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This FAQ is quite out of date. I am hoping to review the information and create a new version in the coming months.—Archer Nov '03
I personally like to set the date as being Monday 25th December 1995, the day of the first Mariah Carey Internet Christmas party on IRC. The newsgroup was created after my Call For Votes document drew 211 "yes" votes to 61 "no" votes.
"In the beginning, there was the word, and the word was Mariah.
Mariah then proceeded to create God to keep her company."
- Archer 1:1
These are abbreviations for Mariah's songs, derived from the initial capitals in the song's title.
SONG Title Abbrev Source (Reference)
After 7 Mile (M6(v))
After Tonight AT Rainbow (M2c(xii); 05.)
Against All Odds AAO Rainbow (M2c(xii); 09.)
Algun Dia (Someday) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
All Cried Out ACO Allure (M8)
All In Your Mind AIYM Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 06.)
All I've Ever Wanted AIEW Music Box (M2c(iv); 10.)
All I Want For Christmas Is You AIWFCIY Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 02.)
Alone In Love AIL Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 07.)
Always Be My Baby ABMB Daydream (M2c(vii); 05.)
Always In Love Trey Lorenz (M6(iii))
Anytime You Need A Friend AYNAF Music Box (M2c(iv); 03.)
Babydoll Butterfly (M2c(ix); 07.)
Beautiful Ones, The [T]BO Butterfly (M2c(ix); 11.)
Bliss Rainbow (M2c(xii); 3.)
Breakdown Butterfly (M2c(ix); 06.)
Breaking The Chains BMI/ASCAP database (M6(vi))
Butterfly Butterfly (M2c(ix); 02.)
Can You Hear Me BMI/ASCAP database (M6(vi))
Can't Let Go CLG Emotions (M2c(ii); 03.)
MTV Unplugged (M2c(iii); 07.)
Can't Take That Away (Mariah's Theme)
CTTA Rainbow (M2c(xii); 2.)
Close My Eyes CME Butterfly (M2c(ix); 08.)
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
CBPCH Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 04.)
Crybaby CB Rainbow (M2c(xii); 10.)
Daydream Interlude Daydream (M2c(vii); 11.)
Desaparecer (Vanishing) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Desde Arriba (Sent From Up Above) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Did I Do That DIDT Rainbow (M2c(xii); 11.)
Don't Play That Song DPTS First Vision, The (M2f; 01.)
Mariah Carey Aust SE (M2b)
Don't Take The World Away DTTWA BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
Do You Ever Wonder DYEW BMI/ASCAP database (M7)
Do You Know DYK Ones (M2c(x); 18.)
Do You Think Of Me DYTOM Dreamlover (M2d(i))
Dreamlover Music Box (M2c(iv); 01.)
Echoes Of Love BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
El Amor Que Sone (Open Arms) EAQS Open Arms (M2c)
El Amor Toma Tiempo (Love Takes Time) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Emotions Emotions (M2c(ii); 01.)
MTV Unplugged (M2c(iii); 01.)
Endless Love EL Songs (M2c(v); 03.)
Everything Fades Away EFA Hero (M2d(iv); 03.)
Music Box (M2c(iv); 11.)
Every Time I Close My Eyes ETICME The Day (M2c(viii))
Fantasy Daydream (M2c(vii); 01.)
Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise) FA Butterfly (M2c(ix); 10.)
Forever Daydream (M2c(vii); 10.)
Fourth Of July FOJ Butterfly (M2c(ix); 05.)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen GRYMG Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 11.)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing/ Gloria (In Excelsis Deo)
HTHAS Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 09.)
Head Over Heels HOH Allure (M6(iv))
Heartbreaker HB Rainbow (M2c(xii); 01.)
Help Me Find A Way To Your Heart BMI/ASCAP database (M6(vi))
Here We Go Round Again BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
Hero Music Box (M2c(iv); 02.)
Heroe (Hero) Heroe Spain (see M10)
Honey Butterfly (M2c(ix); 01.)
How Much HM Rainbow (M2c(xii); 04.)
Hypnotized BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
I Am Free IAF Daydream (M2c(vii); 06)
I Don't Wanna Cry IDWC Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 03.)
If It's Over IIO Emotions (M2c(ii); 05.)
MTV Unplugged (M2c(iii); 02.)
I'll Be There IBT MTV Unplugged (M2c(iii); 06)
I Lose Control BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
Into The Light BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
I Still Believe ISB Ones (M2c(x); 17.)
I've Been Thinking About You IBTAY Music Box (M2c(iv); 09.)
Jesus Born On This Day JBOTD Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 07.)
Jesus Oh What A Wonderful Child JOWAWC Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 10.)
Just To Hold You Once Again JTHYOA Music Box (M2c(iv); 08.)
Joy To The World JTTW Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 06.)
Last Chance Allure (M6(iv))
Let Me Know LMK See M5
Long Ago Daydream (M2c(vii); 08.)
Looking In Daydream (M2c(vii); 12.)
Love Takes Time LTT Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 11.)
Make It Happen MIH Emotions (M2c(ii); 04.)
MTV Unplugged (M2c(iii); 05.)
Make You Happy MYH Men In Black soundtrack (T Lorenz)
Melt Away Daydream (M2c(vii); 09.)
Me Necesitas (You Need Me) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Medley (Someday, Prisoner, All In Your Mind)
Vision Of Love UK (M2d(i))
Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
MYMACT Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 05.)
Music Box Music Box (M2c(iv); 04.)
My All MA Butterfly (M2c(ix); 03.)
Never Forget You NFY Music Box (M2c(iv); 06.)
No Doubt BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
No Quiero Llorar (I Don't Wanna Cry) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Now That I Know NTIK Music Box (M2c(iv); 05.)
Now You Got My Heart BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
O Holy Night OHN Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 03.)
One Sweet Day OSD Daydream (M2c(vii); 03.)
Open Arms OA Daydream (M2c(vii); 04.)
Outside Butterfly (M2c(ix); 12.)
Petals Rainbow (M2c(xii); 12.)
Prisoner Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 10.)
Prisionero (Prisoner) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Rainbow (Interlude) RI Rainbow (M2c(xii); 13.)
Roof, The Butterfly (M2c(ix); 01.)
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town SCICTT Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 08.)
Sent From Up Above SFUA Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 09.)
Silent Night Merry Christmas (M2c(vi); 01.)
Slipping Away ABMB US (see [Ahmed])
Open Arms (M2d(x))
So Blessed Emotions (M2c(ii); 07.)
Solo Enamorada (Alone In Love) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Someday Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 04.)
MTV Unplugged (M2c(iii); 03.)
Someone To Hold Trey Lorenz (M6(iii))
Stay Awhile (My All So So Def Mixes) My All/Stay Awhile (M2b(xvi))
Surrender To Me BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
Sweetheart Life In 1472 (M2c(xi))
Ones (M2c(x); 01.)
Thank God I Found You TGIFY Rainbow (M2c(xii); 14.)
There's Got To Be A Way TGTBAW Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 02.)
Till The End Of Time T[T]EOT Emotions (M2c(ii); 09.)
To Be Around You TBAY Emotions (M2c(ii); 08.)
Todo Esta En Tu Mente (All In Your Mind)
BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Underneath The Stars UTS Daydream (M2c(vii); 02.)
Unspoken Emotion BMI/ASCAP database (M6(ii))
Vanishing Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 05.)
Vision Of Love VOL Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 01.)
MTV Unplugged (M2c(iii); 04.)
Vision De Amor, Una (Vision Of Love) BMI/ASCAP database (M6(i))
Vulnerability (Interlude) VI Rainbow (M2c(xii); 08.)
Whenever You Call WYC Butterfly (M2c(ix); 09.)
When I Saw You WISY Daydream (M2c(vii); 07.)
When You Believe Ones (M2c(x); 02.)
Wind, The Emotions (M2c(ii); 10.)
Without You WY Music Box (M2c(iv); 07.)
X-Girlfrield XG[F] Rainbow (M2c(xii); 06.)
You Don't Remember, And [A]YDR Emotions (M2c(ii); 02.)
You Need Me YNM Mariah Carey (M2c(i); 08.)
You're So Cold YSC Emotions (M2c(ii); 06.)
"Crave" was the name of Mariah's personal record label, set up two years ago. A division of Sony Music Entertaiment, created to support new musical talent, went through a massive series of changes around 1998. The changes lead Mariah to be dissatisfied, and shortly after the label's operations were wound up, with president Rick Basceglia and promotion chief Lisa Wolfe being reassigned within the Sony Music family, which includes Columbia (to which Mariah herself was previously signed) and Epic. The lack of support for Crave from within Sony is probably one of the reasons Mariah's relationship with Sony faltered and eventually dissolved last month.
Allure were the first artists to see the benefit of the label with their self-titled debut release of May 1997, which has Mariah attributed with the vocal arrangements. Their debut single Head Over Heels, written by Mariah, did well in the charts, and their album and subsequent singles (including All Cried Out, which featured male vocalists 112) have had similar success. Allure will appear on the soundtrack of the movie "Woo" with the song Let It Be, beating Mariah herself to a spot on a soundtrack.
SOAP, a female vocal group from Denmark, had a worldwide release of the single This Is How We Party and self-titled album. DJ Company, the second artist to have a release from Crave, had a limited release of their single Rhythm Of Love in mid-1996. Luricia McNeal had a single released to Europe and the US under the Crave label: Ain't That Just The Way. Prince Markie Dee was another act signed to the label.
In 1998, BET's "Planet Groove" program featured Mariah introducing R&B group 7 Mile. The singles Just A Memory and Do Your Thing from their debut album had moderate success in the US, but the male vocal failed to break into overseas markets. The song After from 7 Mile's debut album was cowritten and coproduced by Mariah.
Lil' Rachett, a rap artist now signed to Big Kid Records (see P1), was set to release his debut album on Crave when it was disbanded. His album gives producer credit to Mariah alongside her brother Morgan.
See M6 and M8 for information on other tracks Mariah has written and produced for Crave artists.
Camp Mariah is a camp for kids from inner city areas so that they may experience a more positive lifestyle and involve themselves in the Fresh Air Fund's Career Awareness Programme. Mariah has done benefit concerts and appeared in advertisements for the charity, donating both time and money. For information, or to make donations, write to:
The Fresh Air Fund 1040 Avenue Of The Americas New York NY 10018 USAThe Fresh Air Fund also have a web page at:
http://www.freshair.org
("Camp Mariah" is also the name of bootleg of the New York MSG thanksgiving special. See question F4.)
