I'll Be There
Mariah Carey
1992
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1992
Release: 1992Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original MTV Unplugged performance was publicly released in 1992. The March 1992 session is not asserted as a public-release day; later concerts with different duet partners are separate recordings.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1992.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
MTV Unplugged - official original live EP and performer credit
Identifies the original 1992 MTV performance and explicitly credits Trey Lorenz on I'll Be There (Live). March 1992 describes the recording session; only the independently supported public-release year 1992 is used.
Mariah Carey original album years - Columbia/Legacy and UMG catalog announcement
The label explicitly separates original album years in parentheses from 2020-2021 reissue dates: debut 1990, Emotions 1991, Unplugged 1992, Music Box 1993, Merry Christmas 1994, Daydream 1995, Butterfly 1997, Rainbow 1999, Charmbracelet 2002, Mimi 2005, E=MC2 2008 and Caution 2018. It also expressly places All I Want for Christmas Is You on the original 1994 holiday album. Recording-session years on The Rarities and new reissue dates are not used for selected-song dates.
#1 to Infinity - label-selected original-hit credits and versions
Used for the original 1992 I'll Be There/Trey Lorenz credit and the explicit distinction between Bad Boy Fantasy with O.D.B. and the selected solo Daydream recording. Its chart-year annotations, compilation date and live Someday substitution are not used as selected-song first release evidence.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
A cover of the Jackson 5 classic about unwavering support.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1992.html, song-list position 29
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual identity reconciliation, not audio-fingerprint or exact-pressing verification. Version labels are catalog safeguards.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1992 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed for title, artist and annual association. Not proof of release date, genre or inspiration.
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