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Love Takes Time

"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 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 ""Someday"
(1990)

Background

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

Worldwide CD single

  1. "Love Takes Time"
  2. "Sent from Up Above"

UK CD single

  1. "Love Takes Time"
  2. "Vanishing"
  3. "You Need Me"

European CD maxi-single

  1. "Love Takes Time"
  2. "Sent from Up Above"
  3. "Vanishing"

UK limited edition picture disc

  1. "Love Takes Time"
  2. "Vanishing"
  3. "You Need Me"
  4. "Vision of Love"

Cover versions

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

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[2] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 38
Canada (The Record)[4] 1
Illegal chart entered Canadatopsingles 2
Illegal chart entered Canadaadultcontemporary 1
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[5] 75
Germany (Official German Charts)[6] 57
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[7] 24
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[8] 24
New Zealand (RIANZ)[9] 9
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[10] 37
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 1
US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[12][13] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[14] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[15] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[16] 24
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[17] 19
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 230
US Billboard Hot 100[19] 76
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[19] 75
Chart (1991) Position
Australia (ARIA)[20] 83
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 69
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[21] 24

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[22] Gold 35,000^
United States (RIAA)[23] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Love Takes Time". For The Record. Archived from the original on 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  2. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard: 90. December 22, 1990. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/Billboard-1990-12-22.pdf. Retrieved June 1, 2015. 
  5. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-12-15.pdf. Retrieved May 31, 2015. 
  6. ↑ "Mariah Carey - Love Takes Time" (in Deutsch). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 46, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mariah Carey: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Illegal name entered Mariah Carey/Mariah+Carey/chart?f=379 Mariah Carey Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Mariah Carey. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Mariah Carey". Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  13. ↑ "Love takes time". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  14. ↑ "Illegal name entered Mariah Carey/Mariah+Carey/chart?f=341 Mariah Carey Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs for Mariah Carey. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Illegal name entered Mariah Carey/Mariah+Carey/chart?f=367 Mariah Carey Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for Mariah Carey. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Top 100 Adult Contemporary Tracks of 1990". RPM. December 22, 1990. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Jaarlijsten 1990" (in Nederlands). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "The Year in Music: 1990". Billboard. December 22, 1990. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/Billboard-1990-12-22.pdf. Retrieved May 20, 2015. 
  20. ↑ Gavin Ryan (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 "The Year in Music: 1991". Billboard. December 21, 1991. http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-12-21.pdf. Retrieved May 20, 2015. 
  22. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  23. ↑ "American single certifications – Mariah Carey – Love Takes Time". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
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