The Remixes (Mariah Carey album)

The Remixes
Remix album by Mariah Carey
Released	October 3, 2003
Recorded	1992–2003
Genre	Electronica dance club R&B hip hop hip hop soul
Length	2:20:29
Label	Columbia, Island, Virgin
Producer	Mariah Carey, David Morales, Junior Vasquez, Hex Hector, David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, DJ Clue, Duro, Sean Combs, Stevie J, Damizza, Clark Kent, Rick Rock
Mariah Carey chronology
Charmbracelet (2002) The Remixes (2003) The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Singles from The Remixes
"U Like This (Megamix)" Released: July 15, 2003

The Remixes is the first remix album by American singer Mariah Carey, released in the United States on October 03, 2003 by Columbia Records. It is primarily a collection of remixes of some of Carey's songs: disc one is compiled of club mixes, while disc two contains Carey's hip hop collaborations and remixes.

Production

The album features Carey's duet with Busta Rhymes, "I Know What You Want" (2003), originally recorded for Rhymes' album It Ain't Safe No More. It also includes two tracks previously only available in Japan: the So So Def Remix of "The One", an aborted single from Carey's Charmbracelet (2002) album; and "Miss You" featuring Jadakiss (which was originally recorded for Charmbracelet). Five of the tracks on disc two - "Breakdown" (1997), "Sweetheart" (1998), "Crybaby" (2000), "Miss You" and "I Know What You Want" - are not remixes at all. All three of Carey's record labels - Columbia Records, Virgin Records and Island Records - agreed to license tracks for the album, while "I Know What You Want" was licensed from J Records. The album was to heavy promotion, however Carey declined several interviews in favor of performing on her world tour.

Commercial reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Slant Magazine	[3]

Like Carey's other partially authorized compilation album, Greatest Hits (2001), The Remixes was given limited promotion. Knowing that the album was a contractual matter, and with her ex-husband Tommy Mottola fired from Sony/Columbia, Carey was able to have greater input into the project and consequently gave some interviews in support of the album. The album peaked at number 1 for ten consecutive weeks on Billboard's Top Electronic Albums chart, selling 40,697 copies in its first week of U.S. release. It debuted at number 26 on the Billboard 200, spent five weeks on the chart and it is Carey's first album not to have been given a certification by the RIAA. The Remixes has sold 280,000 copies in the US as of March 2013.^[4]

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"My All" (Morales "My" Club Mix)	Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff David Morales	7:12
2.	"Heartbreaker/If You Should Ever Be Lonely" (Junior's Heartbreaker Club Mix)	Carey Val Young Frederick Jenkins	Carey Junior Vasquez	10:18
3.	"Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)" (Fly Away Club Mix)	Carey Morales Bernie Taupin Elton John	Carey Morales Satoshi Tomiie	9:50
4.	"Anytime You Need a Friend" (C&C Club Version)	Carey Afanasieff	Carey Afanasieff Robert Clivillés David Cole	10:54
5.	"Fantasy" (Def Club Mix)	Carey Tina Weymouth Chris Frantz Dave Hall Adrian Belew Steven Stanley	Carey D. Hall Morales	11:17
6.	"Honey" (Classic Mix)	Carey Morales Bobby Robinson Kool Moe Dee	Carey Morales Tomiie	8:06
7.	"Dreamlover" (Def Club Mix)	Carey D. Hall	Carey D. Hall Morales	10:44
8.	"Emotions" (12" Club Mix)	Carey D. Cole Clivillés	D. Cole Clivillés Carey	5:50
9.	"Through the Rain" (HQ2 Radio Edit)	Carey Lionel Cole	Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis Carey James "Big Jim" Wright Hex Hector Mac Quayle	4:09

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Fantasy" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard)	Carey Ol' Dirty Bastard D. Hall Frantz Weymouth Belew Stanley	Carey D. Hall	4:52
2.	"Always Be My Baby" (Mr. Dupri Mix featuring Da Brat and Xscape)	Carey Jermaine Dupri Manuel Seal Jam Lewis	Carey Dupri Seal	4:40
3.	"My All/Stay Awhile" (So So Def Remix featuring Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz)	Carey Afanasieff Carl McIntosh Jane Eugene Steve Nichol	Carey Afanasieff Dupri Carl-So-Lowe	4:44
4.	"Thank God I Found You" (Make It Last Remix featuring Joe and Nas)	Carey Jam Lewis Teddy Riley Keith Sweat	Jam Lewis Carey DJ Clue? Ken Duro Ifill	5:09
5.	"Breakdown" (featuring Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone)	Sean Combs Carey K. Bone W. Bone Stevie J	Carey Stevie J Combs	4:44
6.	"Honey" (So So Def Mix featuring Da Brat and Jermaine Dupri)	Carey Ronald Larkins Larry Price Malcolm McLaren Berry Gordy Freddie Perren Alphonso Mizell Deke Richards Stephen Hague Robinson Kool Moe Dee	Dupri Seal	5:12
7.	"Loverboy" (Remix featuring Da Brat, Ludacris, Twenty II and Shawnna)	Carey Da Brat Ludacris Shawnna Twenty II Larry Blackmon Tomi Jenkins	Clark Kent Carey	4:31
8.	"Heartbreaker" (Remix featuring Da Brat and Missy Elliott)	Carey Da Brat Elliott R.E. Brown Snoop Dogg N. Hale W. Griffin III A.R. Young	DJ Clue? Carey Ifill	4:38
9.	"Sweetheart" (featuring Jermaine Dupri)	Rainy Davis Peter Kessler	Dupri Carey	4:22
10.	"Crybaby" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Carey Snoop Dogg Trey Lorenz Riley Gene Griffin Timmy Gatling Aaron Hall	Damizza Carey	5:21
11.	"Miss You" (featuring Jadakiss)	Carey Dupri Bryan-Michael Cox J. Philips Terry Etling Linda Laurie	Carey Dupri Cox	5:09
12.	"The One" (So So Def Remix featuring Bone Crusher)	Carey Dupri Bone Crusher T. Riley G. Griffin A. Hall T. Gatling	Dupri Carey Cox	4:38
13.	"I Know What You Want" (Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey featuring Flipmode Squad)	Busta Rhymes Spliff Star Rampage L. Jones Rah Digga Rick Rock	Rock Darren Rapp	4:12
15.	"All I Want for Christmas Is You" (So So Def Remix featuring Jermaine Dupri and Lil' Bow Wow) (Japanese bonus track)	Carey Afanasieff Arthur Baker John Robie Kevin Donovan, Ellis Williams, Robert Darrell Allen, John Miller, John Byas Ralf Hütter Florian Schneider	Carey Afanasieff Dupri	3:44

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2003) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 78 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[6] 99 French Albums (SNEP)[7] 60 French Compilations (SNEP)[8] 30 Italian Albums (FIMI)[9] 72 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[10] 95 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[11] 36 Scottish Albums (OCC)[12] 79 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 69 UK Albums (OCC)[14] 35 US Billboard 200[15] 26 US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[16] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 25

Year-end charts Chart (2003) Position US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[18] 5 Chart (2004) Position US Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[19] 8

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