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music video toni braxton-style power ballad near-perfect pop ballad syrupy balladry "What listener wouldn't wonder if "My All," with lines like, "I'd risk my life to feel/Your body next to mine," isn't about some illicit affair" from mottola cliched and musically blah "a gloomy number that sounds as if it came from phantom of the opera" " Carey only gets obnoxiously overwrought on the songs that need the most help and distraction, like the Spanishflavored but ultimately bland "My All." Note how she stretches the word "tonight" to six syllables, each with a note of its own" a good track sounds like whitney houston song shows vocal maturity, song about "yearning for past love" "The record delivers some sauce and spice - genuine moments of carnal longing to Carey's cover-girl facade. From the delicate "My All": I'd risk my life to feel your body next to mine" a brighter spot on the album, trademark carey ballad she seems to be controlling more as a writer/producer subtle but breathy grand spanish-flavored, saccharin, reminiscent of julio iglesias "an emotional folk guitar ridden song that can't help but relax and release tension" album's most promising track power ballad cooly erotic soulful ballad, latin overtones. not her best and sounds like an old madonna song. one of her best. shows more confidence due to subdued vocals. classic ballad. album's only good song. vocal twists and turns, dramatic ballad a nice listen lush pop ballad. could be a movie theme song "yearning ballad with Babyface-style romantic extremism ("I'd risk my life to feel/ your body next to mine")" mimics Toni Braxton cliche-ridden "She's at her best on the understated ballad" lush ballad carey tells usa today in nov 1997 she wants my all as the next single "introduced by a delicate guitar and has a Spanish tinge" "stark and haunting" - carey at her best - voice hushed at beginning and grows to climax. acoustic guitars and mild percussion make it different than other ballads. dance remix "lazy, dull song that coasts along on Mariah's voice alone, without any real attempt at a tune" dupri remix "amazing vocal performance" her singing was bad and showcased her decline since debut - inward and muted, like at death's door melancholy, paled in comparison with carey's vocals on earlier songs "contructed rather than written" "one of the finest soul ballads youll ever hear" shows how her vocals became more subtle over time classified it as a "black track" in contrast to carey's "white tracks" dupri remix "customary corn-fed ballad" Rainbow Tour " mid-tempo pop that Carey’s voice can handle with ease" earnest ballad quintessial example of carey's point in career as a r&b balladeer interchangeable wedding song ululation
"big ballad" "There was a sweet moment when Carey slowed it down and sang the ballad "My All" as she stood on the stairs in a single spotlight. Shadows of a couple dancing behind a screen set the mood for this older hit, as fans sang along with the song about wishing for one more moment with the one you love. " "Early on, a show-stopping rendition of "My All" came back to life as a thumping house track"
mournful ballad / house remix sultry r&b good vocals good vocals come-hither ballad / breathy purr
sung seated / vocals latin influences good vocals sung seated
"Pre-dating the Latin explosion of 1999 by a good two years, this flamenco-tinged ballad – influenced by a Puerto Rican rendezvous with her then-boyfriend Derek Jeter – is another example of how Carey’s career has often been ahead of the curve. Despite giving the singer her 13th chart topper, “My All” feels underrated compared to her other big-hitting ballads – apparently even Carey prefers to mash it up with another Morales remix while performing the track live. Yet by fully encompassing its themes of isolation, longing and unadulterated heartbreak, it’s perhaps the most emotionally devastating vocal of her career" dupri remix: "I called her one day and told her I was listening to the original and it wasn't really about making a remix. I just wanted her to know how pretty I thought that song was. Next thing I knew she called me, like, 'Let's do a remix.' I was, like, 'Uh, okay. So what we gonna do?' Now, this being my favorite song, I was really nervous about this remix cause I'm can't f**k this record up and she was like, 'Naw, we gotta figure this out.'"" immediate "encapsulates her more traditional, straight ballad approach with Latin overtones" "big ballad. remix was better" "She kept the vocal histrionics to a minimum on this ballad ? the one that broke Diana Ross’ record for most No. 1 hits by a female artist, FYI ? just grazing the surface of the accompanying Spanish-tinged guitar as she quietly, desperately begs her lover to come back. Even when she lets it out (”’Cause I can’t go oh-OH-oh-aw-ohn / Living in the memory of your song”), she reins it right back in. For a woman whose strong suit has rarely been self-control, this is a major accomplishment." "slow-burn flamenco filter and zhuzhed up with some serious sensuality and Spanish guitar." "similar to the emotional ballads that came before it, but it’s distinguished by its Latin chords and percussion. The song was featured on her “Butterfly” album, on which she was branching out from her pop roots into more R&B and hip-hop influences, and this song was part of showing that musical growth" "The flamenco-inspired guitar and the gorgeous raspy singing on “My All” made for Mariah Carey’s most underrated hit. It doesn’t sound like it would be an absolute vocal circus (spoiler: but it is), but there’s nobody on this planet who can make scaling this barbed-wire-fence of a song sound as workaday as Mimi herself. “My All” parallels Mimi’s vocal as the perfect match between Simple and Thesaurus’ Worst Nightmare: “I am thinking of you / In my sleepless solitude tonight / If it’s wrong to love you / Then my heart just won’t let me be right”" "The Latin guitar sound is back for “My All.” But pay attention to the choruses on this mesmerizing ballad. Carey slow plays them, each more monumental than the next. If you need any more proof that this is the female version of Chris Isaac’s “Wicked Game,” look no further than the black and white video." "For me, the definitive performance of “My All” happened during VH1 Divas Live 1998; Mariah faced a slew of heavy competition, and she definitely held her own"
"One of their finest team-ups was on the dancefloor edit of Butterfly single “My All,” amping up the song’s burning intensity by stacking pulsing hi-hats and syncopated organs underneath it, and punctuating its last-call lustiness with every backing shout of “JUST ONE MORE NIGHT!”" preceded by "Just To Hold You Once Again”" "“My All” found Mariah returning to her early 1990s days. The song, released in 1998, came on the heels of a heavy R&B/hip-hop run for the diva that included great tracks like “Honey,” “Butterfly” and “Breakdown.” Not surprisingly, “My All” was well received. Despite being somewhat generic, the track served as a reminder of just how powerful Carey’s voice remained eight years into her career." "Carey dug her heels deep into hip-hop with 1997’s “Butterfly,” but “My All” showed she still had a knack for crafting mountainous love ballads. She lays her heart on the line, pleading for one more night with her lover, making for an incredibly sexy yet classy song." "Jermaine Dupri’s remix of the singer’s 1998 single “My All” indulged the latter impulse, seamlessly blending lyrics and hooks from the forlorn AC ballad with that of Loose Ends’s Eastern-inflected “Stay a Little While, Child” to form a gooey amalgam of cross-generational, cross-format longing" "Built around acoustic guitars, this big ballad showcases how much Mariah’s delivery improved over the years, though the massive dance remix may be even more effective." "Emotion and passion run deep on “My All,” one of the more sensuous selections and most potent on Butterfly. “I’d give my all to have just one more night with you,”" "Mariah falls in love with a shirtless lighthouse keeper and sings about him, while relaxing in a large seashell" "Mariah’s ballads have a tendency to blur together, but “My All” is unique in just how low-key it is. Even when she goes for the money notes, the Latin-flavored instrumentation just simmers beneath, never stealing her spotlight away." similar to "After Tonight" "half-time feels are relatively common in R&B" like My All
p75 ballad with afanasieff adult contempirary style that "replicate the same song structure and senti-ment everyone had come to expect from their collabora-tions. These are some of the most sophisticated and deeply felt compositions the pair ever wrote together, with tran-scendent vocals to match. But if these songs come off as minor triumphs in the context of the album, it’s because the hip-hop cuts showcase Mariah’s voice doing things that we hadn’t heard it do before" p107 spanish guitar also appears in 'I Only Wanted'
accompanied by "Portuguese-Style fado harp" timeless ballad, covered by hallie bailey
"Lying in water again, Mariah is shot in black and white and croons about yet another love, again played by a shirtless model. They kiss on a boat." classic ballad, kanye gospel version afanasieff's 3rd number 1 as writer and 6th as a producer carey proven herself throughout her career to be "savvy historian of the type of groovy, post-disco jams that ruled ne york city's r&b airwaves throughout mid-1980s" ie in my all/stay awhile using the beat from loose ends 1986 stay a little while child"
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Intro
[edit]*Towards the video's climax, Carey and her love interest climb atop a lighthouse, and caress each other under the night's sky.
No comma needed
Additionally, Carey began incorporating other genres of music into her song-writing; developing new ideas and melodies.
A semicolon does not apply here. Re-word into one sentence or break into two.
- Info is kind of mixed up here. You said earlier "Carey expressed how her visit to Puerto Rico and the current emotions in her life inspired her to write "My All," yet again this shows up later "Of them was "My All" which Carey composed during her trip to Puerto Rico in early 1997." Condense a little bit.
Recording
[edit]*"My All" would be the last time the two would collaborate; he is absent from the writing credits in her follow-up album, Rainbow (1999). ---> ...collaborate, as he is absent....
Some paraphrasing needs to be happening to reduce the first blockquote.Hey. Whats the problem with its length? I mean we are quoting someone. If we always paraphrase, then whats the need for blockquotes?--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 21:05, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Its different in paraphrasing the material than quoting it directly from the source. So its better to paraphrase just due to copyright infringement. I thought the same thing, as long as you source where it comes from it should be alright, but rewording still needs to happen sometimes. I had two GA's re-assessed and delisted due to copyright vios of using quotes, so I just try to make sure.Well take a look at this Madonna (album), its GA and has a huge quote directly taken from the source. Also Like a Virgin etc. think the whole paraphrasing thing ruins the quote, which in itself fits so perfectly.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 21:20, 28 November 2010 (UTC)I see now, but I was just telling you from experience. But I still would condense the first so you won't have two big quotes in the section. Candyo32 21:24, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
I would prefer to leave it that way. If I suffer the same fate you did, I'll let you hand me a big "I told ya so" :P--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 21:33, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Also watch WP:NPOV here.Thanks. So everything is directly from the books, so I'm not just making stuff to go someones way.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 21:05, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Oh, I don't mean the way you are quoting, in this section, just what you are quoting because some of the information about Carey and her relationship may be a bit redundant. Candyo32 21:12, 28 November 2010 (UTC)I hope you don't mind me lol, but I think it really all fits in. I mean its all was part of the recording process and its allot of info during that period of the song's writing.--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 21:16, 28 November 2010 (UTC)If it were talking about much deeper into the background of the song or the composition or reception would be different, but I'm weary of it a bit because as it is about the song and not a bio of Carey, you could just resolve how her relationship with Afiansseff (or something like that lol) had an impact on the song. Candyo32 21:26, 28 November 2010 (UTC)Hmmm, well there are only around 3-4 lines discussing that, and it talks about their relationship and the song. The "recording" section of a song is supposed to talk about any significant thing that took place during its recording. I find info on why they never worked again to be important. Again look at Like a Virgin, is it really necessary to tell us Madonna liked to go for a swim? or that Rogers went to late night parties?--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 21:33, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
However, that would be from an overall album perspective, and this is just one song from Butterfly. I would consider different if this were on the Butterfly page because it talks about the album as a whole and the relationship as an influence on it. Ok, lets come to a compromise, leave the second quote as is, but I still would like the first one to be shrinked a bit, because really without the quote you could understand everything you need to know by what is in the prose. But I'll leave leeway since you believe it is vital to the article that Afensiff give details about the relationship. Candyo32 21:52, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Composition
[edit]*C5 and F5 --> the 5's need to be in subscripts
You know I've got issues with that music section lol. Can you do this one? :)--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 21:05, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Critical reception
[edit]*Link Billboard
Little bit of paraphrasing here:
"and writing "the lyrical strokes are as broad and obvious as they are naked. The song's central question, is so naïve and bare, it's almost as devastating as a child asking hard questions about death." --> are naked. Juziwak said the song's "central question" was "naive and bare," comparing it to the devastation of a child asking about death.
Overall, this is great! I would like to point out the questionable use of semicolons (;) in the article. For each time it is used on both sides of the punctuation needs to be a full sentence. I would go back and search the article to fix all usages of semi-colons, I didn't point all of them out but I know there was one wrong usage in the music video section. So search for those and correct everything else! Candyo32 20:20, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
Fair use of sound file
[edit]Since the sound file, File:MyAllSample.ogg, has been removed by one editor citing WP:NFC, without saying how this image specifically violates it, I am starting a discussion here so that the image is not deleted simply for being orphaned.
The current consensus for sound files are that they are acceptable for use in single/song articles as long as they are small samples of the song. Aspects (talk) 05:33, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
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[edit]It has been a while since this article has been reviewed, so I took a look and noticed lots of uncited statements in the "Live performances" section. Should this article go to WP:GAR? Z1720 (talk) 16:06, 28 September 2025 (UTC)
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Uncited statements in the "Live performances" section, which have been tagged with "citation needed" since 2022. Z1720 (talk) 13:59, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
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