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Side Effects (song)
"Side Effects" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her eleventh studio album, ''E=MC²'' (2008). It was written by Carey, Scott Storch, Crystal Johnson and the songs featured artist, Young Jeezy. It was inspired by Carey's marriage to record executive Tommy Mottola and his controlling nature over her and her career. Carey discusses how she still deals with the side effects of the experiences that she encountered during the relationship. Critical response to the song was positive, with many critics highlighting it as an album standout, praising its candid lyrics and honesty. It charted at number 93 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Pop 100 chart upon the release of the album.
==Background==
In 1988, Carey moved to Manhattan, New York to pursue a career in music. After working as a background singer for rising pop singer Brenda K. Starr, Carey was introduced to Tommy Mottola, head of Columbia Records, at a record executives gala. Accompanied by Starr, Carey handed Mottola her demo tape, featuring four of the eleven songs that would eventually comprise her debut studio album.〔 In what has been largely described as a "Cinderella-like story", Mottola heard the tape in his Limousine ride home, and quickly returned to the event to find the girl with the "elusive voice". When he arrived, Carey had already left early, disappointed in the events of the evening.〔 In what became a search, Mottola began to track Carey down through Star's management and eventually signed her to Columbia's roster of artists.〔 After the release of her self-titled debut album (1990), Carey rose to fame, with the album selling over 15 million units globally. During the recording of Carey's third album, ''Music Box'' (1993), the pair became romantically involved, and wed by August 1993, only one month short of the album's release. The couple moved into a large 12-bedroom mansion in upstate New York, a home Carey would later come to described as a "private prison" and "golden cage".
Referring to Columbia, Carey said in an interview "That company, made a billion dollars from the raggedy girl he met at that party."〔 Throughout the marriage, Mottola, both Carey's husband and boss, carefully manipulated and controlled her career, crafting her into the adult contemporary/pop singer he sought her to be. With each album, Carey's genre influences and production styles evolved, leading her farther into R&B and hip-hop territory. By 1994, Carey was already the best-selling artist of the 1990s, and the labels best-selling act.〔 Due to her continued success, Carey was able to take more creative control over subsequent projects. During the recording sessions for her fifth album ''Daydream'' (1995), the couple had already begun "fighting at the drop of a feather", due to his controlling nature over their personal life and her career. They separated in 1997, and divorced the following year.〔 Carey described her sixth album ''Butterfly'' (1997) as her magnum opus, and her greatest and most personal work, due to its personal and emotional background. On the album's title track – written by Carey for Mottola – Carey reached out to him, asking to allow her to be free like a 'butterfly', and if the two were 'meant to be', then the butterfly 'would return'. In an interview with ''Interview'' magazine, Carey described the importance the song held for her, as well as its meaning:
It was '97 and I was leaving my marriage (Tommy Mottola ). which encompassed my life. I was writing the song 'Butterfly' wishing that that's what he would say to me. There's a part that goes, 'I have learned that beauty/has to flourish in the light/wild horses run unbridled/or their spirit dies/you have given me the courage/to be all that I can/and I truly feel ...() and I truly feel your heart will lead you back to me when you're ready to land.' At that point I really believed that I was going to go back to the marriage – I didn't think I was going to leave forever. But then the things that happened to me during that time caused me to not go back. Had it been, 'Go be yourself, you've been with me since you were a kid, let's separate for a while,' I probably would've."
"Butterfly" became what Carey later described as her "favorite and most heartfelt ballad."〔 Its lyrics were very personal, linking to her personal life and relationship with Mottola.〔 Carey wrote "Butterfly" for Mottola, hoping he would say its contents to her, and choose to do what was best for her. She described it as "the best ballad she had ever written" and credited it as the epitome of ''Butterfly''.〔
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