Love Takes Time by Mariah Carey Song Info
"Love Takes Time" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter, and record producer Mariah Carey for her eponymous debut studio album (1990). An adult contemporary-influenced ballad, the song follows its protagonist lamenting the loss of a lover and confesses that "love takes time" to heal and that their feelings for their ex-lover remain. Written by Carey and Ben Margulies, while produced by Walter Afanasieff, the song was released as the second single from the album on August 22, 1990, by CBS Records. "Love Takes Time" peaked at #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart, U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles Chart and U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in the Autumn of 1990. "I had just finished my album and I was out promoting it on a sort of a little mini tour, and I went home one weekend and I wrote a song with my writing partner, Ben Margulies, called “Love Takes Time,” and I went to the next city and it was just sort of business as usual. My record was being mastered, actually it was mastered and it was ready, being pressed, so I was all excited and I just said to one of the executives from the label, ‘Here listen to this, this is what I’m starting to write for my next album.’ And a bunch of them sat around and they listened to it and one of them looked up at me and said, ‘This is a #1 record, you have to put this on this album.‘ And I was like no! It took me so long to finish the first album, I’m done with this finally, and then I had to go back into the studio. Luckily I took their advice, because “Love Takes Time” became my second #1 single, so thank God I did it!" - 1991 The First Vision Video Interview.
