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Love Takes Time

1990 single by Mariah Carey

"Love Takes Time" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It was written by Carey and Ben Margulies, and was produced by Walter Afanasieff for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey (1990). It was released as the album's second single on July 9, 1990 through CBS Records. "Love Takes Time" became Carey's second Billboard Hot 100 number-one single.

"Love Takes Time"
Song by Mariah Carey
from the album Mariah Carey
B-side
ReleasedJuly 9, 1990 (1990-07-09)
RecordedMay 1990
Genre
Length3:50
LabelCBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Walter Afanasieff
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Vision of Love"
(1990) 		"Love Takes Time"
(1990) 		"Someday"
(1990)

Background

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When Carey's album was first released in 1990, "Love Takes Time" was not listed on the cassette or compact disc. Ben Margulies, who co-wrote the song with Carey, explained:

[On] some of the original first copies of the record, they didn't have time to print the name of the song [...] And so the song's on there, but it doesn't say that it's on there. It was a song that actually was strong enough to stop the pressing [...] I don't know if they had to throw away a few hundred copies.

—Ben Marguiles, The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits by Fred Bronson[1]

Carey revealed she wrote the song in "about an hour."[1]

Track listings

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Cover versions

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  • Kelly Clarkson did a cover of this song while performing at a mini tour in 2003.

Charts and certifications

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Love Takes Time". For The Record. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. December 22, 1990. p. 90. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9171." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9165." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 46, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Mariah Carey: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Mariah Carey Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Mariah Carey". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  15. ↑ "Love takes time". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  16. ↑ "Mariah Carey Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Mariah Carey Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Jaarlijsten 1990" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "The Year in Music: 1990" (PDF). Billboard. December 22, 1990. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  22. ↑ Gavin Ryan (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "The Year in Music: 1991" (PDF). Billboard. December 21, 1991. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  24. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  25. ↑ "American single certifications – Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
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