Mariah Carey-Open Arms

[guitarstenz91]

great singing...but the music from journey is the absolutly best

[esteban55200]

i love it song please check my version open arms spanish version :D

[PaNdeM0niuM]

mariah is so pretty!

[73alvin]

The original is the best,it's a classic that can't be reproduced.But Mariah was'nt trying to redo it she was honoring the song.She is a very talented singer in her own right.I like the original and i like this one for her honoring such a great song.

[Vbombb]

Her voice is so lovely, it soothes my pain away. I love listening to her<3 This is one of my fave songs from her, her voice is just so beautiful.

[lekkrajid]

FABULOUS!

[LilDiva1444]

@sazukakenshii i agree..totally

[danielzapata1000]

it's so fabulous, it's my favorite song, but i like in spanish version..! Mariah Carey's Fantastic!

[MC1Diva]

Awww! Her hair was so 90's. lol

[knsmiley]

I like both versions. They each bring something unique to the song.  And most of all, Maraiah's version is singing to ME cause I'm a guy..... lol

[yuriandrephil]

It's either you like or not like a singer. But you cannot deny that we all something to contribute to this world...even the wicked have their share.

[rezek71]

Ruins the song with all that up and down fluctuation. Hell, she should be yodeling.

[bbdb921]

@zanoases original is best.

[InActionJoseph]

they say that this was the last year of her voice but if u notice microphones improved over the years so they pick more so called "imperfections" i dont think its an imperfection i think its a little bit of longevity from singing her ass off. I think people need to stop tripping Mariah Carey is MARIAH CAREY The Diva. I would like to see people sing We Belong Together, I Want To Know What Love Is, Dreamlover, and Vision of Love after just waking up and do it 20 times and see how you sound after:)

[CrystalMurphyMusic]

Hey, I love this song, I'll be covering it soon! Check out some of my covers when you have some time. I just posted I don't wanna cry, Without you and Vision of love. People say I sound similar to Mariah, Leona, Kelly Clarkson, and a few others. I guess it depends which songs I'm singing. I really love Mariah's songs though, so I'll be recording more of them soon. If you have any requests, let me know, I have most of them on karaoke/instrumental now! :)

Crystal

[bibizoca1000]

Beautiful song and a beautiful voice!!!

[megabitch74]

I love watching Mariah perform; so passionately .

[jeslyfirefox]

this song is not suited to mariahs voice im sorry.. steve perry and arnel pineda far move bettter fare.

[marjorie112]

She has a good voice but for me she spoils this song with all the self indulgent twiddly bits she adds into it. IMO it detracts from the song. I prefer Journeys more honest version.

[RanjitMorey]

@marjorie112 those twiddly bits are called vocal coloring. Journey can never - in their wildest dreams - imagine doing them with such musicality and perfection.

[skyflipthecat]

@RanjitMorey Please could everyone just stop comparing? Personally I am in favor of Steve Perry and Journey and don't appreciate the negativity.

[sempreviva82]

I only hope that one of her children takes after this talent, seriously, this voice is so special, so unique. I love Aretha, Mahalia Jackson, Whitney, Barbra, Celine, Leona, Regine, Patti Labelle, Gladys Knight, Beyonce, Christina and other great singers, but Mariah's got something different in an extremely positive way, she's a different kind of a singer and her vocals are just crazy. She IS untouchable with that voice and she will always be.

[screamingumbrella]

WETTEN DASS, not waten dass :P

omg, thomas gottschalk looks so....... xD

[SteveAspirations]

Atrocious. She should have never been allowed to cover this amazing song.

[mabuhaymc]

whatever happened to her voice? y can't she sings like this all the time...

[MarkWarrenMusic]

@mabuhaymc shes been belting out for over 20 years. the singing voice does not last forever.

[witch26071]

This is my favorite song!!!!!!!!

[MollyandGummii]

@sazukakenshii it's not stupid at all. It's like saying why do teen sing songs that are already created? You make no sense.. It's call COVERS?

[5va]

Absolutely one of the best vocalists ever!!!!!

[roniandcheese18]

Partly playbackkkkkkkkk. Listen to her other performances on top of this one and you can totally tell. She used playback/ lipsynced in this era too yall! Dont care though, I got love for MC. Registerd lamb and allll.

[locksmithite]

Sorry, but I cannot stand her cracky voice. I hate when 2nd rate singers butcher old classics.

[x3chelciemarie]

@locksmithite 2nd rate singers??? mariah was probably one of the best voices out ever please? second rate? maybe her verzion of the song isnt like the original but im sorry you cant call mariah 2nd rate???

[LiangRome]

@sazukakenshii someone who knows what's up. good stuff

[2ndINFsoldier]

Spraken uten!

[mineagain]

What a beautiful performance

[manaloveyou]

Wow! She's pretty before and she's like clean and all no sexy outfits and poses thing

[area51750]

karaoke.....next!

[area51750]

not steve...thumbs down

[aussiechic06]

@area51750 thumbs down for you crappy comment

[mreldude]

incredible...hands down her best performance of this song

[SOiser]

She was so lovely then.

Not the todays big titted monster

[dudeonthepiano]

@AntiVaccine Ummm HAHAHAHAHahahahahaha WHAT??!! You need to get a job! Hope you're avoiding those vampires! You just never know when they might strike!

[reddsgurl4life]

She is absolutley amazing! beautiful!

[Javichu80]

That's incredible. She is incredible. The best ever and forever. MARIAH CAREY THE BEST

[Tristan306]

I've watch this video like around 50 times since yesterday! This is Superb!

[gplus46]

This is the kind of performance I'd expect from an artist with her talent and notoriety. So many of her live performances have been lacking. Anyway this is great refreshing!!!!

[c33royal]

I'm a huge Steve Perry fan and have been for some time.

This is an excellent version of the classic Journey song. Very impressive. Other artists have tried, but this is the only version I have seen that does justice to this tune. Awesome.

[robertrpmrob]

Wow, I'm beyond speechless!!!!!

[TheMailgirlsandiego]

She was amazing back then when she sang live & had all her octaves....

[Eyad87]

extraordinary

[tasiawful1]

she sounds beautiful and looks great with her clothes all on...

[singingsis]

great song! great performance!! :)

it's a flashback...

i saw this live on tv in.....

[fallingfirenze]

2:00 mesmerizing

i like how she changes up the song with those wonderful high notes

[Mercury2Venus]

Mariah's so beautiful in this vid!

[MCisthebestbyfar]

For me, this has to be her most beautiful ensemble cause it compliments her figure more than her recent ensembles

[takernotagiver]

her voice was so amazing then.. what a great era.

and what a rarity to see mariah fully clothed.

[DanielAvilaAGT]

mariah was fully clothed for all 8 years and occasionaly for huge events

[5ra1610]

So now I come to you, with open arms

Nothing to hide, believe what I say

So here I am with open arms

Hoping youll see what your love means to me

Open arms <3 :((

[GummyWormMan]

it was pretty good! but i think that song should stick with journey.

[TheHomecourt]

JOURNEY!!!!!

[bosneageorge]

good old days....

[Jonas914]

she is so beautiful.

i love this. :)

MC is the BEST!

[KleptHoeManiac]

In this style of music, they're called runs, not trills. That's mostly instrumental trills like flutes and shit.

[furbalzz]

I like the fact its all echoey, because it gives you an idea what it sounds like for the audience and if u were actually there

[BlackJack719]

I love both versions. Its just a powerful song altogether so long as you get a real singer who really feels the song

[bigchickenfu]

nice suit : who shot the couch ? !

[no0kee]

i can't stop listening to it!!!!!!!! great echo!!

[MetalRob81]

Great version. People please stop comparing, they are both great versions. Perry gets me more emotional because he doesn't overdo the vocals. Mariah chose a great song to cover but nothing ever will compare to Journey's version.

Also to the person who said one hit wonder. Journey was one of the most successful bands of the 80's. They put out hit after hit.

[Chipoid86]

Definitely live! Incredible Mariah 1996 her vocal peak year IMO before her voice deteriorated thereafter.

[Cinnamonvalley]

Journey with Steve really kicks her fuckin ass.

[Mariahis1]

this is awsome....Mariah does it best.

[zielonyZIELAK]

Oh no.. Jouney kicks her ass.

[gyuuk]

WTF THIS IS STEVE'S SONG

[WillianPerry]

a melhorrrrr.... incrivel e sublime..

[MeganGrenfell]

mariah is amazingggg!!!

[virgomuch]

what?

[adsteve84]

Steve Perry fuckin' rocks! He's a God!

[echiebai]

u are really stupid,she is not even pure white,her late father was a black man,just type alfred roy carey and you'll see photos of him.i feel sorry 4 people like you.

[Silversoul1989]

seriously ...? issues, mate.

[ehites]

your comment is strange, deranged and inappropriate, go find another planet to live on !!! we are all one people, one humanity

[sexiebaby2009]

dam

[MC2051991]

Your comment is sick and disgusting. Go find a psychologist and leave us alone.

[bigchickenfu]

It's the SONG not the singer !

[furbalzz]

her voice is so nice and smooth in this

[19lili95]

i love this song is very good especially when mariah carey sings it!!!<3

[visionsofny]

Mariahs version is much better. She looks like she did in the always be my baby video here.

[VelvetNick]

2:35 goosebumps!!

[volleyball66266]

wow she sang this the year i was born 1996 i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[varvorines]

NO ONE can ever do what she use too!

[alagodina]

I don't like original as much,...and Mariah's version is absolutely fantastic :-)))))

[Divas45]

Uauu..

sempre perfeita

[DeepDreamer]

I'm not really a fan of her. I think she should stay in one key while she sings instead of bouncing around all the time. It sounds really bad...

[markanddana]

these years of mariah were my favourite p.s I like journeys version too.

[619puppet619]

its bad to sing someone elses song but she does sing it good and the reason she sings this song is because she looks up to someone such as steve perry

[Kevvo4444]

Puppet,don't you mean Muppet.You haven't got a clue have you

[619puppet619]

dude i like her but steve perry is cool 2 and its puppet punk but still her version is better

[RVD611]

Yah right.

[Marvinglz]

Perry or whatever the name of that one hit wonder was, should be thankfull someone who's a timeless talen sang a better version of his song than he could ever do!! Who writes or sings the song first does not matter! What matters is who can express it, both vocally and emotionally, is what's more important and Mariah definetly did a better rendition than the old vocally trite version.

[hiaadd]

Simplemente insoportable, después de escuchar esto voy a comprar la version de Journey...

[gimpypaulo]

man whoever dug this up, grab the shovel and give it a decent burial. love ya girl, but only steve perry can do this song.

[mortalkombatwhore]

Steve perry doesnt have a 5 octave vocal range.

Mariah owns this song.

[kendriv]

A Dios se le pasó la mano regalandonos una voz tan preciosa y angelical, su voz no es de éste planeta

[Jessylein]

that's in Germany in a show called "Wetten Dass...?"

[mcluva327]

Wheres the interview at?

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[Deathon2legs4691]

Original performances and singers are always better versions to me. Plain and Simple noone is better than the person who first sang the song. Beucase it sang in that style and is best known how sung. That why originals better to me.

[jescarey]

I miss This Miss Carey. But now a day she's MC2nd Power !!!

[vampypiano]

She's practising martial arts as she sings?

[umbeijoparavoce]

lollllllllllllllll thats some funny shit brah hahahaha martial arts HIYA!!!

[vampypiano]

glad that someone felt the same way as i did. at 3:23 when she switched the microphone to her left and started swinging the right hand...looks a bit like taiji.

[daydreams82]

Mariah was even more pretty back in those days. More naturally beautiful. She's the greatest!! I really love this song. What an amazing cover of this song! Her voice suits this song. She's beautiful - love her always

[wanseur]

she looked so naive and innocent on those days!!

[jimstark51]

Mariah's Open Arms is incomparable. She sings every note in the scale because she can, something that Steve Perry can only imagine.

[bosswade]

Journey's version is and will always be the best and only. Steve Perry is the only one that can sing it correctly. Mariah tries to cram every note on the scale in every measure. THIS SUCKS!! It's overly dramatic.

[mikhel000]

I love how Mariah sings this song, I just love ittttt!!!

[Rocker342]

wow

u must b one hell of a dumbass

steve perry should b the only person

singin this song!!

[dcchika554]

Lovee <3333333333333

[LovCrzyChick]

haha i agree!!(;

[saturate520]

Don't care for this song BUT only when mariah carey sings it!!!

[candycane15135]

I love Mariah have since I was 12

[MariahMusic]

REALLY how old are you now

[SCARBAND]

i like steve perry's version better. but man, she's gotta to be the best female vocalists in the world.

[gemmaLyn07]

what a great song!! i love it...

[taw91891]

Mariah is the absolute best, and you know you're good when people leave inappropriate comments about you on youtube, because you're that good!!!!

[dmlforte]

great great performance.

[misslazylu]

Oh wow... I will sing tis song for a talent show.. That makes me scared... She is amazing ! Love her!!!!!

[Joyride126]

i find the lyrics confusing, whats the meanign of this song? two roomates with blind love?

[tasha122277]

At least you can spell and don't use profanity. Congratulations on that.

[MIMIvision]

she sounded amazing and very emotional thanks for posting this!!! mariah4ever

[tasha122277]

To the brats with dirty mouths: try to act a little more mature for the sake of the rest of us who are tired of your crap.

[OMACIAN]

It is good to see her doing so many covers. Would love to see Aguilera cover some of hers.

[lynnandsophie]

it's great that mariah is keeping older cover songs alive. i love her for that. this was beautiful.

[Escape1988]

amen!

[majb11]

y'all haters need to stop hating on mariah! y'all need a life! she wasn't trying to be like steve perry or sing like him u dumbasses!!! she just covered a really good song that she liked by him, and she did a damn good job!!! whenever mariah covered a song she always did a good job that's for sure! she has real emotions...now that's a great singer! i know steve perry liked that alot! SO STOP HATING U FUCKING HATERS!!!

[majb11]

she did a great job...u dumb bitch!!! mariah is the best u fucking moron! now get a life and leave mariah alone! and go suck steve perry's cock and lick his ass cunt!!!

[tasha122277]

you talk like a child. a child who needs their ass kicked.

[nyuman86]

Yes, I must say that sucking cock is my forte. How did you know? And I can respond to whomever I god damned well please, you skanky, trashy, filthy gutterwhore. Anything else to say, or should I wait another month for you to come up with another lame-ass response?

[kieranpugh1]

mariah sings so perfect here love it

[nguoam]

Part 3

Also, Def Leppard enjoyed Mariah's cover of "Bringing On The Heartbreak". So a rock band can appreciate a pop singer. We are placing too much emphasis on labels, it is okay to appreciate all genres.

Sorry for the rambling, I'm sleepy.

[pjkrahn0202]

Mariah is one of the very few singers that can cover a song and get away with it. She had hits with "Ill Be There" "Without You" "Bringing on the Heartbreak" and I do like this version of "Open Arms" because she sings it with such great passion. This was my junior prom song (the version by Journey, Mariahs version got tossed out of the window)--now im rambling!!!

[nguoam]

Part 2

It is a song that probably meant something to her. It is meant as a tribute, and not as an insult (or trying to better the original). You can be inspired by music of all genres, not just what you usually do. I love Mariah's version, even though I think Journey's is incomparable. But if I never heard of Mariah's version, I would not have been curious enough to buy a Journey record a discover a great band. Now I love Journey nearly as much as Mariah.

[nguoam]

I'm sure Journey was not at all offended by Mariah's cover of "Open Arms". Especially since Neal Schon covered "Hero" in 2001 (why cover Mariah's song if you hated her cover of your song?), Randy Jackson is her musical director, and Steve Smith played on a couple songs long ago. If a singer is passionate about a song, why not sing that song respectfully and passionately?

[cloudbuster66]

bollox maria kills every song she steals fact do your own stuff or piss off

[jeshuarex]

you again! leave Mariah alone you little piece of s..t

[reumixx]

I can't stand Mariah Carey, she fucked this great song up, she should fucking blow her brains out. I'll even supply her the pistol. MARIAH YOU SUCK!!!!!

[majb11]

no u motherfucker!!! u need to get a pistol and blow your fucking brains out u fucking shit!!! mariah did a great job! get a life! u fucking cunt!!!

[rockin80sFREAK]

she gave a bad name to the greatest singer ever (steve perry)... you don't take a classic awesome song by the best band ever that means a lot to some people, and let a pop artist sing it... huge mistake

[AuburnTigers2004]

decent but journey is still the best

[Ueberbacker]

I know both versions! and THE DIFERENCE are: his versions is rock, her version is pop... her vocal is more elaborated and carefully... his vocal is more deep! to me both are very good but made by diferent artists and would be a honor to journey's fans that a super star songbird like Mariah record this great song and this is like a tribute!

[DiViNsKi77]

nice!!!

[nyuman86]

I am sorry, but both Journey AND "Open Arms" suck.

[SecretLeeshi]

whats with you guys Mariah is awsome and maybe it could have been better at least she is not a Britney Spears who always sounds weird and remember nobodys perfect

[bojoe87]

she's amazing!

[Blazey5]

I like this song but she ruined it, she intend to put emotion on it but it became too annoying. one of the worst cover song I have heard.

[rockdat]

hahah u really dont know much about singing!! ur cute!! talk soon!! add me on msn if u like!

[rockdat]

wasnt out of time!! she extended the word to bring more emotion to it

[squad6661]

i know she did not lip synch that!!! you can just blatently. haha, its so funny, how you always have people scrutinizing the big stars- theyre either lip synching it, or they didnt do a note properly- im not complaining though... im one of them!!! lool

[rockdat]

noo she didnt!! do u sing!!? cos i know she didnt

[kissmeonmylips]

what a nice voice of her..how i wish i could be!!!

[rockdat]

she didnt do a mistake lol!!

[bormi]

I miss that Mariah so much..without crazy siliconin' singin'