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"Love Takes Time"
Single by Mariah Carey from the album Mariah Carey
B-side	"Sent from up Above" (U.S.) "Vanishing" (UK) "You Need Me" (UK)
Released	September 9, 1990 (North America) November 1990 (UK)
Format	CD single, cassette single, 7" single
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	3:49
Label	Columbia
Writer	Mariah Carey, Ben Margulies
Producer	Walter Afanasieff
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Vision of Love" (1990) "Love Takes Time" (1990) "Someday" (1991) Mariah Carey track listing "Prisoner" (10) "Love Takes Time" (11) #1's track listing "Someday" (14) "Love Takes Time" (15) "Vision of Love" (16) Greatest Hits (CD #1) track listing "Vision of Love" (1) "Love Takes Time" (2) "Someday" (3)

"Love Takes Time" is a pop song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies, and produced by Walter Afanasieff for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey (1990). It was released as the album's second single in the third quarter of 1990 (see 1990 in music). It was the first of several adult contemporary-influenced Carey ballads to be released as a single, and its protagonist informs others to take things easy in a relationship as "love takes time". It became Carey's second number-one single in the United States and Canada, but was only a moderate success elsewhere. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... 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Recording

Carey and Margulies had written "Love Takes Time" while Mariah Carey was being produced, but intended to save it for Carey's second album (which became Emotions, 1991). Carey played a demo of the track to Tommy Mottola and other Sony/Columbia executives on a promotional tour after her album was sent to be pressed. The executives insisted that Carey recorded it for the album because they were impressed with it. As their decision was made as Carey's debut was about to be printed, then-struggling producer Walter Afanasieff was forced to produce the song in time for the pressing of the album. Carey had lobbied to co-produce the song, but was denied permission by her record label. Afanasieff had minimal experience in production, but he met the production deadline and went on to enjoy a career of almost ten years co-writing and co-producing with Carey. Some copies of her debut album include the song, but don't list it. This does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see demo. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ...

Commercial release

"Love Takes Time" was another success like Carey's debut single "Vision of Love" in the United States: it reached number one in its ninth week on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent three weeks at the top of the chart, from November 10 to November 24, 1990. It spent seventeen weeks in the top forty and the RIAA certified it gold. It topped every other Billboard chart for which it was eligible (including the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Adult Contemporary charts), a record few singles can claim. Because its success was divided over two calendar years it did not rank high on Billboard's year-end charts, making seventy-sixth on the 1990 chart and sixty-ninth on the 1991 chart. Vision of Love is a pop/R&B song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies, and produced by Rhett Lawrence for Careys debut album Mariah Carey (1990). ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The RIAA Logo. ... A Gold Single is a single that has passed a milestone in official sales. ... The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, formerly known as Top Soul Singles, Top Black Singles, and Top R&B Singles (before the hip-hop term was added in the late 1990s), is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. ... The Adult Contemporary chart (formerly known as Adult Contemporary Singles) lists the most popular songs weekly calculated by airplay and occasionally sales. ...

However, "Love Takes Time" failed to emulate the popularity of "Vision of Love" in any other market except Canada, where it topped the singles chart for one week, and the Philippines, where it became Carey's second number-one single. It not make much of an impact elsewhere, becoming a moderate top twenty hit in Australia, and almost failing to make the top forty altogether in the UK. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The song did not receive as many awards as "Vision of Love", but it too managed a BMI Pop Award for "Song of the Year". The single's video, directed by Jeb Bien and Walter Maser, features Carey walking around a beach after a man walks away with luggage. Like the video for "Vision of Love", Carey lacked creative control in its production and, ashamed of the result, did not include it on the DVD/home video #1's (1999). Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) is a collecting society that protects composers intellectual property in the communications business, especially radio. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... #1s was Mariah Careys sixth DVD/video release. ...

Track listings

U.S. CD single (cassette single/7" single)

1. "Love Takes Time" (album version)
2. "Sent from up Above" (album version)

UK CD 5" single

1. "Love Takes Time" (album version)
2. "Vanishing" (album version)
3. "You Need Me" (album version)

Charts

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See also

• Hot 100 number-one hits of 1990 (USA)