Mariah Carey’s Long-Awaited Single Is Here: ‘Save The Day’ Ft. Lauryn Hill

The track has very powerful vocals delivering a timely message: “We're in this together”; “it's curious, the fear still holding us down”

This New Music Friday, August 21, sees the release of “Save the Day,” a long-awaited single from Mariah Carey featuring Ms. Lauryn Hill.

“Save the Day” is the first release from Mimi’s double-disc archival deep dive The Rarities, which comes hot on the heels of her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey (out September 29).

The track has very powerful vocals delivering a timely message: “We’re in this together”; “it’s curious, the fear still holding us down,” a few classic Mariah high notes and a sick beat drop courtesy Jermaine Dupri that accompanies the entrance of Ms. Lauryn Hill’s voice.

On a Zoom listening party with fans, journalists and friends just hours ahead of the song’s release, Mariah said she’s always been a fan of Roberta Flack’s original recording of the song and that the Fugees’ version was her go-to record back in the ’90s while on tour.

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“I love Lauryn, I think she’s an incredible artist,” Mariah said. “I was happy that Lauryn wanted to do this moment with me…. I only wanted to do it with her approval and excitement.”

“Save the Day” dates back to a 2011 studio session with Mariah, Dupri and Randy Jackson, but it wasn’t finished until recently when Carey and Dupri separately realized how fitting the song’s lyrics were for the world right now.

“It happened organically that the lyrics are so apropos to this exact moment,” Carey said, with Zoom guest Dupri adding, “To me this is a Mariah Carey record from her heart.”

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As for The Rarities, Carey revealed it touches on every era, featuring a song that could have made it to an album. As an added bonus for the Zoom listening party, she played a snippet of a Jackson 5-esque song that dates back to her 1990 debut. “We went to the vaults and found a lot of what I consider treasures,” she said.

 

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