Absolutely fantastic interview, thank you. From the bottom of my heart, as a lifelong Mariah fan, I cannot thank Walter enough for the amazing creations. Absolutely devastated that their incredible partnership did not continue, as I just know these two will always have an eternal artistic bond. What a lovely guy, humble and did not focus on any of the professional issues that may have created those unnecessary divisions. Thank you for the joy you've brought to millions through your music.
Mariah wrote the main melody first and then wrote all the words later, which she does 99% of the time anyway. The MUSIC always comes to her FIRST. She only collaborates on the music because she doesn't play instruments well enough to be able to figure out the chords in the arrangement on her own. She plays the keyboards a little bit but not well enough for what the task calls for. But she's always been able to hum out the chord progression along with the core melody to her co-composer/instrumentalist/co-producer as they are building the song up to completion. Anyways, the song was practically done prior to the involvement of Walter EXCEPT FOR THE BRIDGE, according to Mariah herself, and she has been consistent in her story from as far back as '94 if you read & listened to every interview about the process of creating the song. Now, Walter does do superb bridges -- the one thing he does do brilliantly if you notice even in the songs he has done for other artists. And when they went on their separate ways, you can also notice how Mariah stopped doing proper bridges besides some occasional exceptions (i.e. also partly due to bridges having lost favor in popular music especially in the streaming age when songs tend to be shorter). Let's give credit to whom it's due and not sully something that was clear & simple in order to take back some of the already long-established proper credits.
Exactly. This man has taken too much credit. The reason why Mariah never talks about him is he BETRAYED her. Picked Tommy over her. Ask him about that. Every Lamb knows which side he chose. Lambs never forget.
@@pellier08 Uuh, wrong. Mariah did NOT "need" Ben Margulies after the 1st album. After she left Walter, she also produced arguably the biggest (non-Christmas) hit among many in her career in "We Belong Together." NONE of her co-writers/co-producers have ever even come close to getting any other hit as huge as the ones they've had with Mariah. Not Walter, not Rhett Lawrence, not David Cole (RIP), not Stevie J, not Jermaine, etc, etc. Walter was not able to replicate anything and practically disappeared post-Mariah & has -- per my reliable personal source close to MC 😈 -- actually been BEGGING to work with her again all these years. 😂 No one would even be inviting him to these interviews without this particular song that she wrote & he only helped to co-produce with her. Sit down.
Let's not forget that this man was under Tommy's payroll and would allegedly tell him everything Mariah was or wasn't doing during the record sessions.
@@gowithelmo Stop playing!! You’re misleading people when you said Walter wrote hits for Mariah Carey!! He only has co-songwriter credits because Mariah has little knowledge when it comes to playing musical instruments!! In fact Mariah’s songs were almost complete when this guys collabs with Mariah. He just tweak things here and there, Voilà!! Writing credits in!! But let me compliment him!! He’s a better producer compared to Dj Khaled!! That one guys who’s shouting words in a song. And his name is the main artist of that song, not the singer!! 😂😂
@ofacilitadordoingles oh. Mariah has more number ones as a producer than Walter. Mariah could've done the Christmas solo but Walter needed a job badly.
@Heroliesinyou who know what? He never mentioned that Mariah wrote it. He just said Mariah is a great singer when even Mariah herself said that she's a songwriter first before singer.
@@jayceebaguio We all know it. You just have to watch his other interviews. Mariah is already a well known name. She's the one with a bigger net worth and accolades. We all know Mariah co-writes her music apart from the covers. Let other people shine too.
I don't think My Heart Will Go On is boring. David Foster denied producing bc he hated it as well. But I really think that is one of the most beautiful songs ever. Celine really sold it well w/ her angelic, piercingly power-resonant vocals. There's a reason that song sold over 18 million copies worldwide. And helped 2 albums sell over 30M copies.
Walter Afanasieff is a very talented musician and producer/composer. But I wouldn't call him a "hitmaker" tbh. All his big hits (as a co-composer) are w/ Mariah Carey. All of his other massive hits are as lead producer (for songs NOT composed by him). Mariah Carey was actually writing & co-composing hit records before, during and after Walter. I feel like she made magic w/ all the co-composers she worked with back then, even Carole King. If you take away Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff doesn't have any big hits as a co-composer. That makes me believe she was the lead writer for the melodies. He's trying to make it seem like she just followed his melodical ear. For example, he said Mariah made up a story more recently (like in the last 15 years), that she came up w/ the melody for the Christmas song on a keyboard first. Walter made it seem like she just lied, and created that story recently. But MTV released an interview from back in 1994, that showed Mariah speaking about her story of coming up w/ the melody for All I Want For Christmas Is You first, on her keyboard... Which proved she's always been consistent on how that song's melody came to life. She also wrote all the lyrics herself, which is usually hand & hand w/ the melodies (for her). I mean, I wasn't there. But I find that odd, that Walter would say Mariah just made that story up recently, when she's been saying that since 1994 (when they were still on great terms). Very interesting... Narada Walden also said when he wrote "I Don't Wanna Cry" w/ Mariah. She came up w/ most of the melody and lyrics herself. I feel like real "hit making" songwriting/producers are Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jermaine Dupri, Michael Masser, Babyface etc... Those guys have massive hits with a VARIETY of artists, not just 1. Not to be disrespectful. But I appreaciate Walters contributions to Mariah's compositions & most of all, production! He's more-so a masterful producer imo. But great interview otherwise.
When AIWFCIY finally hit #1 in 2019, everybody celebrated Mariah. I think that pissed him off. That's when all the lies seemed to crop up. There's bad blood between them. Like an ex, she's not obligated to mention his name again. All women understand this.
I think the lambs did a great job reintroducing All I Want For Christmas Is You around 2010's and became popular that became number 1 every christmas season
@@sim0an Love Actually was released back in 2003. But the song were famous again around 2010s. It was the lambs, I remember they always do the justice thingy and it was during the boom of streaming era so yeah! They did an amazing job!
Come on Lambs. I know we're all mad at Walter for what (we think) occurred but you can't go taking away from his contributions to these songs. Mariah absolutely brought a whole load of stuff to the table as well, but together they made magic. This video is actually really good in showing the breakdown of AIWFCIU and what Walter created: ua-cam.com/video/lTlbKKBAAWw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SammyMcCormack While Mariah probably did come up with a lot of the melodic stuff and lyrics, there's no way she would have been able to create the actual music like Walter did. Credit where credit is due.
He already received his credit and millions. He doesn't need to be celebrated in the same way as Mariah, which many people here seem to be doing. I don't get that at all. People forget that it's Mariah who continues to make millions for him every Christmas by marketing the sh*t out of that song.
@mariahcareylove9495 and it's exactly this attitude that we hate being directed at Mariah and we expect people to acknowledge her more for her accomplishments. We should do the same for other artists, including Walter. Stop being so salty.
Come on, Mariah used to come to the studio with all of her songs almost done. She was just not able to play the piano. These guys always trying to take her credits. At the beginning the host was saying the lyrics as if it were written by Walter when we all know it was Mariah.
Always thought it was fascinating how mariah and walter blended so well musically its almost like they freestyled , her coming up with melodies and verses to what she heard him playing then him trying something else and her going along both keeping up with eachother. Fascinating. She was able to do that with Jermaine dupri, jimmy jam terry lewis, and many others. I dont think walter was able to find another music partner like that again cuz the titanic song was like catching lighting in a bottle
Walter, you’re so great. Should have stood by your friend then when Tomi Macaroni threatened your friend with a sharp object. Remember? You looked away.
Great interview, nice to hear his back story, and particularly how he & Mariah worked so well together using their massive talents to make the songs we love.
Such a decent and talented man. Truly a legend. And I agree with him, My Heart Will Go On is boring. Hahaha it’s funny that he doesn’t like it that much, especially because of the uncomfortable moment with the writer of the song.
So the way it actually went is Mariah wrote Love Takes Time BY HERSELF as a 19 year old girl, she showed it to Tommy who then took the song and gave it to his white male friend, Walter to produce. But of course Walter was responsible for the song going to #1… right? 😂
@@apollozero no it’s not, I’m calling out a system that certain people benefit from. If you find this insulting, you should try to think why that is. Maybe because you benefit from the same system. I wouldn’t know.
James Horner didn't like them not asking him to produce his own song. Especially considering he did that original score, composer and producer, from scratch alone. I can see why that pissed him off. He probably felt like Walter was riding off the coat-tails of his iconic creation.
OMG there's an unreleased duet with Backstreet Boys and Boys ii men singing together?? Please someone leak that song on the internet I need to hear it NOW!!! 38:05
It's pretty bad that you say Walter is "the" writer and producer of "All I Want..." and other songs. He is ONE OF the writers and producers as Mariah was heavily involved in all of their songs. It's pretty bad to deny a woman her credit, especially just to give the man full credit.
This was a very nice interview with Walter. The show he's talking about was the music box tour where all the proceeds were dedicated to the victims of the long island railroad shooting
Which is the same one take vocals she did for the OST version. Walter did the album/pop version, which has a different instrumentation that Walter did. And the last "Oooooooon" that's the only thing he changed from the vocals
Oh another one take vocals from Celine? was the song called "With This Tear"? I think she did so many one take vocals during recording sessions! I remember Tommy Mottola said during the recording of "My Heart Will Go On" she did it one take and everybody got goosebumps and cried. That's amazing!!! It's hard to record a one take only.
Stop playing!! You’re misleading people when you said Walter wrote hits for Mariah Carey!! He only has co-songwriter credits because Mariah has little knowledge when it comes to playing musical instruments!! In fact Mariah’s songs were almost complete when this guys collabs with Mariah. He just tweak things here and there, Voilà!! Writing credits in!! But let me compliment him!! He’s a better producer compared to Dj Khaled!! That one guys who’s shouting words in a song. And his name is the main artist of that song, not the singer!! 😂😂
Lambs, despite how their friendship may have ended, none of us were there to see what really went down so only Mariah has a right to express her disdain. But from a creative point of view, we have to acknowledge that Walter brought the best out of Mariah and at one point they were like Jimmy-Terry and Janet, or Brandy and Darkchild. That sound they created will last a lifetime no matter what and for that alone I thank him. However, Walter was TRASH for what he allowed Tomato Juice to do to Mariah with that knife. He may not have wanted to get involved in their marital affairs but that was pushing it too far.
Mariah Carey created magic with all the co-producers she worked with then. Vison of Love, Love Takes Time, Someday, I Don't Wanna Cry, Emotions, Make It Happen, Dreamlover, Fantasy, Always Be My Baby, Honey, Heartbreaker, If It's Over, Vanishing... etc..etc... dind't involve Walter in writing.
@ Walter literally helped produced some of the songs you named such as dreamlover, if it’s over, and love takes time. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging his contributions because like it or not he’s partially responsible for that early 90s Mariah-Esque sound. He made it polished and perfect which she hated but that was what helped sell those records initially.
@@SoSillyWilly26 I'm talking about as a writer. She could've had any big producer from Narada, David, Quincy Jones etc.. to produce her songs. But as a writer, she wrote hits with everyone. He didn't. All his hits as w/ her.
@ Respectfully you’re wrong. You do realize this is the guy who produced My Heart Will Go On for Celine, right? We may not like how him and Mariah’s friendship turned out but I won’t discount this man’s contribution to music. He has hits…
@@SoSillyWilly26 He only producd that bc the superior producer David Foster turned it down. And My Heart Will Go On was created by the genius of James Horner. Whom didn't like Walter producing his song for Celine.
Let me guess someone. From boysIImen was being a diva about the climax of the song. I remember Kandi burrus saying they were difficult to work with shes the one that cowrote TLC no scrubs and many songs for others as well as memeber of group Xcape. This is just my alleged opinion hypothesis lol
I hope they will work together (Mariah). They have good chemistry. They are really perfect match. They can create magical songs that the whole world love. ❤
I really enjoyed this interview until I heard Walter’s tone when he spoke about Peabo Bryson. Peabo is not your average R&B singer. He is a phenomenal soul singer with heart, tone and conviction. Sure Celine sounded amazing, but so did Peabo. So rude when he said “like they couldn’t get anyone else” on the second Disney cut. How about Celine was on the record a second time too?! They were a great pair vocally. Celine would have still had the opportunity to sing with Andre and Mr. Groban later in her career. Idk, why he shaded Peabo Bryson like that but, you’re not about to do the dead like that. Have some respect. RIP Peabo Bryson. 🕊️
The question I have for Walter is would All I Want For Christmas Is You exist without Mariah? Would it exist without him? The answer- it would exist without him, but it would not exist without Mariah- it’s Mariah’s song
Walter, keep milking that Mariah/ Celine mentions as you always did!!! You sided with an evil man!! You had it coming!! Bye!! 😒😒 Edit: Nice interview though! 😬😅
@pellier08 Uuh, wrong. Mariah did NOT "need" Ben Margulies after the 1st album. After she left Walter, she also produced arguably the biggest (non-Christmas) hit among many in her career in "We Belong Together." NONE of her co-writers/co-producers have ever even come close to getting any other hit as huge as the ones they've had with Mariah. Not Walter, not Rhett Lawrence, not David Cole (RIP), not Stevie J, not Jermaine, etc, etc. Walter was not able to replicate anything and practically disappeared post-Mariah & has -- per my reliable personal source close to MC 😈 -- actually been BEGGING to work with her again all these years. 😂 No one would even be inviting him to these interviews without this particular song that she wrote & he only helped to co-produce with her. Sit down.
Fantastic interview. This is where the internet shines- there's no longer space for such long form in-depth interviews on terrestrial TV. The Internet/YT provides the bandwidth and makes so much more information accessible. I love early Mariah between 1990-97 before all the crazy. Such an informative and entertaining conversation. Walter is so humble- he doesn't get the recognition his towering talent and achievements deserve. Thanks for sharing this and Walter- PLEASE RELEASE THAT BACKSTREET BOYZ II MEN DUET and the various versions of One Sweet Day. The world needs to hear them.
ITS NOT THE FREAKING GREATEST SONG OF ALL TIME. ITS A LOVE SONG. Oh Holy Night and O come all ye faithful are probably the greatest songs for Christmas.
Mariah didn’t want to do a Christmas album at the time because she thought that was for “has beens” at the end of their careers and she was new at the time. I’m so glad Tommy forced her to do this album and thankful for Walter for most of Mariah’s hits. If she didn’t do AIWFCIY 30 years ago, she wouldn’t have been able to do it today without Walter. Plus she can’t sing as good as she did 30 years ago. The timing was perfect and Mariah wasn’t alone even though she doesn’t credit anybody else but herself.
People can say things about Mottola, but no one can deny how influential he was in the making and shaping of Mariah Carey's career. He really believed in her, even had a word war with Carey's former manager Stella on the singer's botched New Year's Eve performance.
@@mamamia601 I agree. Tommy and Walter were an integral part of the making of Mariah Carey. I know she hates Mottola and hasn't really said good things about Walter for years, but I think she needs a reality check. All her major hits from the 90s were via her and Walter. Anyone that thinks she'd have created these masterpieces without him is deluded! She essentially writes the lyrics and does some of the producing but not to the extent that Walter produced. Looking at how he did all the computer work for the instruments, not just for Mariah but many great 90s artists, shows how good he is at his craft. Mariah's craft is singing and song writing and I think some of the fans think she does ALL the work. That's simply just not true, it's a team effort.
@@GARdotETHnot true. Vision of love, I don’t wanna cry, someday, love takes time, Emotions, Dreamlover (he added some production because it was too hip hop for Sony), fantasy, always be my baby, heartbreaker were without him. She’s the main factor of her career. Walter was nothing without her. She’s had hits like We belong together, I know what you want, shake it off, touch my body or obsessed after the Sony days. Put a respect on her. She’s talked many times about the influence of Tommy and she’s giving him credit. Stop this non sense
Absolutely fantastic interview, thank you. From the bottom of my heart, as a lifelong Mariah fan, I cannot thank Walter enough for the amazing creations. Absolutely devastated that their incredible partnership did not continue, as I just know these two will always have an eternal artistic bond. What a lovely guy, humble and did not focus on any of the professional issues that may have created those unnecessary divisions. Thank you for the joy you've brought to millions through your music.
Glad you enjoyed it 💛
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Mariah wrote the main melody first and then wrote all the words later, which she does 99% of the time anyway. The MUSIC always comes to her FIRST. She only collaborates on the music because she doesn't play instruments well enough to be able to figure out the chords in the arrangement on her own. She plays the keyboards a little bit but not well enough for what the task calls for. But she's always been able to hum out the chord progression along with the core melody to her co-composer/instrumentalist/co-producer as they are building the song up to completion.
Anyways, the song was practically done prior to the involvement of Walter EXCEPT FOR THE BRIDGE, according to Mariah herself, and she has been consistent in her story from as far back as '94 if you read & listened to every interview about the process of creating the song. Now, Walter does do superb bridges -- the one thing he does do brilliantly if you notice even in the songs he has done for other artists. And when they went on their separate ways, you can also notice how Mariah stopped doing proper bridges besides some occasional exceptions (i.e. also partly due to bridges having lost favor in popular music especially in the streaming age when songs tend to be shorter).
Let's give credit to whom it's due and not sully something that was clear & simple in order to take back some of the already long-established proper credits.
Say it louder!
Mariah says a lot of things. Most of them are untrue. She plays the victim all the time. She is delusional just like her delusional fanatic sheep.
Exactly. This man has taken too much credit. The reason why Mariah never talks about him is he BETRAYED her. Picked Tommy over her. Ask him about that. Every Lamb knows which side he chose. Lambs never forget.
@mariahcareylove9495 he was contracted. But as a MC fanatic you can't be objective. There would be no Mariah without him.
@@pellier08 Uuh, wrong. Mariah did NOT "need" Ben Margulies after the 1st album. After she left Walter, she also produced arguably the biggest (non-Christmas) hit among many in her career in "We Belong Together." NONE of her co-writers/co-producers have ever even come close to getting any other hit as huge as the ones they've had with Mariah. Not Walter, not Rhett Lawrence, not David Cole (RIP), not Stevie J, not Jermaine, etc, etc. Walter was not able to replicate anything and practically disappeared post-Mariah & has -- per my reliable personal source close to MC 😈 -- actually been BEGGING to work with her again all these years. 😂 No one would even be inviting him to these interviews without this particular song that she wrote & he only helped to co-produce with her. Sit down.
Mariahs vision, Mariah's voice, Mariah's direction, Mariah's stacking, Mariah's vocal tone in the background singers, MARIAH MARIAH MARIAH 🦋🎶⭐
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Let's not forget that this man was under Tommy's payroll and would allegedly tell him everything Mariah was or wasn't doing during the record sessions.
MARIAH CAREY Wrote the entire Lyrics, Co produced and Co arranged the melodies of the song. Walter help co arranged the song that's it
Walter did the whole melody! That's what gets remembered and famous. People remember the melody before the lyrics.
"Co-writer"
Be precise next time
True! They are both the writers
@@gowithelmo Stop playing!!
You’re misleading people when you said Walter wrote hits for Mariah Carey!!
He only has co-songwriter credits because Mariah has little knowledge when it comes to playing musical instruments!!
In fact Mariah’s songs were almost complete when this guys collabs with Mariah.
He just tweak things here and there,
Voilà!!
Writing credits in!!
But let me compliment him!!
He’s a better producer compared to Dj Khaled!!
That one guys who’s shouting words in a song.
And his name is the main artist of that song, not the singer!!
😂😂
@@anthonyvillarias8829 seloco mano fã de diva pop é chato dms kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Mariah wrote the lyric & melody for all her songs
We know bro we hear it all the time
Without a great production, it's nothing. It's a duo work.
ISINUMPA NI MARIAH KASAMA NI TM LOL.
@ofacilitadordoingles oh. Mariah has more number ones as a producer than Walter. Mariah could've done the Christmas solo but Walter needed a job badly.
@ delulu
Mariah wrote the lyrics! ❤️ Let's talk about that!
We all know that. But let Walter have his spolight too.
@Heroliesinyou who know what? He never mentioned that Mariah wrote it. He just said Mariah is a great singer when even Mariah herself said that she's a songwriter first before singer.
@@jayceebaguio We all know it. You just have to watch his other interviews. Mariah is already a well known name. She's the one with a bigger net worth and accolades. We all know Mariah co-writes her music apart from the covers. Let other people shine too.
exactly
Not only lyrics, she wrote the melody which is the main structure of any song and also co-produced it
Mariah wrote & sung the song period
Hitmaker WITH Mariah, not for her.
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Thank you!!! It's weird how he doesn't like to correct the nonsense
@@youngtoday7651 The interviewer has no clue about their falling out, asking questions like they're besties lol
Mariah wrote her music, Walter helped here and there.
I don't think My Heart Will Go On is boring. David Foster denied producing bc he hated it as well. But I really think that is one of the most beautiful songs ever. Celine really sold it well w/ her angelic, piercingly power-resonant vocals. There's a reason that song sold over 18 million copies worldwide. And helped 2 albums sell over 30M copies.
Walter Afanasieff is a very talented musician and producer/composer. But I wouldn't call him a "hitmaker" tbh. All his big hits (as a co-composer) are w/ Mariah Carey. All of his other massive hits are as lead producer (for songs NOT composed by him). Mariah Carey was actually writing & co-composing hit records before, during and after Walter. I feel like she made magic w/ all the co-composers she worked with back then, even Carole King. If you take away Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff doesn't have any big hits as a co-composer. That makes me believe she was the lead writer for the melodies. He's trying to make it seem like she just followed his melodical ear.
For example, he said Mariah made up a story more recently (like in the last 15 years), that she came up w/ the melody for the Christmas song on a keyboard first. Walter made it seem like she just lied, and created that story recently. But MTV released an interview from back in 1994, that showed Mariah speaking about her story of coming up w/ the melody for All I Want For Christmas Is You first, on her keyboard... Which proved she's always been consistent on how that song's melody came to life. She also wrote all the lyrics herself, which is usually hand & hand w/ the melodies (for her). I mean, I wasn't there. But I find that odd, that Walter would say Mariah just made that story up recently, when she's been saying that since 1994 (when they were still on great terms). Very interesting...
Narada Walden also said when he wrote "I Don't Wanna Cry" w/ Mariah. She came up w/ most of the melody and lyrics herself.
I feel like real "hit making" songwriting/producers are Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Jermaine Dupri, Michael Masser, Babyface etc... Those guys have massive hits with a VARIETY of artists, not just 1. Not to be disrespectful. But I appreaciate Walters contributions to Mariah's compositions & most of all, production! He's more-so a masterful producer imo.
But great interview otherwise.
When AIWFCIY finally hit #1 in 2019, everybody celebrated Mariah. I think that pissed him off. That's when all the lies seemed to crop up. There's bad blood between them. Like an ex, she's not obligated to mention his name again. All women understand this.
CO-writer and CO-producer, Mariah co-writes and co-produces all of her music
I think the lambs did a great job reintroducing All I Want For Christmas Is You around 2010's and became popular that became number 1 every christmas season
The Lambs didn't do that. The movie "Love Actually" did.
@@sim0an nobody knows that movie. So yea it was her Lambs doing
The lambs never made it #1 in almost 30 years. You are delusional. It became #1 because of the millions of non lambs out there.
@@sim0an Love Actually was released back in 2003. But the song were famous again around 2010s. It was the lambs, I remember they always do the justice thingy and it was during the boom of streaming era so yeah! They did an amazing job!
@@pellier08 LOL you're delusional if the lambs didn't do a thing
Nice interview, thanks for sharing! I love the Barbra and Celine duet!
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.
Come on Lambs. I know we're all mad at Walter for what (we think) occurred but you can't go taking away from his contributions to these songs. Mariah absolutely brought a whole load of stuff to the table as well, but together they made magic.
This video is actually really good in showing the breakdown of AIWFCIU and what Walter created: ua-cam.com/video/lTlbKKBAAWw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SammyMcCormack While Mariah probably did come up with a lot of the melodic stuff and lyrics, there's no way she would have been able to create the actual music like Walter did.
Credit where credit is due.
He already received his credit and millions. He doesn't need to be celebrated in the same way as Mariah, which many people here seem to be doing. I don't get that at all. People forget that it's Mariah who continues to make millions for him every Christmas by marketing the sh*t out of that song.
@mariahcareylove9495 and it's exactly this attitude that we hate being directed at Mariah and we expect people to acknowledge her more for her accomplishments. We should do the same for other artists, including Walter. Stop being so salty.
I love this man, and he is super talented, but I love Mariah more. I wish they could reconcile someday.
Yup, 20th #1 for sure!
Why would she reconcile with a man who didn't do anything when her ex-husband put a knife to her face?
@@jasonenglisbe9646 One of Tommy's "spies" as mentioned in her book.
Mariah and Walter’s work what the Legends!
Come on, Mariah used to come to the studio with all of her songs almost done. She was just not able to play the piano. These guys always trying to take her credits. At the beginning the host was saying the lyrics as if it were written by Walter when we all know it was Mariah.
It's so annoying 😂
@@robertquindiniso4120 The interviewer didn't do his homework. I was expecting JLO to show up next. 😂
Mariah wrote her own songs base on her experience in life not Walter A. Example BUTTERFLY, THE ROOF LOL.
Always thought it was fascinating how mariah and walter blended so well musically its almost like they freestyled , her coming up with melodies and verses to what she heard him playing then him trying something else and her going along both keeping up with eachother. Fascinating. She was able to do that with Jermaine dupri, jimmy jam terry lewis, and many others. I dont think walter was able to find another music partner like that again cuz the titanic song was like catching lighting in a bottle
Mariah and Walter work on the song together, both help to create this amazing song that we enjoyed!
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Walter, you’re so great. Should have stood by your friend then when Tomi Macaroni threatened your friend with a sharp object. Remember? You looked away.
Yes let me go play Petals from the Rainbow album ❤️🩹
Say it louder.
Amen!
He keeps talking about her like she doesn’t hate his guts
What an incredible interview. So nice to hear all his stories. The guy is a legend.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview, nice to hear his back story, and particularly how he & Mariah worked so well together using their massive talents to make the songs we love.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@gowithelmo i enjoyed the in depth conversation.. Ive subscribed becuse of it.👍🏾
Such a decent and talented man. Truly a legend. And I agree with him, My Heart Will Go On is boring. Hahaha it’s funny that he doesn’t like it that much, especially because of the uncomfortable moment with the writer of the song.
So the way it actually went is Mariah wrote Love Takes Time BY HERSELF as a 19 year old girl, she showed it to Tommy who then took the song and gave it to his white male friend, Walter to produce. But of course Walter was responsible for the song going to #1… right? 😂
White male friend ? Why describe someone like that?
@ use your critical thinking
@@AchillesandArtemis still incredibly rude
@@apollozero no it’s not, I’m calling out a system that certain people benefit from. If you find this insulting, you should try to think why that is. Maybe because you benefit from the same system. I wouldn’t know.
James Horner didn't like them not asking him to produce his own song. Especially considering he did that original score, composer and producer, from scratch alone. I can see why that pissed him off. He probably felt like Walter was riding off the coat-tails of his iconic creation.
It's mind blowing to hear how many songs Walter wrote and produced!! What a humble guy too. Loved this convo
This interview is wild. Must watch.
Great interview!!!!!!
❤ Walter.
No- Prince is the King of drum programming and will always be
OMG there's an unreleased duet with Backstreet Boys and Boys ii men singing together?? Please someone leak that song on the internet I need to hear it NOW!!! 38:05
Right? We need this
It's what the world needs
I wish Mariah and Walter will reunite.
20th #1!
My GOD! Stop saying that.🙄🙄🙄
Nice interview:) insightful
Glad you enjoyed it!
It's pretty bad that you say Walter is "the" writer and producer of "All I Want..." and other songs. He is ONE OF the writers and producers as Mariah was heavily involved in all of their songs. It's pretty bad to deny a woman her credit, especially just to give the man full credit.
Exactly. I wish this video would be taken down.
Celine is indeed has a powerful vocals Walter is not wrong with that. That's amazing!
I hope Walter and Mariah works again
Same 💛
If Walter sees this, PLEASE release the vault songs for Daydream's 30th anniversary next year🙏🏼
He owns nothing MARIAH owns the masters to those
😂😂😂
Love the way the lambs are keeping people togetha in the comments! 👏🏼 Mariah 🦋 the greatest
This was a very nice interview with Walter. The show he's talking about was the music box tour where all the proceeds were dedicated to the victims of the long island railroad shooting
Thanks for sharing!
Fun fact: the My heart will go on version played at the beginning is the OST version produced by James Horner! Afanasieff did Celine's album version.
correct
Which is the same one take vocals she did for the OST version. Walter did the album/pop version, which has a different instrumentation that Walter did. And the last "Oooooooon" that's the only thing he changed from the vocals
Oh another one take vocals from Celine? was the song called "With This Tear"? I think she did so many one take vocals during recording sessions! I remember Tommy Mottola said during the recording of "My Heart Will Go On" she did it one take and everybody got goosebumps and cried. That's amazing!!! It's hard to record a one take only.
She's one of the greatest to ever do it!
wow the finger drums what a god
Right? Mind blowing
Best finger drums of the 90's
Your awesome Walter! My dream is to one day work on one of my songs with you. 🎶 🎤 ❤
He is not a hit maker he’s one of tommy mottolas cronies i don’t like him
Yet he is a hit maker his reputation proves it.
I wish they would work together again😢
One sweet day
They need to wrote another song together to make more Number 1’s
We need that Boyz II Men/Backstreet Boys song
All I want for Christmas, is that B2M x BSB track
Mariah wrote it
Please interview Babyface next!
Good idea! Subscribe and see if happens in 2025 ;)
Walter has sold his half of the songs songwriters royalty. ×
Is implying he wrote Mariah’s songs? Slight shade
Stop playing!!
You’re misleading people when you said Walter wrote hits for Mariah Carey!!
He only has co-songwriter credits because Mariah has little knowledge when it comes to playing musical instruments!!
In fact Mariah’s songs were almost complete when this guys collabs with Mariah.
He just tweak things here and there,
Voilà!!
Writing credits in!!
But let me compliment him!!
He’s a better producer compared to Dj Khaled!!
That one guys who’s shouting words in a song.
And his name is the main artist of that song, not the singer!!
😂😂
Lambs, despite how their friendship may have ended, none of us were there to see what really went down so only Mariah has a right to express her disdain. But from a creative point of view, we have to acknowledge that Walter brought the best out of Mariah and at one point they were like Jimmy-Terry and Janet, or Brandy and Darkchild. That sound they created will last a lifetime no matter what and for that alone I thank him. However, Walter was TRASH for what he allowed Tomato Juice to do to Mariah with that knife. He may not have wanted to get involved in their marital affairs but that was pushing it too far.
Mariah Carey created magic with all the co-producers she worked with then.
Vison of Love, Love Takes Time, Someday, I Don't Wanna Cry, Emotions, Make It Happen, Dreamlover, Fantasy, Always Be My Baby, Honey, Heartbreaker, If It's Over, Vanishing... etc..etc... dind't involve Walter in writing.
@ Walter literally helped produced some of the songs you named such as dreamlover, if it’s over, and love takes time. There’s nothing wrong with acknowledging his contributions because like it or not he’s partially responsible for that early 90s Mariah-Esque sound. He made it polished and perfect which she hated but that was what helped sell those records initially.
@@SoSillyWilly26 I'm talking about as a writer. She could've had any big producer from Narada, David, Quincy Jones etc.. to produce her songs. But as a writer, she wrote hits with everyone. He didn't. All his hits as w/ her.
@ Respectfully you’re wrong. You do realize this is the guy who produced My Heart Will Go On for Celine, right? We may not like how him and Mariah’s friendship turned out but I won’t discount this man’s contribution to music. He has hits…
@@SoSillyWilly26 He only producd that bc the superior producer David Foster turned it down. And My Heart Will Go On was created by the genius of James Horner. Whom didn't like Walter producing his song for Celine.
mariah separates with walter because walter pro to tommy motola....
Well he has his spotlight. But we know that Mariah the bigger chunk. He may have involved more on the background music enhancement
Let me guess someone. From boysIImen was being a diva about the climax of the song. I remember Kandi burrus saying they were difficult to work with shes the one that cowrote TLC no scrubs and many songs for others as well as memeber of group Xcape. This is just my alleged opinion hypothesis lol
Interesting interview.😊
Thanks!
Misleading title! Mariah wrote the lyrics of AIWFC! Cure your ignorance!!!!!
I wish he would take his millions and go away. He's not the star and never will be.
I hope they will work together (Mariah). They have good chemistry. They are really perfect match. They can create magical songs that the whole world love. ❤
Well, he betrayed her several times
@@jeaquino8598 Not gonna happen. She’s moved on. He hasn’t. He would be nothing without Mariah and Celine.
That's not gonna happened. Read Mariah's memoir, then you'll know. IF the content is wrong, there should be some comments out
He sat by while her ex-husband put a knife to her face, so I don't see her working with him again.
A No No. You shoulda' known that it's bigger than you.
Probably Victor Bailey on bass in the studio for Christmas album haha
Check to see who played on the rest of Mariah's Christmas album
I really enjoyed this interview until I heard Walter’s tone when he spoke about Peabo Bryson. Peabo is not your average R&B singer. He is a phenomenal soul singer with heart, tone and conviction. Sure Celine sounded amazing, but so did Peabo. So rude when he said “like they couldn’t get anyone else” on the second Disney cut. How about Celine was on the record a second time too?! They were a great pair vocally. Celine would have still had the opportunity to sing with Andre and Mr. Groban later in her career. Idk, why he shaded Peabo Bryson like that but, you’re not about to do the dead like that. Have some respect. RIP Peabo Bryson. 🕊️
The question I have for Walter is would All I Want For Christmas Is You exist without Mariah? Would it exist without him? The answer- it would exist without him, but it would not exist without Mariah- it’s Mariah’s song
You are so wrong. The version of the song itself might exist, sure.. but it would absolutely not exist as it does today, without Walters contribution.
SO TRUE. Mariah's musicality is everything!
Well, her hits songs existed before and after him, so the answer is clearly YES.
I love how enthusiastic the interviewer is!
Haha this is me every day
Would love the hear the BSB B2M song
Right?! Hoping for a leak lol
Wow amazing interview, always looked forward to anything Walter was involved in
Walter é mesmo brasileiro???? Brasilll
Hello Elmo❤
Hello!
Walter, keep milking that Mariah/ Celine mentions as you always did!!!
You sided with an evil man!!
You had it coming!!
Bye!!
😒😒
Edit:
Nice interview though!
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@pellier08 Uuh, wrong. Mariah did NOT "need" Ben Margulies after the 1st album. After she left Walter, she also produced arguably the biggest (non-Christmas) hit among many in her career in "We Belong Together." NONE of her co-writers/co-producers have ever even come close to getting any other hit as huge as the ones they've had with Mariah. Not Walter, not Rhett Lawrence, not David Cole (RIP), not Stevie J, not Jermaine, etc, etc. Walter was not able to replicate anything and practically disappeared post-Mariah & has -- per my reliable personal source close to MC 😈 -- actually been BEGGING to work with her again all these years. 😂 No one would even be inviting him to these interviews without this particular song that she wrote & he only helped to co-produce with her. Sit down.
She don't know him.
Wan ko sayo WALTER A. kaya isinumpa ka ni Mariah
So much respect for Walter A! He seems super cool and down-to-earth person.
Fantastic interview. This is where the internet shines- there's no longer space for such long form in-depth interviews on terrestrial TV. The Internet/YT provides the bandwidth and makes so much more information accessible.
I love early Mariah between 1990-97 before all the crazy. Such an informative and entertaining conversation. Walter is so humble- he doesn't get the recognition his towering talent and achievements deserve.
Thanks for sharing this and Walter- PLEASE RELEASE THAT BACKSTREET BOYZ II MEN DUET and the various versions of One Sweet Day. The world needs to hear them.
Glad you enjoyed it! Much love
ITS NOT THE FREAKING GREATEST SONG OF ALL TIME. ITS A LOVE SONG.
Oh Holy Night and O come all ye faithful are probably the greatest songs for Christmas.
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Can Google do it?
Í hope Walter and Mariah n Celine will create a song together ❤
Mariah didn’t want to do a Christmas album at the time because she thought that was for “has beens” at the end of their careers and she was new at the time. I’m so glad Tommy forced her to do this album and thankful for Walter for most of Mariah’s hits. If she didn’t do AIWFCIY 30 years ago, she wouldn’t have been able to do it today without Walter. Plus she can’t sing as good as she did 30 years ago. The timing was perfect and Mariah wasn’t alone even though she doesn’t credit anybody else but herself.
Mariah was talks about Walter when it comes to AIWFCIY. But you guys just listen and understand what you want.
@ says the FANATIC SHEEP 🐑🤡
Walter sang the song. Mariah didn’t sing it.
Go find you somebody else to play with daniela
So it was Tommy's idea for them to make a Christmas album! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 So he did come in useful for something 👀
He definitely made things happen!
People can say things about Mottola, but no one can deny how influential he was in the making and shaping of Mariah Carey's career. He really believed in her, even had a word war with Carey's former manager Stella on the singer's botched New Year's Eve performance.
@@mamamia601 I agree. Tommy and Walter were an integral part of the making of Mariah Carey. I know she hates Mottola and hasn't really said good things about Walter for years, but I think she needs a reality check. All her major hits from the 90s were via her and Walter. Anyone that thinks she'd have created these masterpieces without him is deluded!
She essentially writes the lyrics and does some of the producing but not to the extent that Walter produced. Looking at how he did all the computer work for the instruments, not just for Mariah but many great 90s artists, shows how good he is at his craft. Mariah's craft is singing and song writing and I think some of the fans think she does ALL the work. That's simply just not true, it's a team effort.
@@GARdotETHexactly
@@GARdotETHnot true. Vision of love, I don’t wanna cry, someday, love takes time, Emotions, Dreamlover (he added some production because it was too hip hop for Sony), fantasy, always be my baby, heartbreaker were without him. She’s the main factor of her career. Walter was nothing without her. She’s had hits like We belong together, I know what you want, shake it off, touch my body or obsessed after the Sony days. Put a respect on her. She’s talked many times about the influence of Tommy and she’s giving him credit. Stop this non sense