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"Thank God I Found You"
Single by Mariah Carey featuring Joe and 98 Degrees
from the album Rainbow
Released	November 1, 1999
Format	CD single, cassette single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded	1999
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	4:17
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Producer	Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
Certification	Gold (U.S.)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
Joe singles chronology
98 Degrees singles chronology

"Thank God I Found You" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Carey's sixth studio album Rainbow (1999). It features Joe, and boyband 98 Degrees, and was inspired by Carey's boyfriend at the time, Luis Miguel. The romantic ballad provides a metaphorical closure for Carey's album Rainbow, as it is the "rainbow" (happiness) that comes after the "storm" (relationship problems). It was released with a remix as the second single from the album in 2000 and reached number 1 in the United States, but was only moderately successful in other countries.

[edit] Reception

"Thank God I Found You" reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, and gave Carey the record for number 1 singles for eleven consecutive years — from 1990 (starting with her debut single "Vision of Love") to 2000. It also marked her seventh R&B chart topper. It spent one week at the top of the chart, temporarily displacing "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden. The RIAA certified it gold in February 2000. "Thank God I Found You" was Carey's last number 1 hit in the U.S. until "We Belong Together" (2005), the first U.S. number 1 single for Joe and the only number 1 single for 98 Degrees.

Outside the U.S., the single was most successful in Canada where it reached number 2. It also reached the top ten in the United Kingdom, but only reached the top forty in Australia, France and Germany.

The song was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals, losing to B. B. King and Dr. John for "Is You Is, or Is You Ain't (My Baby)."

[edit] Remixes

The song's main remix is titled "Thank God I Found You/Make It Last Forever," or "Thank God I Found You" (Make It Last Remix) and it's the second Mariah Carey remix that was ever produced by Desert Storm Records producer & rapper DJ Clue. Re-recorded with new vocals, it was created by interpolating the song with Keith Sweat's "Make It Last Forever" and bears few lyrical/melodic similarities to the original version of "Thank God I Found You." The remix again features Joe, but not 98 Degrees; Columbia Records labelmate Nas provides two rapped verses on the song instead. The remix was included on Joe's third album My Name Is Joe (2000). The British remix team Stargate produced the U.K. Stargate radio mix, which strips down the production and sythesizers of the clickity beat of the original to give it a more orchestral, organic feel. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis also created the synthesizer-heavy Celebratory Remix.

[edit] Music videos

The single's music video, directed by Brett Ratner, shows Carey performing the song with Joe and 98 Degrees at Minnesota radio station 101.3 KDWB's annual Last Chance Summer Dance summer music concert. The video shows saturated blue skies and behind the scenes footage of Carey carousing with her dog Jack and writing lyrics. Additionally, there is a video for the "Make It Last Remix" that features Carey with braids in a nightclub with Joe and Nas. Directed by Sanaa Hamri, the video is grainy and filmed to simulate a home video.

[edit] Track listing

U.S. CD Single

"Thank God I Found You" - 4:18
"Thank God I Found You" (Celebratory Mix) - 4:17

U.S. Maxi Single

"Thank God I Found You" (Make it Last Remix Edit feat. Nas) - 5:08
"Thank God I Found You" (Make it Last Remix w/o Rap) - 4:40
"Thank God I Found You" - 4:18
"Babydoll" (Album Version) - 5:06

[edit] Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart^[1]	27
Belgian Flandres Singles Chart^[2]	36
Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart^[3]	23
Canadian Singles Chart^[4]	2
Dutch Singles Chart^[5]	23
French Singles Chart^[6]	28
German Singles Chart^[7]	28
Irish Singles Chart^[8]	31
New Zealand Singles Chart^[9]	34
Norwegian Singles Chart^[10]	43
Spanish Singles Chart^[11]	6
Swedish Singles Chart^[12]	43
Swiss Singles Chart^[13]	17
UK Singles Chart^[14]	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[15]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs^[16]	1

[edit] Sales and certifications

Provider	Sales	Certification
United States	500,000+	Gold

Preceded by "I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single February 19, 2000 – February 25, 2000 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Amazed" by Lonestar
Preceded by "Get It On Tonite" by Montell Jordan	Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number-one single February 26, 2000 – March 3, 2000 (1 week)	Succeeded by "Hot Boyz" by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott featuring Nas, Eve and Q-Tip

[edit] See also

List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2000 (U.S.)

[edit] References

[0] Australian Singles Chart

[1] Belgian Flanders Singles Chart

[2] Belgian Wallonia Singles Chart

[3] Canadian Singles Chart

[4] Dutch Singles Chart

[5] French Singles Chart

[6] German Singles Chart

[7] Irish Singles Chart

[8] New Zealand Singles Chart

[9] Norwegian Singles Chart

[10] ttp://www.afyvecharts.blogspot.com/

[11] Swedish Singles Chart

[12] Swiss Singles Chart

[13] UK Singles Chart

[14] Billboard Hot 100

[15] Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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