Inseparable

Album: Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • On this song, Carey aches for a love that went wrong for reasons that seem impossible to understand.
  • The song interpolates Cyndi Lauper's 1984 hit record, "Time After Time."
  • Carey's voice leaps into her upper register on the line, "'Cause I just ain't the same without you." She told The Guardian "it's just a moment and it stops and goes into a higher register. It's just one little riff. I listen to it and go – did I go over the top? Maybe. I do a lot of background vocals in the upper register. I've always done that. Even back to 'Dreamlover.'"
  • This appears on Carey's 12th studio album, Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel, which was produced by Terius "The Dream" Nash and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, the duo behind Rihanna's hit "Umbrella."

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  • Jeana from Sterling Heights, Mi*sigh* I've put this song on repeat cuz i love the song so much...but the sad truth is it really does speak to me at this moment
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