Mariah Carey "I Want To Know What Love Is "

Mariah Carey just revealed the official cover art for her new single "I Want To Know What Love Is". The song is a remake from the band Foreigner and was originally done back in 1984. Carey adds a new sounds and format to the song. In fact she shorten the song and added a gospel choir. It gives a new feel to the song which takes away from the cheesy 80's version. "I Want To Know What Love is" is Carey's second single from her new album "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel" in stores September 29, 2009.




"I Want To know What Love Is" has Carey singing her heart out in the ballad, trying to make us feel the depth of the song. The song is not what i would have chosen for Mariah to release as a follow up single to her hit "Obsessed". The song is laking something that I can't put my finger on yet. Although the song is a better version than the original, it still doesn't need to be the next single for her. Carey made her massive return to music with her 2005 "The Emancipation of Mimi" album, which was a huge hit for her with over 9 million copies sold world wide. After that came her album "E=MC2" which gave her the 18th number 1 single "Touch My Body", and put her pass Elvis with most number hits by an artist. Mariah had luke warm responds with the rest of the singles off that album.

Carey is counting on this new album to bring her big numbers and more hits to add under her belt. Her yet to be released album "Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel" is going to be a big deal for Carey, and she needs this to be a success for her. Don't get me wrong "What Love Is" has potential, its just not the direction i want to see her go with the next single. I have followed Mariah's career since the beginning with all the ups and downs, and i just don't want another "flop" from her. I am excited to see what she has up her sleeve with this album. Carey will be on Oprah Friday September 18th to perform and give a sit down interview. I give "I Want To Know What Love Is" 3/5 stars.