He spoke of the difficulties he had recording "My All" with Carey, as their relationship had already strained during the divorce. Afanasieff, who had developed relationships with the two of them, was caught in the middle. During the recording of the song, Carey and then-husband Tommy Mottola were in the midst of their divorce.
Together, they had written some of Carey's biggest hits at the time, including " Hero" and " One Sweet Day." "My All" would be the last time the two would collaborate, as he is absent from the writing credits in her follow-up album, Rainbow (1999). Recording Ĭarey and Afanasieff had worked together since her debut album in 1990. In her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, Carey revealed how "My All" was also inspired by a secret romantic rendezvous she and baseball player Derek Jeter had during her time in Puerto Rico. When she arrived back to New York, she already had the melody developed, and soon began working on the song in San Francisco with Afanasieff. During her stay, she was influenced by the Latin culture, and began harmonizing and singing the music she heard there. Ĭarey began to infuse her personality into her work, something that showed throughout various tracks. Thats why think a lot of people felt very strongly about that song, because the emotion is clear when you listen to it.
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It was like being in a situation but you want to break free and you can't, so your confined yet you're releasing those emotion through the lyrics and the actual act of singing. It was at a melancholy point in my life and the song reflects the yearning that was going on inside of me. When I came back, the melody was in my head. I had gone to Puerto Rico and was influenced by Latin music at that moment. Carey expressed how the mixed emotions she felt at that point in her life helped develop the song, as she would "pour herself and emotions into anything she was writing at the time." In an interview with Fred Bronson, Carey expressed how a visit to Puerto Rico and the current emotions in her life inspired her to write "My All": Additionally, Carey began incorporating other musical genres into her songwriting, assisting her in developing new ideas and melodies. She considered this period in time to be a "redefining moment for herself," as she began making the music she truly loved, R&B and hip hop. In France, due to strong sales, the song was certified gold by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP).Ĭarey began writing and composing themes for Butterfly by the end of 1996. Throughout Europe, the song performed moderately, peaking at number four in the United Kingdom and in the top ten in Belgium (Wallonia), France, Spain and Switzerland. In the United States, the song became Carey's thirteenth chart topper on the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified double- platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "My All" received acclaim from music critics and charted strongly throughout various music markets. House music producer David Morales remixed the song, which was performed live as a medley with the original. The song was also part of Carey's 1998 Butterfly World Tour, and was performed during many future tours and concerts. "My All" was performed live on various occasions, including the 1998 World Music Awards and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Saturday Night Live, The Rosie O'Donnell Show and various European television and music chart programs. Towards the video's climax, Carey and her love interest climb atop a lighthouse and caress each other under the night's sky. It shows many scenes of Carey laying on a submerged vessel in a large body of water, while lamenting her lost lover. The music video for the song was released in March 1998. It is the first song Carey wrote for the Butterfly album.
The song's lyrics tell of a lonely woman declaring she would give "her all" to have just one more night with her estranged lover. Carey was inspired to write the song and use Latin inspired melodies after a trip to Puerto Rico, where she was influenced by the culture. "My All" is built around Latin guitar chord melodies, and makes subtle use of Latin percussion throughout the first chorus, before taking on a more conventional R&B-style beat. The song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff. It was released as the album's fifth single overall and second commercial single on April 21, 1998, by Columbia Records. " My All" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her sixth studio album, Butterfly (1997).
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