Meteorite
Mariah Carey
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Gotta get her Did you know the world is waiting Can you keep up Everyone you see is racing And you You know what you are It’s true You will go find 'Cause you got the night To light up the sky Meteorite in front of every eye A shooting star Your fame is a flame As they watch you burn up Turn up, turned up all the way Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite So here we go Wasn’t it what all you saying Put on your show Oh try to make it entertaining And you Know what you are It’s true You will go find 'Cause you got the night To light up the sky Meteorite in front of every eye A shooting star Your fame is a flame As they watch you burn up Turn up, turned up all the way Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite Meteorite 'Cause you got the night To light up the sky A meteorite in front of every eye A shooting star Your fame is a flame As they watch you burn up Turn up, turned up all the way Yeah you have to turn up all the way Yeah you have to turn up all the way Yeah you have to turn up all the way Yeah you have to turn up all the way Yeah you have to turn up all the way
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Written by: Allan Felder, Mariah Carey, Kamaal Fareed, Norman Harris
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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10 facts about this song
Album Classification"Meteorite" is a song on Mariah Carey's fourteenth studio album named "Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse" which was released in May 2014.
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Aim of the SongThis song discusses the rise to fame of an artist in the industry and serves as a motivational track for others to also shoot for the stars.
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SongwritersBesides Mariah Carey, the song also credits Randy Jackson, Patrick Adams and Terrence Stubbs as songwriters.
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Genre LabelThe Genre of "Meteorite" is described as an infectious blend of disco, soul, and pop, a genre Mariah Carey has perfected throughout her career.
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Album PerformanceAlthough the album reached No. 3 on Billboard 200 in its first week, "Meteorite" itself was not a chart single.
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Predictive LyricsThe lyrics "A star so bright you blind me, don’t close your eyes don't fade away, don't fade away", it's like Carey predicting her own star-lit trajectory in the music industry.
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Sample"Meteorite" samples a piece of music from a song called "Gonna Make You an Offer you can't Refuse", sung by Jimmy Helms in 1973.
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Live PerformanceCarey performed "Meteorite" at the World Music Awards in 2014.
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Unique FactorIt is one of the few songs in Mariah Carey’s discography to heavily use disco influences.
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Song InspirationsCarey said the song is a commentary on people’s obsession with fame and it is inspired by the Andy Warhol quote, “In the future everybody will be world famous for 15 minutes.”
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