Chart Flashback
Source: EW.com
Using the top 10 singles from Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for the week ending October 27, 1990, Whitney Pastorek of Entertainment Weekly reviewed 16-year-old songs and how they hold up today. Mariah’s "Love Takes Time" is among those evaluated in the new commentary feature.
5. ‘’Love Takes Time,'’ Mariah Carey Oh, hello, it’s my most favorite Mariah Carey song of all time! Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but really — I’m pretty sure she nailed this one. And to everyone out there who’s gotten so upset at me time and time again for not giving this woman her props, listen up, ‘cause I’m not going to repeat myself: With its combo of soft trills and a bridge powerful enough to hold up most of New Jersey, ‘’Love Takes Time'’ strikes the perfect balance of all the things that make Ms. Carey one of the greatest vocalists of this or any other century. If she’s going to be on every single chart of every single week of the ’90s, at least there are songs like this to make it bearable. So can we all just get along now? A
