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."

Comments: 1

  • 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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