Petals - Mariah Carey

[Mr. Birdy Sound]

This is a song from her Rainbow album. It's my second favorite track from that album, it's not single material for sure, but it's a good emotional song. This song has no amazing vocals, no belts, but it's not necessary. I love the lyrics, it's one of Mariah's best lyrics IMO. The fans have argued a lot over the years about the meaning of the lyrics, I personally think it's about her sister, Tommy, and Tommy's children.

She perfomed this on her Rainbow Tour back in 2000, when she used to cry on almost every perfomance (who said Mariah wasn't a good actress?! lol).

[paulmcsky]

amazing i love this song and the lyrics are flawless

[tozion]

Quite possibly the best song on the Rainbow album but Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis massacred it with awful production.

[duh5]

Yeah, I really like this one. Nothing wrong with the production IMO.

[francky]

It's a great song, i don't listen to it a lot though.

I've loved the poppy/r&b tracks from Rainbow even though they are hated lol. "Crybaby" , "X-Girlfriend", "Heartbreaker/rmx" and "How Much" were my jams, there is only "Did I Do That" that i hate.
I'm not a fan of the pop ballads from this album, she had done much better ones in the past with Walter.