Mariah Carey Version
| "Without You" | ||||
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| Single by Mariah Carey | ||||
| from the album Music Box | ||||
| B-side | "Never Forget You" | |||
| Released | January 23, 1994 (1994-01-23) | |||
| Format | CD single, cassette single, 7" single, 12" maxi single | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, soul, gospel | |||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Walter Afanasieff, Mariah Carey | |||
| Certification | Platinum Gold |
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Mariah Carey's version, based on Harry Nilsson's version rather than the Badfinger original, was released as the third single of Music Box in the first quarter of 1994, and in the United States it was released on 24 January 1994, just over a week after Nilsson had died following a heart attack on 15 January 1994. In the U.S. it was promoted as a double A-side with "Never Forget You". In the song Carey dips into her lower register and is accompanied by backup singers (including herself) magnified to sound like a gospel chorus. Carey said that she decided to cover the song when she heard it in a restaurant (although when performing the song in Tokyo, she said she listened to it when she was a little girl). Her version has been considered very popular on talent shows. "Without You" was later included on some non-U.S. pressings of her compilation album #1's (1998), and her 2001 compilation, Greatest Hits.
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