![]() ![]() ![]() Its gorgeous, timeless melody worked brilliantly across many radio formats and the single would spend a staggering 14 weeks on top of the US Hot 100, with Billboard declaring it the most popular song of the decade in due course. “We Belong Together” is one of Mariah’s signature records, echoing the pop-soul smashes that she was famous for a decade earlier. “It’s Like That”’s follow-up would elevate The Emancipation Of Mimi to a new level. Mariah was most definitely – and defiantly – back on track.īut there was so much more to come. “It’s Like That” was something very different: a swaggering, of-the-moment, Run-DMC-sampling crowd-pleaser that featured rapper Fatman Scoop on top form. Later nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Pop Performance, it had replaced the shuffling “Stay The Night” on the release schedule – a sound move as, effective as it is, that song largely retrod ground covered in Mariah’s run of slick 90s singles. “It’s Like That” was picked as The Emancipation Of Mimi’s first single and returned Mariah to the US Top 20 on its release in January 2005. Both songs were composed with Dupri and among the last cuts to be completed for the album.
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