Songoftheday 4/8/18 - Not more than three short years ago I was abandoned and alone, without a penny to my name so very young and so afraid...
from the album Emotions (1991)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5 (one week)
Weeks in the Top-40: 16
Today's song of the day is by Mariah Carey, who had already scored two huge pop hits from her sophomore album Emotions, "Can't Let Go" and the #1 title track "Emotions". The third release from the album would be the mid-tempo semi-autobiographical jam "Make It Happen". Written by Mariah with the production team behind the C+C Music Factory, Robert Clivillés and David Cole, the lite-house record is an inspirational screed to have faith in yourself and your goals. The music video doubled down on that having her perform in a church as well...
"Make It Happen" became Mariah's third top-five pop hit from Emotions (and eighth consecutive overall) in April of 1992. The song climbed to #7 on Billboard's R&B chart, while going to #13 on their Adult Contemporary (or "easy listening") radio list. Although the single and the remixes were handled by the then-hot Clivillés and Cole, the track only reached #16 on the Dance Club Play chart. Internationally, the single peaked at #7 in Canada, and got to the top-40 in the UK (#17) and Australia (#35).
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Mariah performed the song on her MTV Unplugged performance in 1992...
And again live in concert (electrified) in 1993...
In 1994, songwriter Kevin McCord sued Mariah, Clivilles, and Cole for plagiarizing his 1979 song "I Want To Thank You", which One Way singer Alicia Myers took to #37 on the R&B chart in 1982. They eventually settled for a half a million...
Back to Mariah in 1995 on her Fantasy tour...
Fast forward ten years to her performance at the charity extravaganza Live 8 in London...
Finally, Mariah being a diva on VH1 Divas in 1998...
Up tomorrow: Boston boys question being left.
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