Mariah Carey Re-Records ‘Hero’ For Her New Album ‘The Ballads’
A new 'Hero' for a new generation
Here is the official artwork for Mariah Carey‘s new collection of songs titled The Ballads which features 18 of Mimi‘s greatest slow jam hits — 9 of them are #1 songs!
In celebration of this new collection of ballads, Mariah re-recorded one of her biggest #1 hit songs Hero for inclusion in this collection. Additionally, a new music video has been shot that shows Mariah in the studio as she sings this new version of the song. After the jump, check out the video in full …
Hero is one of my fave Mimi songs ever (as I’m sure it is for many of y’all) and I really like this new, updated version (tho I think I do prefer the original). Even tho I already own all of Mariah Carey‘s albums, I might have to pick up this collection of ballads … cuz even tho I HATE slow pop songs, Mimi is the one artist that consistently releases really amazing pop ballads. The Ballads is released on January 27 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon HERE. What do y’all think? Does this new version of Hero make you want to pick up the album for yourselves?
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I love this version. Although I love “Hero”, I think I love “One Sweet Day” with Boyz II Men even more.
Oh yeah! I’ll be picking this up. I really love her ballads even though, like you Trent, I’m not a big fan of slow pop ballads.
I think it’s darling that she features Jack so much in this video
@M3 – love Jack and am glad there’s no Nick ;)
Princess Zakiya is Trent’s god daughter.
blech it sounds like she got a case of the Rhianna “ellas ellas ellas” The original was much more lighter an softer this just shows how her voice has aged from an angel to a street hooker….have another ciggie Mariah.
You’re reeeeeeeally annoying.
Wonder whether her choosing to re-record this song has anything to do with the X factor?
I think you’re all talking rubbish its amazing and im not even a big fan.
Original is so much better…she shouldn’t have re-recorded this … her voice sounds really bad. bleh.
I give this new version a “Whaaaat??” and an “oh brother”…
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if theres one thing i love about Mimi…it’s her ballads. i like new version but of course…nothing beats an orginial. i’ll be getting this CD for sure =)
This is pretty weak for mimi…she use to BLOW!!! Think Butterfly…that WHOLE Album is a classic and that’s when Mimi used her voice for popularity, not her double D’s
Um, no. Not at all. This sounds horrible. You should never re-record material if you can’t give it a new spin or make it better than the original. This sounds like the original version with a noticeable lack of polish and range. And she totally looks constipated in that video, like she’s trying to remember the verses TO THE SONG SHE WROTE. I love the original. This is marginal. I have her Greatest Hits and her #1s CD. Is another compilation really required? Pass.
Wow, this is a craptastic version…I have heard better at karaoke. Mariah has definitely passed her hey dey. Time to retire diva.
Give her a break – she’s been singing for what, 20 years now? Her voice hasn’t declined, it changes with age – fact of life …. and considering she gave up singing these big belting ballads years ago, this was pretty good.
I’d like to add that if Mariah had kept singing those Hero style ‘big note’ songs, her career would have died out years ago … she needed to change with the times.
I think her voice really has gotten worse.. I’ve seen live video’s of her, and omg they were really bad, especially in comparison to her singing a couple of years ago. Her range definitely decreased.
I don’t see the point in re-recording this song. :-/ Why mess with what was good to begin with? This version certainly didn’t add anything special to the song.
As for Mariah–no one can do a pop ballad quite like her.
Except maybe Britney. Dear Diary anyone? :D lol.
If it were the original “Hero”, I’d probably buy the album. I haven’t been a big Mariah fan since I was about 15. When she tried to “reinvent” herself by going ultra-trashy after the “Butterfly” album,she lost me.
But the old stuff, particularly the ballads, are still old favorites. I agree though, its about time to retire.
this is pretty weak for mariah…. the older version is like 80 times better