Mariah Carey covers Foreigner's 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' in a return to her winning formula

August 31, 1:17 PMInternet Buzz ExaminerJoshua McIntire

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Mariah Carey.  No other name in music is as polarizing.  Either you love her or you hate her.  There is no "meh". 

So when she decides to stake the success of her newest effort on a cover of a timeless 1980s classic the Internet is going to have its say.

Foreigner released a song in the early 80s.  A little number you have heard if you've been alive since 1990.  This song was everywhere in its day, not unlike a Maroon 5 hit these days, or even a Miley Cyrus song.

Mariah is no stranger to covers, having layed her vocals over such classics as "I'll Be There" which she performed at Michael Jackson's funeral and "Open Arms" which to this day remains firmly cemented in the minds of many as the original performance of the song.

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 Music critics are as divided as listeners with some hailing the cover as a return for Mariah to the stylings that made her the highest selling female artist in history and second in #1 singles to only the Beatles. 

Others are less than complimentary saying she's ripped off a song that didn't need to be retooled and that her once noteworthy voice has been reduced to a tinny-sounding reminder of what used to be.

Harsh!

Whether you love Mariah or Foreigner more or you hate both, when a star of Mariah Carey's magnitude remakes an 80s classic, you can be sure the Internet is going to buzz.  As it's my job to bring you the buzz, may I humbly present the following leaked audio of Mariah's comeback single "I Wanna Know What Love Is".

To note: some say this version is not the final version as the actual radio cut is longer with another minute of choir-infused performance at the end.  Fans also say her voice sounds unnaturally high as though this version was put through a filter.  So, whether or not this is the final version, I'm betting it's pretty close to what we can expect to hear as Mariah Carey's "next big song".

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