As her 2nd single — cause since “Obsessed” fared terribly on the charts, they are calling it a “street single.”

Girl bye!

You telling lies, but we know the truth, as Pastor Shirley Caesar say.

However, Mariah Carey’s track record with covers is pretty A+ in my book. And this is one of the biggest power ballads EVER. Even her voice as it stands could probably do justice to this — color me slightly excited now.

Foreigner’s Mick Jones can start ordering caviar and Champagne again: Mariah Carey is releasing her own gospel-tinged version of his masterwork song, “I Want to Know What Love Is.”

It’s the first “real” single from her new album following the summer release of the witty “Obsessed,” which is also included on “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.” The album and the single hit the world on Sept. 29th. (Source)

I’m all for Mariah ballads, especially “gospel-tinged” ones. “Fly Like A Bird” was the best song that last CD of hers, personally.

Mr. Friedman also talks about some of the other songs and what-not that are going to be on the album:

The other songs on the album — these are the titles, although the running order is still being finalized: “Betcha,” “Obsessed,” “H.A.T.E.U.,” “Candy Bling,” “Ribbon,” “Standing O’s.,” “Impossible,” “It’s a Wrap,” “Inseparable,” “Up Out My Face,” “More than Just Friends,” and “Angels Cry.”

Several of these are radio ready. “Angels Cry” is an honest-to-god ballad a la “Vision of Love,” and should be a gigantic success. “Standing O’s” also has potential, as do “H.A.T.E.U.” — which stands for “having a typical emotional upset” — and “Inseparable.”

Hmm, hopefully this is all gonna come together and meaning that that Nick Cannon-thang temporarily had her out of her mind with “Obsessed”…