Without You (Mariah Carey recording)

"Without You"
Standard cover art; most non-UK European releases omit "Never Forget You" on the front cover
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Music Box
A-side	"Never Forget You" (double A-side)
Released	21 January 1994 (1994-01-21)
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	3:36
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Pete Ham Tom Evans
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Hero" (1993) "Without You" (1994) "Never Forget You" (1994)
Music video
"Without You" on YouTube

"Without You" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It is a cover of the Badfinger song based on the version by Harry Nilsson. It was released as the third single off Music Box in the first quarter of 1994, its US release date of 21 January 1994 by Columbia Records, falling a week after Nilsson had died following a heart attack on 15 January 1994. In the US "Without You" was promoted as a double A-side with "Never Forget You". While she had heard Nilsson's version as a very young girl, Carey's decision to remake his hit was based on a chance hearing during the time she was recording Music Box: "I heard that song in a restaurant and just knew it would be a huge international hit" recalls Carey.^[1] Carey's version has been considered very popular on talent shows.^[2] "Without You" was later included on some non-US pressings of her compilation albums #1's (1998) and #1 to Infinity (2015), and her 2001 compilation, Greatest Hits. "Without You" was also included on her 2008 compilation The Ballads.

In February 2008, Carey's version was performed in severely broken English on the Bulgarian talent show Music Idol by contestant Valentina Hasan, spawning a global meme called "Ken Lee" (misinterpretation of the line "Can't live").^[3]