Mariah Carey - Weakness of the Body - Original Key 

This may be the youngest that we will ever hear Mariah Carey sing!

It's shocking that she could sing like this at only 17 years old! She really is a prodigy.

This is for sure Mariah. They way she sings is very... I can't explain it... Mariah? LOL!

It kind of reminds me of "Prisoner" another song of hers recorded on her Debut album

anyone who thinks this is not mariah needs reconstructive ear surgery asap. it is so obvious, her voice is too unique.

This is definitely Mariah Carey. Just listen carefully to the demo. She would have made a great Freestyle singer in the 80's.

I love how corny this is, but damn it's so catchy.

no wonder, tomy mottola was amazed by her voice at the first time he heard the demo on his limo.

With the higher key, it is less obvious than it is Mariah, but here this is clear.

Definitely Mariah. She sounds like she's singing "Someday"

this mariah carey for god sakes people she 16 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!

OMG THIS IS AMAZING! WHY WASNT SHE SIGNED AT THIS AGE?! THIS SONG COULDA BEEN A HUGE DEBUT HIT FOR HER! SHE WOULDA BEEN A BIG TEEN 80S POPSTAR!!! UGH WHAT A SHAME!!

No this was recorded in 1986 and she was 16 look it up

This clearly shows that Mariah really is an alto like she says which makes her high notes that much more amazing.

This sounds exactly like Mariah's first album. Of course is her.

You can tell it is Mariah by the way she pronounces the "S"s & "SH"

This is TOTALLY Mariah Carey!

The fact that she already had her signature style way before her fame.

You know its MARIAH since note one. ;)

Such a missed opportunity with this amazing song.Had it been released it would of more and likely been a hit. And that voice,wow.

She is the best has been and always will be

People. This is Mariah Carey. When her demo was given to Tommy Mattolla, it contained 4 songs, this was one of them.

OMG QUEEN QUEEN QUEEN QUEEN QUEEN luv this

This is Mariah. It's interesting how raw it is, her voice is very deep and natural. The sound is a little similar to her first album, the 80's sound.

Wow she already had a low voice since that age!!!

I'm a true fan of MC, since 1997. I have all of her albums and I know her voice very well. This is definitely her. Many songs in her first album are sung in this way. Only people who knows nothing about her career and her music or are just haters could disagree.

This is totally that New York Freestyle sound, could have been an underground hit had it been perfected. Sounds like something the group Sweet Senstation would’ve recorded. Look up their song ‘Hooked On You’

Definitely Mariah. Just young. It's so cool to hear her voice when she was younger, I've always wondered what she sounded like as a teen.

Bull. There's no way in hell Brenda could sing like that. She sounds nothing like Mariah nor has her power or her range. I also know Brenda quite well. If you want to have your own definition of "Mariah on vocals", fine. The words mean what they mean. If she was only on backing, he would have said so.

This isn’t Brenda K Starr. It’s Mariah Carey. I hear the same tone she had from her Debut Album and “Emotions” album on this song, I don’t hear no Brenda K Starr at all. I feel that Mariah recorded this song for Brenda K Starr but she turned it down.

Yes 100 % its mariah try to compare her vocals from 90's . its clear that her vocal chords are not yet stretch nor given a stress before and after making this song.

vocally, I might think it was Brenda. but I know damn well that she cannot sing something like this 😂

whoever has that demo tape could make billions

the OOOHHHH at 2:58 lets you know its mariah. thats one of her signature runs in the 90s lol

For everyone who doesn't think Mariah sang this....ACTUAL QUOTE FROM THE WRITER OF THE SONG: "I was working with a producer at the time who was producing Brenda K. Starr. He knew of Mariah through Brenda and always used Mariah to record his presentation demos for the label because she could do such a good impression of Brenda. When he heard [the song] he thought it would be great for Brenda's project so he got Mariah to sing the demo for me."

16 year old Mariah slays D5 and E5 in this song. I wish she could perform this song in her future concerts although she's 49 right now.

"Weakness Of The Body" I know I hurt you so The night you heard My true confession, boy I had to let you know I spent the night Of guilty passion, so I called to say There'll never be another To take your place, no Now I pray That you'll put an end to These tears of shame Rolling down my face [Chorus:] I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling Sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body How can I make it right I gotta have you Here with me tonight (Weakness of the body) It didn't mean a thing I guess I needed To prove my love was true I had to feel the sting, mm Of a night in another's arms Away from you, whoa Now I'm lying Staring at the ceiling Counting my pain, oh Now I'm crying I've turned Our days of sunshine Into these days And nights of rain I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling Sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body How can I make it right I gotta have you Here with me tonight (Weakness of the body) Gotta have your love No, no, no (Weakness of the body) [Spoken:] Every morning I wake up And remember you're gone I look in the mirror And ask myself Why did I do so wrong? Now I feel the love That burns So hot inside me Just trust me One more time And I promise To make you happy I called to say There'll never be another To take your place, oh Now I pray That you'll put an end to These tears of shame Rolling down my face I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling Sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body How can I make it right I gotta have you Here with me tonight (Weakness of the body) I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body How can I make it right I gotta have you, yeah I have the strength of heart (But a weakness of the body) It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling Sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But a weakness of the body, oh How can I make it right I gotta have you Got to, got to Oh, oh (Weakness of the body)

should've been Mariah's very first big hit :(

She was 17 here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've Been A Dedicated Mariah Fan, Since I Purchased Her Miraculous Debut Record. Their Is No Doubt, This Is Mariah, Unless Your Delusional and In Denial or Just Stupid, You Don't Know Mariah Like Her True And Real Fans Do. Weakness Of The Body, Should Have Made The Debut Record. Great And Fabulous Dance Song. Joseph M

Did Brenda backed up for Mariah? That's what I'm hearing

Yall couldn't handle shit. My queen was already slaying everybody back then

This is Deff pitched too far down that monologue is SOO deep and manly even for Mariah lmao

Mariah has a lisp. You can hear it when she says "confession". This is mos Def Mariah

It's amazing how you can tell is Mariah right away from note 1! How her voice is so similar from her early 90's first work (albuns) , her style and voice so raw just like ''Mariah Carey'' and ''Emotions'', but at the same time it has late 80's disco and dance all over it :D.. so its so purely mariah carey at 1987

Mariah's really holding back on this song...

Ummmm this is Mariah but there is ANOTHER version WITH Brenda K Starr

In her early years her tone was much darker than 1996 Daydream. If you follow from the beginning and get used to her voice you'll notice that this is her. The way she pronounces some words is unique to her.

She has confirmed that this is her.

reminds me of prisoner!

I grew up in 1980s 1990s in New York when freestyle was the shit and it’s so mind-boggling that my girl Mariah did a freestyle song for the legendary Judy Torres. I love her Mariah’s & Judy’s version they both slayed ❤

This is Mariah all day. I love Brenda but she can't push out vocals like this!

This is Mariah's voice 100%, she was 16y old:)

She did an 80's album already- Glitter.

definetely mariah and freestyle was huge huge huge in the 80s she was perfectly in style for the time.. awesome song

This isn't the original key.

Mariah recorded vocals for “Weakness of the Body”, a song written by Ken Cedar, in 1986. The song was eventually used by Puerto Rican dance-pop singer Judy Torres for her debut studio album, Love Story (1989).

THIS is HER. The tone is the exact same

Very old school Mariah in the background. Love the 80s.

she sounds like selena in this, ugh queen 😫🙌🏽

2:58 and 4:01. Undeniably Mariah haha

I wish this was remastered and released just for the fans.

Definitely the QUEEN of all queens... The lambs know her voice so good

I feel like the audio isn't the original audio or those cigarettes were really voice changing🤣🤣. Gotta love Mariah😘

100% Mariah

The talking part is a DEAD GIVEAWAY that its her!! I love this song so much!!

same energy as someday and prisoner ❤️

I'm confused. Wasn't she supposed to be Brenda's backup singer? So WHY is she singing all the high notes, I mean it's like Brenda had her doing all the work smh

I know I hurt you so The night you heard my true confession, boy I had to let you know I spent a night of guilty passion so I called to say There'll never be another to take your place, no Now I pray that'll you put an end To these tears of shame rolling down my face I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body How can I make it right? I gotta have you here with me tonight Weakness of the body, body It didn't mean a thing I guess I needed to prove my love was true I had to feel the sting Of a night in another's arms away from you Now I'm lying Staring at the ceiling held in my pain Now I'm crying I turned our days of sunshine Into these days and nights of rain I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body How can I make it right? I gotta have you here with me tonight Weakness of the body Gotta have your love Weakness of the body, body Every morning I wake up and remember you're gone I look in the mirror and ask myself why did I did you so wrong Now I feel the love that burns so hot inside Just trust me one more time And I promise to make you happy I called to say There'll never be another to take your place Now I pray that'll you put an end To these tears of shame rolling down my face I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body How can I make it right? I gotta have you here with me tonight I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body How can I make it right? I gotta have you, yeah I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling sad and lonely I have the strength of heart But the weakness of the body How can I make it right? I gotta have you, got to, got to have you Weakness of the body Weakness of the body It tore our love apart Now I'm feeling sad and lonely I have the strength of heart

Why is this now my new favourite Mariah Carey song!

I would bet my house, car, and another $10,000 that this is 100.000% Mariah, start to finish. How could anyone think otherwise? It sounds exactly like her.

She has the best speaking voice ever xx

this "slowed down" version is bogus - the vocals may be MC they may not, but the song was definitely not recorded or produced in this key, the music (esp. in the intro) sounds stuttery and all herky-jerky

I knew it was Mariah when I heard the other version just by her vocal technique.

Mariah Carey should've came out with an album in the 80s! That would have been amazing!

Its sound production and vibe from the synths really reminds me of Criticize by Alexander O'Neal... so maybe if Criticize and Someday had a baby this would be the love child.. Anyways - she sounds like alot of the modern pop stars ..eg The Weekend .. try to sound now. No offence but this is uncontrived and of its time... love it.

2:17 =100% Mariah!!!!! Whether this is the original key I don't know .. the part where she spoke her speaking voice sounded too low. But yes she definitely did the demo no doubt the key that Brenda Starr sings in and Mariah does background vocals is more likely the way she sang the demo

This should have been a single! or an official song from her first album. This and prisoner are her strongest songs!

na its Mariah, Brenda has more of a higher kinda squeaky ( don't know a better way to describe it ) voice when she sings

It was very smart to keep her debut for the 90 and beggin a new era

Did no one bother to look up this song? Brenda never official recorded it. Mariah recorded it as a demo for her but it was shelved and then later released by a different artist. This is confirmed by the producer on his website. He did raise the pitch on mariah's demo.

1986 and vocal harmonies alreary incredible

GUYS IT'S MARIAH AND BRENDA K STAR IN SOME PARTS

Amazing! Earliest recording I've heard of her! Who wrote this? Might this be the demo Brenda handed to Tommy Mottola? I guess this is not one of the Margulies demos? I imagine those must've sounded more home-made and unfinished.

Definitely MC from 2: 53 -3:10

The fact these fake tricks for use other singers for sing lead and double lead is disgusting - Mariah could be credited and leak 100% her version. It reminded me Paula Abdul stolen uncredited vocals from other girl and Britney Jean album scandal

One of the most beautiful woman on earth!

@PreciousMariah22 Her prime is definitely 93-96, but I do agree that only true Mariah fans can tell that this is her. Anyone who owns her first album know how she sounded in her teenage years and can trace the similiarities of her voice all throughout her career (deterioriation and all.) There are little thing she does with her voice today that still sound identical to 1990. Anyway I think we can all rest assure that it only matters that the True Lambs enjoy this and ignore the nay-sayers.

Good thing Brenda didn't put her foot on her and helped at first... that's true friendship :)

IF U PPL REALLY KNEW MARIAH U WID KNO MOST OF HER SONGS FROM HER 1900 DEBUT WERE DEMOS ESPECIALLY VISION OF LOVE. SO YEA IT IS MARIAH BUT NOT THE ENTIRE SONG U CAN DISTINCTIVELY HEAR MARIAH'S PARTS

If someone is not sure if Mariah is the real singer, just listen to the spoken verses. It's Mariah's voice, no doubt!

Mariah is an excellent mimick so she is downplaying her range to sound more like who the song is intended for. She could have blown this out of the water if she wanted. She was just having fun and vamping LOL.

Is she Bellie? She had another hit in the 80s called Loverboy

this song sounds very familiar. was this song ever on the radio? .and yup Mariah is definitely singing this song

The producer even gave credit to Mariah for doing Brenda's demos. And for people to say that dnt sound like mariah.. the is a 16yr/17yr old Mariah. Duh she nt gonna sound the same

Thanks for sharing! She is Mariah!

Another from the vaults album is so needed

It sound like mariah and brenda's voices were re-mixed! but the high notes, the breathy vocals and the speaking part is MARIAH QUEEN-DIVA CAREY!

Mariah said in an interview with seventeen magazine that she was actually a smoker until age 18, which is when she again employed the "whistles" that she learned as a little girl (and got famous). just because this sounds more like her now doesn't mean it is the original key. this song was originally belted through her nose because that was the style (Madonna,). it didn't sound like modern mariah as is evidenced by the unnaturally deep speaking part, she sang this like brenda/madonna originally

I fcking love this song men 😂 truly a shame this was never officially released Cause it would’ve definitely be a #1