Mariah's debut album had been at the mastering stage when
Mariah and Ben Margulies came up with a song that they thought
would be the first single off her second long-player. Margulies had
come up with the initial idea, an improvised gospel-flavoured piece
of music, which the due then began working on together. "It was on a
work tape that we had... and we recorded a very quick demo. I played
live and she sang it."
When the subject of the next album came up, Mariah played the
tape and was immediately told that this song was, in music industry
speak, a "career-maker". It simply had to go on the new album. But
how could it be done? It seemed crazy to entrust the task to someone
who'd never produced anything on his own at that point - but that's
what Columbia did. Brazilian-born Walter Afanasieff had impressed
the label when he'd been working on Mariah's album with producer
Narada Michael Walden, and had been taken onto the payroll as executive
staff producer. It was to be quite a baptism of fire.
"Tommy Mottola called me up," he explains, "and said that we've
got the album done but there's a track she and Ben wrote that is
phenomenal. I want to try everything we can to get it on the album...
you only have a couple of days." The only solution was for Afanasieff
to cut the backing track, then put the tape in the suitcase and fly to
New York to record Mariah's vocals over the top. "She did all the backgrounds,
practically sang all night," he recalls. Then he leapt back on
the plane and retraced his steps to the Sausalito studio to remix it.
"Love Takes Time" was finally debuted on NBC's prestigious
Saturday Night Live in late October, and just three weeks later had
hit the top.
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5" CD-single from Australia (0792)
656149 2
collection Sean McDonough
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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3" CD-single from Austria (0785)
656149 1
collection Anne Martijn van der Vlies
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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3" CD-single from Austria (0787)
656149 3
collection Tony Bakkmyr
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above
3. Vanishing | |
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3" CD-single from Holland (2000)
656149 1
collection Marcel Trupia
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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3" CD-single from Holland (0383)
656149 3
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above
3. Vanishing | |
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3" CD-single from Japan (0384)
CSDS 8166
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (0786)
656364 2
collection Anne Martijn van der Vlies
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Vanishing
3. You need me | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (0784)
656364 5
limited edition picture CD without cover
collection Maciej Gil
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Vanishing
3. You need me
4. Vision of love | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (0788)
CSK 73455
promo
collection Licinio Lisboa
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
Sometimes there is a sticker on the front cover with "remix" written on it and
the catalogue number CSK 73455-S1. | |
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| VINYL SINGLES |
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7" vinyl single from Australia (0791)
656149 7
collection Kerry Scrimshaw
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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7" vinyl single from Australia (2135)
656149 7
promo
collection Luc Baumgartner
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above
This 7" vinyl single is exactly the same as item 0791, but on the back cover
there is a stamp saying "promotion only - not for sale". | |
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7" vinyl single from Holland (0386)
656149 7
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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12" vinyl mazi-single from Holland (0840)
656149 6
collection Kerry Scrimshaw
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above
3. Vanishing | |
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7" vinyl single from the Philippines (2731)
QCL45-10349 (38-73455)
collection Rod C. Jusay
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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7" vinyl single from the Philippines (2775)
QCL45-10349 (38-73455)
collection Rod C. Jusay
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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7" vinyl single from Spain (0789)
ARIC 2517
1-side promo
collection Licinio Lisboa
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time | |
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7" vinyl single from the UK (0387)
656364 7
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Vanishing | |
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12" vinyl single from the UK (0793)
656364 6
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. You need me
3. Vanishing | |
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7" vinyl single from the USA (0385)
38-73455
without picture sleeve
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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| CASSETTE SINGLES |
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cassette single from Australia (0795)
656149 4
collection Tim Turner
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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cassette single from Canada (1369)
38T 73455
collection André Champagne
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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cassette single from the UK (0796)
XPC 4054
promo
collection Kerry Scrimshaw
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time | |
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cassette single from the UK (0797)
656364 4
collection Kok Ann
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Vanishing | |
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cassette single from the USA (0790)
38T 73455
collection Licinio Lisboa
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time
2. Sent from up above | |
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| VIDEO SINGLES |
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video single from the UK (1703)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. Love takes time | |
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| SHEET MUSIC |
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sheet music from the USA (1767)
HL00355877
Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
piano - vocal - guitar
5 pages
collection Jessica Plotkin | |
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