Mariah Carey

Released: June 2, 1992

Featuring: The Saturday Night Live Horn Section

Songwriter: Carole King Mariah Carey

Producer: Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff

[Intro]
We're gonna do a song called If It's Over, which I wrote with one of my idols, Carole King

[Verse 1]
Won't you talk to me
This is so out of hand
Something's gone wrong
With the life that we planned

[Verse 2]
Won't you look at me
You're avoiding my gaze
And it seems like you've changed
In so many ways

[Chorus 1]
It isn't fair
It isn't right
If it's really gone
Then tell me tonight
If it's over
If it's over
Let me go

[Bridge]
Don't you know
I don't need no apologies
No
I'm not looking for sympathy
All I'm asking for
Is your honesty
Won't you give it to me
Give it to me now

[Chorus 2]
It isn't fair
It just isn't right
'Cause if is't really gone
You've got to say the word tonight
If it's over
If it's over
Won't you let me know
Baby if it's over
If it's over
Over — let me go

[Outro]
Thank you... thank you...

Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and philanthropist.

Under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, Carey released her self-titled debut studio album Mariah Carey in 1990; it went multi-platinum and spawned four consecutive number one singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993 and success with hit records “Emotions” (1991), “Music Box” (1993), and “Merry Christmas” (1994), Carey was established as Columbia’s highest-selling act. Daydream (1995) made music history when its second single “One Sweet Day”, a duet with Boyz II Men, spent a record sixteen weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100, and remains the longest-running number-one song in U.S. chart history, along with Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito.” During the recording of the album, Carey began to deviate from her R&B and pop beginnings and slowly traversed into hip hop. This musical change became evident with the release of Butterfly (1997), at which time Carey had separated from Mottola.

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MTV Unplugged EP

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MTV Unplugged EP (1992)

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If It’s Over (Live at MTV Unplugged, Kaufman Astoria Studios, New York - March 1992)Mariah Carey

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MTV Unplugged EP