Jerry Rice

He is currently participating in the second series of the ABC reality television show Dancing with the Stars and is paired with ballroom dancer Anna Trebunskaya. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "We Belong Together". He is considering stepping into the broadcasting booth. At the forty-eighth annual Grammy awards ceremony, the song won for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" and "Best R&B Song". May 16, 1996). A few weeks later, the song won the "Song of the Year" awards on both Pop and Urban/Rhythmic formats at the 2005 Radio Music Awards. July 27, 1991), and Jada Symone (b. It was eventually named the "Hot 100 Song of the Year" at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards, the first time Carey achieved this feat.

(b. At the 2005 World Music Awards, "We Belong Together" won the "World's most-played single" award, representing its airplay. June 7, 1987), Jerry Jr. It failed to win either, losing "Best Female Video" to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" and "Best R&B Video" to Alicia Keys' "Karma". Rice currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, with his wife Jackie and their children, Jaqui Bonet (b. It also earned two nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards: one for "Best Female Video" and one for "Best R&B Video". In 1999, while Rice was still very much in the prime of his career, The Sporting News ranked him #2 on their list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, making him their highest-ranked active player and their highest-ranked receiver. "We Belong Together" proved to be a success in the adolescent market, performing well on Total Request Live (the video was her second to be retired on the show following "Heartbreaker") and winning the "Choice Music Love Song" at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards.

His offseason workout regimen is renowned throughout the NFL, and often exceeded the abilities of those that tried to train with him, most notably Barry Sanders. As the song has sold more than 600,000 downloads, it has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. Rice's work ethic kept him in a state of sustained physical fitness unattainable for players with less discipline. To date, the digital download of "We Belong Together" (counting sales of the original version and the remix) has sold over 698,000 copies. Some speculate that Rice was reluctant to retire because of the threat that receivers such as Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, and Marvin Harrison posed to his many NFL records. Though other songs such as Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl", Will Smith's "Switch", and Gorillaz' "Feel Good Inc." had also featured free downloads to succeed on the charts, "We Belong Together" is the single that enforced the new digital filters in Billboard's charts: free downloads no longer count towards a song's position. He was also selected for the Pro Bowl 13 times. With the situation explained, Carey was accused of using manipulative chart tricks that people believed she had employed when Virgin sold Carey's "Loverboy" (2001) single for an extremely low price.^[17] In regard to this, Bronson also stated that all Carey's previous singles had reached number one legitimately and fairly.

He finished second in voting to Brett Favre in 1995 for AP's Most Valuable Player. Had the correct filters been in place, "We Belong Together" would probably not have climbed to number one until the following week.^[17]. Rice won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award in 1987 by Pro Football Writers of America and was Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXIII. According to Billboard's director of charts, Geoff Mayfield, their filters were not in place at the time to enforce their policy about free downloads not counting towards the charts. Rice, his role diminished beyond his hopes and interests, opted for retirement, which he officially announced on September 5, 2005. The situation prompted letters to be written to Billboard columnist Fred Bronson, asking if it was possible that free downloads were accidentally counted while compiling that week's Hot 100 chart.^[17] Originally, Bronson stated that the downloads did not help the song reach its position, but subsequently replied in his "Chart Beat Chat" column on June 3, 2005 that Billboard had indeed made a mistake. Darius Watts won the third receiver spot from Rice and receiver Charlie Adams appeared to have the fourth spot. Apparently, these free downloads affected the Hot 100 chart placings the week that "We Belong Together" ascended to number one.

However, Rice had a mediocre preseason with the Broncos, perhaps due to a foot injury. During the final week of May 2005, the DJ Clue remix of the song, being sold exclusively through iTunes, was offered as a free download through Carey's official website. On May 26, 2005, Rice agreed to a one-year, $765,000 deal with the Denver Broncos. It also reached number two for four weeks on the Canadian BDS Airplay Charts, and the United World Charts for a total of five consecutive weeks. 49ers' head coach Mike Nolan offered to bring Rice onto the Niners' roster for one day, allowing Rice to retire where he spent most of his prodigious career, but Nolan was against using Rice on the active roster for the season. In the UK the song debuted at number two behind Tupac Shakur and Elton John's "Ghetto Gospel". During the ensuing offseason, Seattle released Rice at his own request. It spent two weeks at number one.

Rice did not catch a pass in the game, the first time he failed to do so in his record 29 game post-season career. It debuted at number one on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart on June 27, becoming Carey's second single after "Fantasy" (1995) to top the chart. Louis Rams, becoming the first team to lose a playoff game to an 8–8 team. markets. Seattle concluded the season with a playoff loss to the St. The song was a success in several major non-U.S. The Seahawks temporarily unretired Largent's 80 for Rice with Largent's approval. 'We Belong Together' is an enduring standard that reaffirms her position as a great songwriter and singer, with the unique ability to merge across all musical genres and cultural boundaries".^[16] The song was the most played single of the year, appearing at number-one on the year-end Hot 100 Airplay charts.

He wore #80 throughout his career, even though the Seahawks had retired that number in honor of Steve Largent, the Hall of Fame wide receiver who once held many of the receiving records that Rice later broke. Antonio Reid said of the song's success: "Mariah proves once again that the word-of-mouth power of her fan base is unsurpassed in the pop, R&B and hip-hop markets. He requested a trade to a team that would give him a more significant playing role; on October 18, 2004, Rice was traded to the Seattle Seahawks for a conditional seventh-round draft pick. It became the first song to break the 200 million one-week BDS audience barrier. Rice only caught five passes for 67 yards without a touchdown in the first six games of the season, and his streak of consecutive games with a catch ended on September 19, 2004, against the Buffalo Bills. It also reached 223 million audience impressions as counted by Nielsen BDS, breaking the record held by Mario's "Let Me Love You". By 2004, Rice's role with the Raiders had diminished as the team became focused on developing their younger receivers. On the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the song remained at number one for sixteen weeks, tying the record with No Doubt's "Don't Speak" (1995) for second place only behind the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" (1998) with eighteen weeks.

Rice played in his fourth Super Bowl in January 2003, though the Raiders lost badly in a blowout to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. According to Mediabase and Nielsen BDS, "We Belong Together" became responsible for breaking numerous airplay records. He and Tim Brown formed a fearsome (if aged) tandem, eventually occupying the top two spots on the NFL's career receiving yardage list. On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, the song remained at number one for fourteen weeks, tying the record with Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" as the longest running number-one on the chart. Even at the age of 39, Rice continued to excel, having his 13th and 14th 1,000-yard receiving seasons and scoring his 200th touchdown in 2002. Carey also became the first female lead artist to simultaneously occupy the top two positions on the Hot 100 chart when "Shake It Off" (the albums' third single) ascended to number two during "We Belong Together"'s fourteenth week at number one. He was quickly picked up by the Oakland Raiders. Its run at number one was briefly interrupted by Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" when it debuted at number one as a result of strong CD sales, but "We Belong Together" returned to number one the following week.

In 2001, the 49ers released Rice because of salary cap problems. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song ascended to number one eight weeks after its debut, and spent a record tying fourteen non-consecutive weeks at the top. Rice returned to Pro Bowl form in 1998, but then endured two modest years in 1999 and 2000, the 49ers' only losing seasons during Rice's tenure, as teammate Terrell Owens emerged as the team's top receiver. It also became the first song to simultaneously occupy the number-one position on the Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, the Pop 100, Pop 100 Airplay, Top 40 Mainstream, Rhythmic Top 40, and the Adult R&B Billboard Radio Monitor chart. Following 11 consecutive Pro Bowl, 1,000-yard receiving seasons, Rice missed virtually the entire 1997 NFL season after he sustained a torn ACL in the 49ers' opening game. The song had major cross over success, charting on a record thirteen different Billboard charts. Those tandems led the 49ers to three championships in Super Bowls XXIII, XXIV and XXIX. Before 2005 and following 1999, Carey's popularity on the radio had declined as a result of the lower airplay chart positions.^[15] However, "We Belong Together" became Carey's sixteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 due to strong airplay, and it proved to be the biggest hit of Carey's career; it has also become her label Island Def Jam Records' biggest hit.

By the late 1980s, Rice had become one of the biggest receiving threats in the NFL, teaming with quarterback Joe Montana and later his successor Steve Young. "We Belong Together" was released to radio on March 26, 2005. The next season, he set the NFL record for touchdown receptions with 22, a feat even more astonishing considering the season was shortened due to a players' strike. but if you weren't a fan of Mariah's work before, you're not going to start now".^[13] This sentiment was echoed by a reviewer from Virgin.net, who also wrote that the lyrics were made up of clichés, and "no matter how impeccable her voice [is], it cannot compensate for the sheer lack of inspiration behind this 'music'".^[14]. Rice struggled early in his rookie season with the 49ers as he learned their innovative West Coast system, but in the 1986 season, he caught 86 passes and led the league in receiving yards (1,570) and receiving touchdowns (15). Helen Duong of UkMusic felt that it was "bearable.. Despite Rice having attended an NCAA Division I-AA school, 49ers head coach and general manager Bill Walsh noticed his potential and extreme work ethic and drafted him as the 16th pick in the first round of the 1985 NFL draft, dismissing scouting reports that his prospect was too slow to play the pro game. While the song has proved to be popular with fans and critics alike, it also received some unfavorable reviews.

The school later named its football stadium Rice-Totten Stadium in honor of Rice and quarterback Willie Totten who threw Rice his many touchdown passes at Mississippi Valley State. pop/R&B song writing".^[5]. That season he was named an AP All-American. there's a classic sensibility to the lyrics and sound of "We Belong Together" that makes for perfect.. In college, he had a total of 51 touchdown catches and averaged 10 catches per game in 1984, when Mississippi Valley State averaged over 59 points per game. In its countdown of 2005's best songs, the magazine placed "We Belong Together" at number two.^[10] Billboard also noted Carey's voice, hailing the song as a "return-to-form R&B groove ballad...with her vocals taking center stage".^[11] In a New York Times article, Kelefa Sanneh proclaimed "We Belong Together" 2005's "song of the summer", and offered the opinion that Carey's different and challenging singing style here may have contributed to its popularity,^[12] while Johnny Loftus of Metrotimes opined that the song was "straightforward, heartfelt and classy.. He acquired the nickname World, because there wasn't a ball in the world he couldn't catch. Apart from being influenced by Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now" and Babyface's "Two Occasions", Slant wrote that "We Belong Together" is subtly reminiscent of Janet Jackson's "Come Back to Me" (1990), as both had similar themes and simple musical backings.

Rice attended Mississippi Valley State University, becoming a standout on the football team. A critic for Slant Magazine wrote: "the wobbly diva [keeps] cool with breathy, rapid-fire verses until the final full-voiced climax that, though scratchy, proves that The Voice has indeed returned...Mariah's finally got her own anthem". Rice later recalled that working for his father also taught him "the meaning of hard work." His speed also helped him excel in football in high school. "We Belong Together" received generally positive reviews, and many critics believed that the song marked the true "return of the voice". He developed his hands while working for his father by catching bricks that his brothers threw at him. Carey also preformed a remix of the song at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. Jerry Rice grew up in Crawford, Mississippi, the son of a brick mason. After performing the song at Live 8 in the UK, Carey was criticized for touting "We Belong Together" as her new song to the audience in attendance; many thought this was inappropriate for such a concert.

. It was after the broadcast that the song began being played on daytime-oriented Adult Contemporary radio station formats, leading to its subsequent record-breaking impressions statistics. He also holds Super Bowl records for most career receptions (33), career receiving yards (589), career touchdown receptions (8), single game receptions (11), single game receiving yards (215), single game touchdown receptions (3, a feat he accomplished twice), career total points (48), single game points (18), and career total yards (604). Carey's performance of "We Belong Together" on The View helped expose the song to a daytime audience. Rice played in 29 postseason games, amassing 2,245 receiving yards and 22 touchdowns, both NFL records, along with 44 rushing yards. It was also Launch's most-watched video of 2005, with 7.5 million streamed performances. His postseason stats are equally high. The music video was successful on several music-video countdowns such as VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, BET's 106 & Park, MuchMusic's Countdown (where it spent two weeks at number one) and MTV's TRL, where it retired at number one.

Rice also gained 645 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns, an extremely large amount for a wide receiver. While it is speculated that Carey used the dress as a publicity stunt to help promote her new album, she insists that the video treatment called for a wedding dress, and she simply happened to possess one.^[9]. Rice is the only one of the top 25 scorers in NFL history who did not kick the football. The video triggered much publicity as the Vera Wang wedding dress is the one Carey wore at her 1993 wedding to Tommy Mottola, whom she later divorced.^[8] The media also compared the Eric Roberts character to Mottola and the Wentworth Miller character to Derek Jeter. In most cases, the next most prolific player isn't close; for example, he's 67 receiving touchdowns ahead of second place Cris Carter (who is also retired). She runs away from her heartbroken husband-to-be and leaves the ceremony with her former beau. Rice has scored the most touchdowns in NFL history (207), and holds virtually every significant career record for receivers, including receptions (1,549), yards receiving (22,895), all-purpose yards (23,540), touchdown receptions (197) and consecutive games with at least one catch (274). It is then when she decides that she had her former boyfriend "belong together".

He is the holder of 38 NFL records, a record in itself. As she reaches the altar, Carey catches sight of her former boyfriend watching the wedding from a distance. He made the Denver Broncos roster in the summer of 2005, but he hung up his cleats shortly before the season began. Once the wedding begins, Carey walks down the aisle towards her smiling husband-to-be (played by Eric Roberts). He captured three Super Bowl rings as a wideout for the San Francisco 49ers, and also played briefly for the Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks. Leading up to the ceremony, she debates whether her heart belongs with her former boyfriend or her fiancé. Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi) is a former football wide receiver in the NFL, widely regarded as the best receiver to ever play the game, and arguably the greatest football player ever. The "We Belong Together" video begins the following morning where Carey prepares for the wedding.

In the "It's Like That" video, Carey's character was seen at a party the night before her wedding, when a guest (played by Wentworth Miller) revealed himself as a former beau of Carey's. It serves as the sequel and conclusion to the video for "It's Like That" (the two music videos were filmed simultaneously). The music video for "We Belong Together" was directed by Brett Ratner and closely follows the theme and storyline of the song. The third phase presents Carey raising her voice an octave, expressing her sheer frustration and desperation.

After failing to distract herself, she ends up furiously pleading for him to return. The hip hop influence on her vocal delivery becomes more prominent, and she uses just a few notes to deliver a burst of words. In the next, she becomes increasingly agitated, and she tries to distract herself by listening to the radio. In the first, Carey sings sadly, regretting the loss of her lover.

There are three phases in the song, each containing a different style of singing. You gotta SING these songs.' When she did that on "We Belong Together" it became such a massive record."^[7]. I told her, 'that's not gonna work. She'd gotten into this whisper mode where everything was soft.

He explained, "When I went into the studio with Mariah my first thing to do was to change the format of how she'd been singing. Upon Jermaine Dupri's insistence, Carey also employed the full-voiced style that defined her singing during the 1990s, rather than the soft and breathy style that she had often been criticised for. It was obvious that if it was touching us, it was going to reach other people too."^[2]. We realized that once we did it, it was an inspiration in terms of how I was singing it.

Said Carey, "People have to learn the art of subtlety. The song also marks a change in Carey's style; a contrast to her favored melismatic style, Carey employed a state of vocal restraint, phrases several words per note, and sometimes sings counter to the rhythm. While it is primarily an R&B ballad featuring a blend of quiet storm and soul ambience,^[6] it also contains sensibilities of hip hop music, most evident in Carey's fast-paced singing. The song begins with a piano playing part of the chorus in C major.^[4] As Carey vocalizes, rhythm and bass are added into the background, creating an understated, relaxed tempo^[5] in a 4/4 time signature; a quarter note constitutes each beat.^[4] The song contains a mixture of different styles and sounds.

As Carey had wanted her vocals to be the song's main force, the musical backing was sparse and unadorned, being led by a beat and simple piano chords. Because of the interpolation of these songs, their writers were given co-writing credit on "We Belong Together". The reference is clearer on the Jadakiss–Styles remix, where she continues singing the rest of the chorus of the earlier song. The latter line is the first line of the chorus of "Two Occasions".

Immediately after that, she changes radio stations and refers to Babyface's 1987 song recorded by The Deele, "Two Occasions":. In the middle phase of "We Belong Together", she mentions Bobby Womack's "If You Think You're Lonely Now" (1981):. Carey and Dupri came up with the idea of drawing influence from other hits. She wants her ex-lover to come back, as she lost a part of herself when he left, and no one can take his place.

Carey sings, "I didn't mean it when I said/ I didn't love you so.../ I was stupid, I was foolish/ I was lying to myself". The lyrics chronicle a relationship that had ended on the wrong terms, with the protagonist accepting the blame. Instead, she feels that the song can be seen as a universal love anthem that everyone can relate to. When asked about the story behind the song, Carey responded, "Basically, it's about someone you used to be with and you're not with them anymore for whatever reason, but you know in your heart that is the right person for you".^[3] The song is not about any of Carey's previously confirmed lovers (Tommy Mottola, Derek Jeter, or Luis Miguel).

It was among the last records written for The Emancipation of Mimi; after Dupri and Carey had finished recording the album, Antonio "L.A." Reid, Chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group, felt that something was still missing, so he encouraged them to write more songs."^[2] Following considerable experimentation, "It's Like That" (the album's first single) and "We Belong Together" were written. The song was primarily written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, and Johnta Austin, and produced by Carey, Dupri, and Seal. . Billboard charts, it is also considered her comeback single following the commercial failure of the singles from Glitter (2001) and Charmbracelet (2002).^[1] "We Belong Together" was also a success outside of the U.S.; apart from peaking at number one in countries including Australia and France, it was named the "song of the year" at the 2005 World Music Awards ceremony.

After winning two Grammy Awards and breaking many chart and airplay records on the U.S. The song has now become Carey's signature song. Its protagonist declares herself "stupid" and "foolish" for ending a relationship on the wrong terms, and she wants her former lover to return as she feels that they "belong together". The song is an R&B ballad and has been noted for its quiet storm ambience, laid back piano-driven rhythm and Carey's subdued vocals.

It was released as the second single from the album in 2005 (see 2005 in music), and was both a critical and commercial success. "We Belong Together" is a pop–R&B song co-written and co-produced by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey for her ninth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental). "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal).

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