guise of smile gradually I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel and I lie convincingly
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering
So, I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then I breakdown and cry

So what do you do when somebody you're so devoted to
Suddenly just stops loving you and it seems they haven't got a clue
Of the pain that rejection is putting you through
Do you cling to your pride and sing 'I will survive'
Do you lash out and say 'How dare you leave this way'
Do you hold on in vain as they just slip away...

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it (Hey...)
And I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine without ya (Oh...)
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my mind (Losing my mind)
Underneath the guise of smile gradually I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel and I lie convincingly (Do you feel)
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering
So, I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then I breakdown and cry

Yeah, c'mon, yeah, c'mon, c'mon
Break, break down, still it breaking me on down
Gotta get control, roll, roll, roll on
Break, break down, still it breaking me on down
Gotta get control, roll, roll, roll on
Break, break down, still it breaking me on down
Gotta get control, roll, roll, roll on
Break, break down, still it breaking me on down

Gonna break you down
Only if you let it
Everyday crazy situations rockin' my mind
Tryin' to break me down, but I won't let it, forget it (Forget it)

I'll be feelin' like it's gonna break me down
Turnin' me around
Stressin' me out
I'm thinkin' it gonna get out and let me
Release some stress (Stress)

Don't ever wanna feel no pain (Pain)
Hoping for the sun but it looks like rain (Rain, rain, rain)
Oh, I just wanna maintain

Yeah, I can feel the preassures, yo
But nevertheless, Krayzie won't fall
It's over, it's ending here (Here)

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it - I'm crying...
And I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine without ya
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my mind
Underneath the guise of smile gradually I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel and I lie convincingly - How do I feel
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering - I'm losing my mind
So I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then I breakdown and cry

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it - I...
And I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine without ya
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my mind (I'm slowly losing my mind...)
Underneath the guise of smile gradually I'm dying inside
Friends ask me how I feel and I lie convincingly - How do I feel
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering
(What do you think? You gotta know I'm suffering, so I)
So I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then I breakdown and cry

Well I guess I'm trying to be nonchalant about it (Cry...)
And I'm going to extremes to prove I'm fine without ya (Cry...)
But in reality I'm slowly loosing my mind (Cry...)
Underneath the guise of smile gradually I'm dying inside (Cry...)
Friends ask me how I feel and I lie convincingly (Cry...)
'Cause I don't want to reveal the fact that I'm suffering (Cry...)
(Cry...) So I wear my disguise 'til I go home at night
And turn down all the lights and then I breakdown and cry



 

Babydoll


Yeah
Oh, baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh...

It's 2:11 and I'm stressin' watchin' TV in my hotel suite
I check my service every second, at 2:10 you still hadn't called me (No, no, no, no)
So I'm gonna leave my cell phone turned on in my purse by the bed
And before I fall asleep I guess I'll just check my machine (Go check it one more time)
Again and again because I'm obsessing on you - And again

I wanna be your babydoll (I just wanna be yours)
Wrap me up nice and tight (Wrap me up nice and tight)
Love me through the night
Come, lay me down
Enfold me in your arms (Hmm...)
Cover me with velvet kisses
Rock me on and on and whisper softly to me
You wanna be my babydoll
Oh, yeah

Zonin' out thinking 'bout you and me between the sheets (Oh, oh, oh, oh...)
I wanna get intimate but you're not within my reach... (No, no, no, no)
So I'll have a little more wine
And I'll try to drink you out of my head (Try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try)
And I'll lay awake awhile 'til I'm high enough I can forget about you until
(I want you now)
Then I wake up again

I wanna be your babydoll - Oh, baby I, I wanna be, be...
Wrap me up nice and tight (Wrap me up nice and tight)
Love me through the night
Come lay me down (Wanna lay me down)
Enfold me in your arms (Won't you baby)
Cover me with velvet kisses
Rock me on and on and whisper softly to me - Whisper to my ear
You wanna be my babydoll (You wanna be...)
My babydoll, my babydoll

Slipping into dreams (Slipping into dreams)
I feel my love surround you
My subconscious seems (My subconscious seems)
To weave itself all around you
Do you care for me (Do you care for me)
Beyond idolization
Tell me how you feel
But don't keep me at bay
'Cause I won't be waiting long

I wanna be your babydoll - I... wanna be, wanna be, I want ya
Wrap me up nice and tight (So tight baby)
Love me through the night (All through the night)
Come lay me down (Come and lay me... down)
Enfold me in your arms
Cover me with velvet kisses (Cover me)
Rock me on and on and whisper softly to me - Rock me on and on and on
You wanna be my babydoll

I wanna be your babydoll
Wrap me up nice and tight
(I just wanna be the one you wanna rock until the morning light)
Love me through the night
Come lay me down - Come on and lay me down
Enfold me in your arms - Baby, lay me down...
Cover me with velvet kisses
Rock me on and on
And whisper softly to me
You wanna be my babydoll

Don't you wanna be
My babydoll
Oh, come rock me on, and on and on...

I wanna be your babydoll
My babydoll

Laying up in bed
Room 27
My body's longing
Why ain't ya calling?
I really want ya
Boy don't you know it?
You can ring my bell...
Ring my bell...
My babydoll
I wanna be your babydoll (My bed)
(Don't you wanna be) My babydoll
I wanna be your babydoll



 

Close My Eyes

No, no, no, no, no
Do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do
Do, do, do, do

I was wayward child
With the weight of the world
That I held deep inside
Life was a winding road
And I learned many things
Little ones shouldn't know

But I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still I feel like that child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon

La, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da

Funny how one can learn
To grow numb to the madness
And block it away (Block it away)
I left the worst unsaid
Let it all dissipate
And I try to forget

As I closed my eyes
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raised my head to the sky
And though time's rolled by
Still I feel like a child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon

La, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da
Da, da, da, da, da

Nearing the edge
Obvious I almost
Fell right over
A part of me (A part of me)
Will never be quite able
To feel stable
That woman-child (That woman-child) falling inside (Falling inside)
Was on the verge of fading
Thankfully I (Thank God that I)
Woke up in time, time, time

Guardian angel I
Sail away on an ocean
With you by my side
Orange clouds roll by
They burn into your image
And you're still alive

As I closed my eyes (You're always alive)
Steadied my feet on the ground
Raise my head to the sky
And though time's rolls by
Still feel like a child
As I look at the moon
Maybe I grew up
A little too soon

La, da, da, da, da (Maybe I)
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da (Maybe I)
La, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
Da, da



 

Whenever You Call


Love
Wandered inside
Stronger than you
Stronger than I
And now that it has begun
We cannot turn back
We can only turn into one

I won't ever be too
Far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remeber
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call

And I'm truly inspired
Finding my soul
There in your eyes
And you
Have opened my heart
And lifted me inside
By showing me yourself
Undisguised

And I won't ever be too
Far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
And I'll always remeber
The part of you so tender
I'll be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call...
Ooh... yeah

And I will breathe for you each day
Comfort you through all the pain
Gently kiss your fears away... hmm...
You can turn to me and cry
Always understand that I
Give you all I have inside

And I won't ever be too
Far away to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call
I won't ever be too far to feel you
And I won't hesitate at all
Whenever you call

I'll always remember
The part of you so tender
And be the one to catch your fall
Whenever you call
Oh, yeah...
Ooh... whenever you
Call...
Whenever, whenever you
Call...



 

Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)


Don't be afraid to fly
Spread your wings
Open up the door
So much more outside

Don't (Don't) be afraid to fly (Be afraid to fly)
Come spread your wings
And just fly away
And see that it's alright to
Fly, fly, just fly, just fly
Don't be afraid
Don't let your spirit die
She said

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Spread your wings and prepare to fly - Don't be afraid, don't be afraid
For you have become a butterfly - Don't be afraid to fly

(Fly) Spread your wings and prepare to fly (So much more outside)
For you have become a butterfly (Hey)
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
(Come spread your wings and just fly away to the sun)
For you have become a butterfly

Fly...
Don't be afraid to fly
Don't be afraid to just fly
You, (Hey) you, have become a butterfly
Don't be afraid to just fly
Butterfly

Butterflies
Are free to fly
Fly away
Far, far (Bye, bye)

Butterflies (You have become a butterfly)
Are free to fly
Fly away
Bye, bye - Butterfly...

(Oh...) Bye bye
Butterfly (Butterfly)
Butterfly (Butterfly)
Free to fly
Butterfly
Butterfly (Butterfly)
Oh...
Oh...
I... (Butterfly)
Butterfly
I...
I...
I...

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly
Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a butterfly

Fly away (Butterfly)
Butterfly
Fly away (Butterfly)
Butterfly
Fly away (Butterfly)
Butterfly
Fly away, bye bye (Butterfly)
Fly away (Butterfly)
Butterfly
(Fly...) Butterfly
Butterfly
Fly Away (Butterfly)
Fly...
Butterfly
Butterfly



 

The Beautiful Ones


Yes, girl
Baby, baby, baby
What's it gonna be?
I know
Oh, baby, baby, baby
Hey, yeah
Is it him or is it me?
Oh...
Don't make me waste my time
Don't make me lose my mind baby (Hey... yeah...)

Baby, baby, baby...
Can't you stay with me tonight? (Ooh, stay with me)
Oh, baby, baby, baby... yeah...
Come on, don't my kisses please you right?
You were so hard to find
The beautiful ones, they hurt you every time...

(Ooh...) Paint a perfect picture, baby
Of me, yeah
And bring to life a vision in one's mind (Hey, yeah)
The beautiful ones (The beautiful)
Beautiful ones (The beautiful, hey)
Always smash the picture (Baby)
(Always) Always every time
Sing it, Mariah, uh

If I told you baby (Told you babe, baby)
That I was in love with you (I was in love with you)
Oh, baby, baby, baby...
If we got married (We got married)
Would that be cool...? Ooh..
You make me so confused (You... oh, so, oh, so, oh, so confused)
The beautiful ones (Always)
You always (Always) seem to lose...
Baby

(Baby, yeah) Baby
(Yes they do) Baby (Yes they do)
So beautiful ones (The beautiful)
Beautiful ones (I've got one thing)
So beautiful ones (Like my mind)
Beautiful ones (My mind)

Listen
Do you want him (Oh...)
Or do you want me? (I...)
'Cause I want you (You...)
'Cause I do, baby
I want you (You...)
Oh, baby
Alright, baby
I want you, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I... I... want you (Said I want you)
Baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah... (Baby, baby, baby, baby)
Alright, yes (I...)
See I may not know
Where I'm going, baby
I may not know
Said I may not know
See I may not know (What...)
What I need
But I need, but I need, but I need
But one thing is for certain, baby
I know what I want
And if it please you, baby, please you, baby
And I'll beg you down on my knees
I want you, I want you
You...
Oh, oh, I need you
You're so bad to me, baby
And I want you
Why, oh, why
Why, oh, why (Oh, why)
Why, oh, why
Baby, I, oh, baby, baby, baby
Baby, yeah, hey
Need you, yeah
(I want you...) Do you want Sisqo? (Babe, I want you)
Do you wanna love me, love me (Me...)
Do you wanna throw me away
I gotta know, I gotta know baby
Gotta know
Baby, baby, baby (Baby, baby, yeah...)
(Baby, baby, baby)

(I need you) Hey, hey, hey (Baby, baby, baby)
(I want you now)
Tell me why (Tell me why)
Beautiful ones (Oh)
They hurt you
Every... (Time...) time



 

Outside


It's hard to explain
Inherently it's just always been strange
Neither here or there
Always somewhat out of place everywhere
Ambiguous
Without a sense of belonging to touch
Somewhere halfway
Feeling there's no one completely the same

Standing alone
Eager to just
Believe it's good enough to be what
You really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be (You...)
Somewhere on the (You...)
Outside

Early on, you face
The realization you don't have a space
Where you fit in...
And recognize you
Were born to exist

Standing alone
Eager to just
Believe it's good enough to be what
You really are
But in your heart
Uncertainty forever lies
And you'll always be (You...)
Somewhere on the (You...)
Outside

And it's hard (And it's hard, so hard)
And it's hard (And it's hard)
And it's hard

Irreversibly
Falling in between

And it's hard
And it's hard
To be understood

As you are
As you are...

Oh... and God knows
That you're standing on your own
Blind and unguided
Into a world divided
You're thrown
Where you're never quite the same
Although you try, try and try
To tell yourself
You really are
But in your heart, uncertainty forever lies...
And you'll always be (You...)
Somewhere on the (You...)
Outside
You'll always be (You...)
Somewhere on the
Outside...



 

Honey (So So Def Radio Mix)


(If Jermaine likes it)
Me do, I do (Then I like it)

You know what
Y'all ain't ready for this
You're still scramblin'
From the damage of the last remix
Most of the other stories bore me out
Love and guys
Till my royalties be the glory
Mariah, Honey B-fly
Me and B-all, the all
Usually seen in high spots
Jumpin' out a two seater
We got money to make
And many records to break
We not similar to any
So make no mistake

Oh, Honey (This is So So Def)
You can have me when you want me (Come on)
If you simply ask me to be there
And you're the only one who makes me come running
'Cause what you got is far beyond compare
Oh...

And it's just (Just) like (Like) honey (Honey)
When your love (Uh, huh) comes over me (Uh, uh)
Oh, baby, I've got a dependency
Always strung out for another taste of your honey

It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for ya, (Dying) crying for ya, (Crying) I adore ya (I adore you)
One hit of your love addicted me
Now I'm strung out on you darling, don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey

Honey, I can't describe
How good it feels inside (Hmm...)
Honey, I can't describe (Hmm...)
How good it feels inside (MC, come on)

Oh, I can't be elusive with you honey
'Cause it's blatant that I'm feeling you (Say what)
And it's too hard for me to leave abruptly, yeah
'Cause you're the only thing I wanna do...

Y'all be sayin' this and that
But y'all just wanna see the new phenomenon
Dun chi chi
'Cause I'm nasty
Word the big
I mean, if you like
Be a president for life
And by the minute
I get more nice
I'm a J-E-R
The M-A-I, N, don't forget the E
And she go by the unforgettable name
Of the B to the R
To the A to the T

I like colossal size pieces of rocks
And gettin' pushed in the Bentley dropped off
Undefeated, indefinitely don't stop
We rock
No time to spot
Callin' all the shots
So y'all know how we's get down
Mama might just be a dollar bill seeker
And individually weaker
Don't mind poppin' the raw beat (No...)
Or just unwinding with some clams
With a seven digit account

They say hey JD
Won't you play that song
And keep 'em dancin' (Dancin')
All night (All night)

Hey JD
Won't you play that song
And keep 'em dancin' (Dancin')
All night (All night)

You say hey JD
Won't you play that song
And keep 'em dancin' (Dancin')
All night (All night)

Hey JD
Won't you play that song
And keep 'em dancin' (Dancin')
All night long (Honey it's like...)

It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet (You know)
And I'm dying for ya, crying for ya, I adore ya - I need your love, oh, right now, baby
One hit of your love addicted me
Now I'm strung out on you darling, don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey (I need a taste of honey)

It's like honey when it washes over me (I...)
You know sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for ya, crying for ya, I adore ya (Oh honey, oh honey, I)
One hit of your love addicted me
Now I'm strung out on you darling, don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait (Honey I)
For another taste of honey

It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for ya, crying for ya, I adore ya...
 
Honey (Def Club Mix)

Hmm, hmm, hmm
I need it, need it, need it

Honey you can have me
Honey you can have me when you want me
Honey you can have me
Oh
Hmm...
Oh, yeah... yeah, yeah

Honey you can have me when you want me
If you simply ask me to be there
Every time you call me I come running (Running)
'Cause what you got is far beyond compare

And it's just like honey (Oh...)
When your love comes over me (Comes over me)
Oh baby I've got a dependency (I've got a dependency)
Always strung out for another taste of your honey

It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dyin' (Dying) for ya cryin' (Crying) for ya I adore ya
One hit of your love addicted me
Now I'm strung out on you darling, don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey (Honey)

Honey, I can't describe
How good it feels inside

Oh, I can't be elusive with you honey (Honey)
'Cause it's blatant that I'm feeling you (That I'm feeling you)
And it's too hard for me to leave abruptly, yeah
'Cause you're the only thing I wanna do... (You're the only thing I wanna do)

And it's just like honey (Oh...)
When your love comes over me (When your love)
Oh baby I've got a dependency (I've got a dependency)
Always strung out for another taste of your honey

It's like honey when it washes over me
You know sugar never ever was so sweet
And I'm dying for ya cryin' for ya I adore ya (Yeah)
One hit of your love addicted me - One hit addicted me...
Now I'm strung out on you darling, don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait
For another taste of honey

Honey, I can't describe
How good it feels inside (Feels so good inside)
Honey, I can't describe (Hmm...)
How good it feels inside

Baby I can hardly wait
Gotta have another taste
I can hardly wait
Gotta have another taste

Oh...
It's like honey, it's like honey
It's like honey, it's like honey
And it's just like honey - Like honey, it's like honey
When your love comes over me - Honey, honey, oh...
Oh baby I've got a dependency
Always strung out for another taste of your honey

It's like honey when it washes over me (Hey)
You know sugar never ever was so sweet (Hey, yeah...)
And I'm dying for ya cryin' for ya I adore ya (I...)
One hit of your love addicted me - It's like honey
Now I'm strung out on you darling, don't you see
Every night and day I can hardly wait - It's like honey
For another taste of honey

It's like honey... - Honey...
Honey...
It's like honey... - Honey...
It's like honey, it's like honey - Honey...
It's like honey... - Honey...

Ooh...
Ooh... ooh... ooh... ooh... ooh... ooh... ooh...
It's like honey, it's like honey
Honey, hey

I need it, need it, need it
I need it, need it, need it
I need it, need it, need it
I need it, need it, need it
I need it, need it, need it
I need it, need it, need it
I need it, need it, need it
Need it, need it, need it, need it
Ooh... I
I need it, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ooh... I
I need it, yeah, yeah, yeah

I need it, need it, need it
Yeah, yeah
I need it, need it, need it
I need it, need it, need it
Yeah, yeah
Ooh... I


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© 1998-2007 www.mariah-carey-fan.com - Berlin - Germany
01. Honey
02. Butterfly
03. My All
04. The Roof
05. Fourth Of July
06. Breakdown
07. Babydoll
08. Close My Eyes
09. Whenever You Call
10. Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)
11. The Beautiful Ones
12. Outside
13. Honey (So So Def Radio Mix)
14. Honey (Def Club Mix)

Anmerkung: Auf der US- Ausgabe sind die Songs 13 und 14 nicht enthalten. In Mexiko ist als 15. Song die spanische Version von "My All" ("Mi Todo") auf der CD
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Release Date
16. September 1997

Top-Platz USA
# 1 (1 Woche)
9 Wochen in den Top Ten

Top-Platz Germany
# 7
26 Wochen in den Top 100

RIAA Zertifikate USA
5 x Platin

IFPI Zertifikate GER
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Sales:
(Stand März 2007)
Alben: ca. 11 Mio.
Singles: ca. 5 Mio.
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