Mariah tackles a classic power ballad

Lisa on September 7th, 2009
Im nt bein funi bt shes bin singing 20 years with such power and range of course its nt guna b the same as it was! Give her a break,that girl stil has a crakin voice!

Mark, Macclesfield on September 6th, 2009
Please, please would someone stop this ridiculous woman and her vocal gymnastics (for that read "fingers down a blackboard") ruining classic songs! First Journey (Open Arms), now Foreigner! Is the realm of cheesy Dad rock no longer safe for me to enjoy without third rate warblers destroying my cherished memories?

Nick, UK on September 4th, 2009
On YouTube a dodgy version is going around that is being sped up, I have heard the real version. MARIAH STILL HAS THE VOICE, STOP SLATING HER! WE LOVE YOU MARIAH. Jealousy is a disease bitchies, get well soon!

Thom on September 4th, 2009
Sometimes I like this cover, sometimes I don't. It's defo not a patch on the original though and seems like a desperate attempt to give her a smash hit world wide but I really hope this doesn't happen... nor do I think it will. I'm surprised Obsessed flopped on its arse across in the US, shame it got cancelled in the UK cos of it, probably in the top 3 things she's done this decade (probably because the vast amount of it has been APALLING). She's not the talent she once was in the 1990s unfortunately and that isn't just talking about her voice. The choir does make the final part of the song good :P

Adam on September 3rd, 2009
Some of the comments here are ridiculous, saying all she is doing is whispering, because someone who failed to listen past the first chorus could make such a claim. It's a great song and a great version. Also claiming her voice has gone, please. It's like saying Paris Hilton could have done as good a job. On the song, I love it, although it seems to end too soon, maybe it's just the radio edit that makes it seem that way. And it's probably one of the best times her whistle has complimented the song.

Brad, Sheffield on September 3rd, 2009
Everything Paul said is right. The reason I mentioned Madonna earlier was because if I hadn't the people that think there's a rivalry would have started comparing. Same with Whitney. Oh, and 'EmilyBemilyB' when I say it's 'one of the best covers of the decade' it's purely my personal opinion, but I know quite a few agree.

Ben Kuwas, Houghton on September 3rd, 2009
Its official, she's lost it! this is nothing compared to "Without You" or "Hero" her last album was a flop and i wonder how her next one will be after hearing this song.

Paul, London on September 3rd, 2009
I don't get the chat about whispering; the verses are the first time she's started a song in her proper lower register without straining for years. I like this a lot although the pacing is bizarre. The intro is too long and the outro is too short. I feel like she gets a rough time and everyone expects her to prove herself again. What does she have left to prove? She has 18 #1s, she managed to come back from the real doldrums of her career to reignite her career with Emancipation, which will always be one of the last ever albums to sell 10 million copies. Obsessed spends its 8th week in the US Top 20 (its 4th at #11) this week - not bad at all. This album will not be a mega-seller, it's been described as a potential fan-favourite that will go next to her first album, Butterfly and Emancipation. Then she can enjoy being married and having a life after she turns 40. She has nothing to prove.

Adam Page Hove on September 3rd, 2009
For once a great cover :)

EmilyBemilyB on September 3rd, 2009
Thats really pathetic!!! Just because some one's not a fan of mariah carey it does'nt mean there jelous...jesus!!! I really couldnt care less if mariah had a 100 us number#1s good for her!!! but im just not a fan of her & her music...like the most of this country!! and i am definitely not jelous!!...but cause im not a fan i must be!!

Princess Mimi, Leeds on September 3rd, 2009
OMG! Absolutely love it. I am a huge Mariah fan, but sorry Obsessed was utter pants. She should have had this as her 1st single. Definitely a No 1. Mariah I love you girl!

Adam, Sheffield on September 3rd, 2009
All you haters try and achieve what mariah has.. none of you haters could even attempt to even try!!! none of you haters have *18 number 1 Singles* if anything your just jelous of her. even tho her voice isnt what it used to be.. she has been singing 20years & has worn her voice out a bit, you cant expect her to sound the same forever!! HATERS! YOU NEED SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH UR LIFES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neo, London on September 3rd, 2009
Amazing! Next I want her to cover John Farnham's 'You're The Voice'. Cheers

Steve, Utah on September 3rd, 2009
This song is awesome. She's really talented.

Jonny, Manchester on September 2nd, 2009
I wish the mariah haters would leave her alone. This song is ace, back to her best and as for voice surgery you must be joking. She may whisper at the start but if you listen to the WHOLE SONG you will hear the end. One word AWESOME! Keep it up. Sure fire hit both sides of the pond. As for worst cover version I can think of several that are dire but that's another story. 10/10

Michelle on September 2nd, 2009
i like this coVer i think she did good and proVes she still has a good set of lungs on her! hardly whisperin is it!! i dont see y people hae 2 put her down, what does that girl have 2 prove? she has been singing 20 plus years and has had an amazin career and achieved so much which no one can ever take away from her.y shud she care wot anyon thinks wen shes got all that success behind her?? most successful female artist wot gives anyone the right 2 critize? let her do wot the hell she wants she has earned it!!!

aprilApril on September 2nd, 2009
I think it sounds amazing, ino on youtube that they speeded it up the real version is outstanding wow, shes just the best i hope it goes 2 number one xxxxxxxx

Arthur, London on September 2nd, 2009
This is a great return to form which has Mariah going back to the type of songs she sang in the 90s and hitting the high notes like only she can.

LUKE SHEFFIELD on September 2nd, 2009
ITS AMAZING! & IM SURE THE REST OF THE ALBUM WILL BE TOO!! :)

FAKE BLOGGERS on September 2nd, 2009
You'all need to stop with the fake blogging, cause it's written by the same person. Only a Madonna fans sound like that!! Mariah's cover is AWESOME!! Her fans have been waiting for this.

EmilyBEmilyB on September 2nd, 2009
brad!!!..........What fooking planet are you on love cause it's not earth...saying this is ("one of the best covers of the decade")....yeah and monkeys live on the moon!!.And whats madonna got to do with this? well in that case....i'm no maddona fan but i'll give her credit for being 50-51 and still bringing out the tunes and actually still quiet relevant where as mariah is something else....not relevant atall!...shes run her course and run out of ideas,why else would she record a cover + butcher it =P .Truth of the matter is all mariahs songs sound the same she dresses slutty! and people are fed up with it!!...evan americans, why do you think obsessed flip flopd =D

Eleesha on September 2nd, 2009
haha lol ma dad duz luv it LOL! X

Gareth, Southampton on September 2nd, 2009
I really don't like this cover, I find it really boring. I much prefer Obsessed, at least with obsessed she is doing what she is good at now rather than what she was good at 10 years ago when she had a powerful voice.

Brad, Sheffield on September 2nd, 2009
Obsessed has given Memoirs a great start... shows how much you know. This song is one of the best cover songs to come out of this decade. This is what a great song sounds like and it took you a week to even know about it. Those who don't like it move on and drool over that crap 'Celebration' by the one who humps the air and feels her crotch in the video.

David Quinton, Wigan, on September 2nd, 2009
My god. What has she done to it? Murdered is too kind. Utterly destroyed. the piano and finger click, ugh. Hideous. This may make the top ten of worst covers of all time.

MrW on September 2nd, 2009
She IS just whispering. One of the worst covers, ever!

Dan, Manchester on September 2nd, 2009
Oh my god ...just to double check I wasn't streaming a fake version ...that is actually Mariah sounding like a 5 year old whispering child isn't it?

jadezv!! on September 2nd, 2009
power ballad....haha dont make me laff she has put no power into this song whatsoever!!! it's more like a whisper ballad

EmilyBemilyB on September 2nd, 2009
It's rubbish!! her voice has gone now simple as that...which is a shame really!! I'm no mariah fan but i do feel sorry for her!...must be horrible not being able to sing anymore and when she performs live you can see that she really wants to put everything in it but her vice just wont! sad to see really!.And all her fans say it's down to her age or she just needs rest but the truth is it's gone and all she does in this song is whisper and yes ino thats her thing but imean whispers in this song cause thats all her voice is now theres no power there anymore!! I really dont think her voice will last anther two albums!! so she'll probably have to get surgery done to remover vocal nodules

Becca, Peterborough on September 2nd, 2009
I really like it. I've always loved Mariah ballads over her uptempo stuff and it seems to be like all of her original songs with some mental whistle notes at the end. Good luck to her.