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| Single by Mariah Carey | ||||
| from the album Music Box | ||||
| A-side | "Never Forget You" (double A-side) | |||
| Released | 21 January 1994 | |||
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| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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"Without You" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It is a cover of the Badfinger song based on the version by Harry Nilsson. It was released as the third single off Music Box in the first quarter of 1994, its US release date of 21 January 1994 by Columbia Records, falling a week after Nilsson had died following a heart attack on 15 January 1994. While she had heard Nilsson's version as a very young girl, Carey's decision to remake his hit was based on a chance hearing during the time she was recording Music Box: "I heard that song in a restaurant and just knew it would be a huge international hit" recalls Carey.
In the United States, "Without You" was promoted as a double A-side with "Never Forget You".[3] The song eventually peaked within the top five on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Carey’s eleventh single to reach to do so. "Without You" had particular success in Europe, where it reached the top of singles charts in over ten countries, including the United Kingdom. Due to its popularity overseas, "Without You" was later included on some non-US pressings of her compilation albums #1's (1998) and #1 to Infinity (2015), and her 2001 compilation, Greatest Hits. "Without You" was also included on her 2008 compilation The Ballads.
Carey's version has been considered very popular on talent shows. In February 2008, Carey's version was performed in severely broken English on the Bulgarian talent show Music Idol by contestant Valentina Hasan, spawning a global meme called "Ken Lee" (misinterpretation of the line "Can't live").[4]
- ^ Music Box (CD liner notes). Columbia Records. 1993. 474270 2.
- ^ Music Box (CD liner notes). Columbia Records. 1993. 474270 2.
- ^ Locker, Melissa (18 April 2013). "Candice Steals the Show on 'American Idol'". Rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Ken Lee". Know Your Meme. September 2009. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-01.