We Belong Together

"We Belong Together" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, and is the second single from her fourteenth album, The Emancipation of Mimi. Released in 2005 (see 2005 in music), the single became Carey's sixteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100; it also peaked at number two in the U.K. The song has earned a reputation for being Carey's comeback single as it helped her to regain public popularity after her reputation and music had been denounced in the years following the release–and subsequent failure–of her albums Glitter (2001) and Charmbracelet (2002) and their accompanying singles. The song became Carey's first number-one single in five years, and has broken numerous chart records; its strong radio airplay enabled it to become the first song to cross the 200 million audience impression barrier.

Song information

The song was written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, and Johnta Austin, and was produced by Carey, Dupri, and Seal. "We Belong Together" was among the last songs recorded for The Emancipation of Mimi. After recording nearly twenty tracks for the album, Carey was satisfied with her output, but president of Island Def Jam, L.A. Reid, felt that something was missing and asked her to write more songs with Dupri. The results were the singles "It's Like That" and "We Belong Together".

In this mid-tempo ballad, Carey declares herself stupid and foolish for ending a relationship on the wrong terms. She wants her ex-lover to come back to her, as when he left, she lost a part of herself. The song features a blend of quiet storm ambience and hip-hop-style singing, leading to a traditional Carey climax in which the pitch rises an octave and Carey belts the chorus, then ends the song on a note held for nearly twenty seconds.

In a New York Times article in which critic Kelefa Sanneh proclaimed "We Belong Together" as 2005's "song of the summer" [1], she noted that Carey's different and challenging singing style for the song–phrasing several words per note and sometimes against the rhythm, rather than her trademark über-melismatic attack–is a large factor in the song's popularity.

The song goes through three phases. In the first, Carey's character sings with a mournful sadness. Next, she tries to distract her mind from what has happened by listening to the radio. That tactic doesn't work, and she ends up in a furious pleading for her lover to come back. Some people believe that part of the song's success has been in how these three sections capture the range of human emotional responses in such a situation.

"We Belong Together" contains references to several other songs. In that middle phase of the song, Carey makes a reference to soul singer Bobby Womack's 1981 song "If You Think You're Lonely Now". She sings:

"I can't sleep at night

When you are on my mind

Bobby Womack's on the radio

Singing to me, 'If you think you're lonely now'"

Immediately after that, her character changes radio stations and makes a reference to Babyface' 1987 song recorded by The Deele, "Two Occasions". She sings:

"And then I hear Babyface

'I only think of you',"

The latter line is the first line of the song's chorus. The reference is clearer on the Jadakiss–Styles remix, where she continues singing the rest of the chorus of "Two Occasions", in which she sings:

"I only think of you on two occasions

That's day and night

I'd go for broke if I could be with you

Only you can make it right"

Because of the interpolation of these songs, the songwriters of both have also been given co-writing credit on "We Belong Together".

Chart performance

Prior to 2005, critics, especially after the turn of the millennium, had criticized Carey for having lost her "radio magic" as her positions on the airplay chart slowly declined. "We Belong Together" became Carey's record-breaking sixteenth number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and it is also her ninth number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It was officially released to radio on March 26 2005, and has become arguably one of Carey's biggest hits of her career, having been officially named the biggest single in the history of both Carey and her record company, Island Def Jam. This is Carey's first single to reach number one since "Thank God I Found You" in 2000, and it is her first to top the Hot 100 Airplay Chart since "One Sweet Day" in 1995. The song makes her the only artist who might surpass The Beatles (with twenty number ones) and Elvis Presley (with eighteen) in the modern era. (With seventy-five weeks of number one singles since 1990, Carey also ranks second only to Presley's 79 weeks.)

Besides the Hot 100, the Hot 100 Airplay, and the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks, "We Belong Together" has also reached number one on the Rhythmic Top 40 (the most spins ever by a female at the format), the Mainstream Top 40, the Pop 100, the Pop 100 Airplay, the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Dance Radio Airplay, the Hot Dance Music/Club Play, the Adult R&B, the Hot Videoclips, and the Hot Ringtones chart. The song made another record by reaching number one on thirteen different Billboard charts, the most any song has topped in history. It has also reached number one on other non-Billboard charts, such as the Streaming Audio chart (for six weeks), the ARC Top 40, and the AOL Music Network's top eleven.

The single has broken numerous airplay records on both major forms of radio airplay collection, Mediabase and Nielsen BDS. When the song reached 192.3 million audience impressions as counted by Nielsen BDS, Carey's "We Belong Together" broke the previous airplay record held by Mario's "Let Me Love You," whose airplay peaked at 191.6 million impressions; this made "We Belong Together" the most heard song (in a week) on American radio stations. On the week it broke the BDS record, it also broke the record for the largest gap between a number-one song and a number-two song on the Hot 100 Airplay chart, having over sixty million impressions more than its nearest competitor (Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl").

On the week ending June 17 2005, "We Belong Together" broke its own record of 192.3 million audience impressions as it peaked at 195.8 million audience impressions. On the weeks ending June 24, July 1, and July 15, the song continued to break its own record as it escalated to 202.1 million, 212.2 million, and 223 million impressions respectively. It became the first song in history to break the 200 million one-week BDS audience barrier. The song also repeatedly broke its own record for the largest gap between a number-one song and a number-two song on the Hot 100 Airplay, and its highest gap was a difference of nearly 119 million impressions. The week of its highest peak, it had 223 million impressions, while the number-two song, "Hollaback Girl", had only 104.1 million impressions.

On Mediabase, "We Belong Together" has reached more than 254.6 million weekly audience impressions (until July 13 2005), which is the highest in the history of Mediabase, breaking the record previously held by Mario's "Let Me Love You". It is one of only a handful of songs to reach number one on the three major component charts of CHR/Pop, CHR/Rhythmic, and Urban. The song later broke new records when it became the first song in Mediabase history to reach #1 on CHR/Pop, CHR/Rhythmic, Urban, and Urban AC.

The song has been a success in several major non-U.S. markets. It debuted on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart on June 27 at number one, becoming Carey's first single since 1995's "Fantasy" to top the chart, and only her second number-one single in Australia. In the United Kingdom the song debuted at number two, behind 2Pac and Elton John's duet, "Ghetto Gospel". Although "We Belong Together" had sold many more physical singles than "Ghetto Gospel", digital downloads now count towards the U.K. Singles charts, and with relatively weak downloads in the U.K., "We Belong Together" lost the top spot to "Ghetto Gospel" by 400 singles (combined total of physical singles and downloads).

The song's successful run at the number-one position on the Hot 100 was briefly interrupted by American Idol winner Carrie Underwood, whose debut single "Inside Your Heaven" went to number one in its first week of sales. The following week (ending July 2, 2005), however, "We Belong Together" returned to the top. The song has spent a total of fourteen non-consecutive weeks at the top so far and is Carey's first number-one single to have a non-consecutive run at the top; it is also her longest run at number one as a solo artist. (Previously, her songs – as a solo artist – with the longest run at number one were "Dreamlover" and "Fantasy", both with eight-week runs at the top of the chart.)

When "We Belong Together" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the Hot 100 Airplay, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, the Pop 100, Pop 100 Airplay, Mainstream Top 40, Rhythmic Top 40, and the Adult R&B Billboard Radio Monitor chart, it became the only song in Billboard history to top all nine charts concurrently. The song has also been certified 3N for over 300,000 detections on monitored Billboard/BDS stations.

As of the first week of September, "We Belong Together" has spent fourteen weeks at number one, more than any other song of the decade. It has become Carey's second single to have spent more than ten weeks at number one, the first being her collaboration with Boyz II Men on "One Sweet Day". This gives Carey the longest running number one single of both the 1990s and the 2000s, and also makes her the first female artist and the first solo artist to have more than two songs spend more than ten weeks at number one. (The two other artists to accomplish this feat are the groups Boyz II Men and Santana.)

"We Belong Together" ties the record for the most weeks at number one for a solo artist with Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" (1997), and also ties the record for the most weeks at number one for a female artist with Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". It is the fifth song to spend fourteen weeks at number one; the only song to spend more weeks at pole position is Carey and Boyz II Men's "One Sweet Day" which remained at the top for sixteen weeks. Carey holds the records for the number-one song ("One Sweet Day") and number-two song ("We Belong Together") with the most weeks at number one.

On the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks singles chart, the song remained at number one for fourteen weeks tying the record of Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" as the longest running number one on that chart. It was not able to break the record, however, as it did not secure a fifteenth week at number one, and was replaced the following by Bow Wow and Ciara's duet, "Like You".

On the Hot 100 Airplay chart, the song has remained at number one for sixteen weeks, tying the record with No Doubt's "Don't Speak" for second place (only behind the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" which spent eighteen weeks at number one). When the song reached number one on the Hot 100 Airplay in its fifteenth week, it made Carey the solo artist and female artist with the most weeks at number one on the Hot 100 Airplay in Billboard history.

Although the song was expected to break the record that is held by "One Sweet Day", it seems likely that it may not, due to Carey's next single, "Shake It Off". "Shake It Off" is currently number two, behind "We Belong Together"; this is the first time a female lead artist has occupied the top two positions of the Hot 100. The only other four lead artists who have done this before are Nelly, OutKast, The Bee Gees and The Beatles. (It should be noted that Ashanti was the first female artist (non-lead) to accomplish this task with "Foolish" and "What's Luv". However, as she is only a featured artist on "What's Luv", she is not placed into this category with the other five artists.)

The fourteen-week reign of "We Belong Together", along with the four-week reign of Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" and the one week reign of Carrie Underwood's "Inside Your Heaven" has helped break a female record on the Billboard Hot 100 as it has become the longest shut-out of male artists from the peak position in Billboard history. In other words, the last time a man held the number-one position was twenty weeks ago. The new chart record of Carey, Stefani, and Underwood breaks the former record of sixteen weeks created in 1999 by Brandy's "Have You Ever?" (two weeks), Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" (two weeks), Monica's "Angel of Mine" (four weeks), Cher's "Believe" (four weeks), and TLC's "No Scrubs" (four weeks).

On September 7 2005, instead of "Shake It Off", Kanye West's "Gold Digger" dethroned Carey's "We Belong Together". West's airplay was below 100 million audience impressions, but in a record breaking fashion, "Gold Digger" received over 80,000 downloads, pushing the song from nineteen to number one. That week, West had created some controversy through his criticisms of President George Bush during a live fundraising concert to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Perhaps politics had something to do Kanye's massive downloads.

As a result of "Gold Digger" replacing "We Belong Together", "Shake It Off" was not able to replace "We Belong Together", meaning that Carey would not become the first female artist in history to replace herself at number one. This is the second time in history that she has been prevented from replacing herself; in 1995, Whitney Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)" occupied a one week gap between "Fantasy" and "One Sweet Day".

Remixes

The DJ Clue remix of "We Belong Together" (produced by DJ Clue and Jovonn Alexander) was released on May 17 2005 on iTunes. The remix includes raps from Jadakiss and Styles P.

The hope was that the remix would help propel the song to number one (and based on sales data, it appears that that task has been accomplished). Although the remix was initially an exclusive track for iTunes, it has now been released to other legal downloading services like Rhapsody and Napster. It has even received some radio airplay, such as on New York's Z-100. DJ Clue also shouts a bit on the record, and although not listed as a featured artist on the track listing of the CD or vinyl singles of the song, he was given credit when the song charted on the Hot Digital Tracks chart.

Promotional copies of remixes by Peter Rauhofer and Atlantic Soul have been released, and the U.K. CD singles were released on July 5. The 12" vinyl single was released on July 19 in the USA, causing the song to chart on the Hot 100 Singles Sales and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales charts. Although these positions may seem low compared to the rest of the chart positions of "We Belong Together", as noted above, the song has only been released on the 12" vinyl single format (a format which only sells a few thousand copies at best per week).

Music video

The music video was directed by Brett Ratner, who also directed some of Carey's other videos including "Heartbreaker", "I Still Believe", "Thank God I Found You", and this video's predecessor, "It's Like That". Initially, Carey had wanted Paul Hunter to direct the video, but he was apparently busy. Carey, who is a close friend of Ratner, was reluctant at first, as he had stopped directing music videos and mostly directed films, but after hearing a proposed treatment, she approved.

The video serves as the dramatic sequel and conclusion to "It's Like That" (the two music videos were filmed simultaneously). In "It's Like That", Carey's character was seen at a party the night before her wedding, when a guest removed his mask, revealing himself as an ex-beau of Carey's. It is revealed that he knew about Carey's engagement, and had come to see her one last time. Without saying anything, he tosses her a flower, which she holds on to.

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Carey prepares for her wedding

The "We Belong Together" video starts the next morning. Carey wakes up and is shown getting ready for the wedding. She looks forlorn as she wonders where her heart really belongs. As the wedding begins, Carey nervously walks down the aisle to the smiles of her husband-to-be, played by Eric Roberts. However, Carey's ex-beau, played by Wentworth Miller, is watching the wedding from a distance. He makes eye contact with her, presenting her with a dilemma: to become the wife of the man she is seconds away from marrying, or to run away with her true love. Carey decides that she and her ex belong together. She runs from the wedding into his arms, and they jump into his car. Carey's wedding dress is shown trailing from the car as the couple drives away. Meanwhile, her husband-to-be is shown heartbroken over Carey leaving him at the altar.

Carey walks down the aisle, nervously

The music video triggered much publicity from critics and the media, as the wedding dress seen in the video is the same one that Carey wore at her 1993 wedding to Tommy Mottola. While many have speculated that Carey used the dress as a publicity stunt to help promote her new album, she insists that she had no ulterior motives, and that there was no deeper meaning or symbolism to her wearing the dress. The video treatment called for a wedding dress, and she simply had one in her possession. Parallels have also been made by the media comparing the Roberts character to Mottola and the Wentworth Miller character to Derek Jeter (an ex-boyfriend of Carey's). The parallels can be seen as the Roberts character, like Mottola, was overcontrolling and Carey believed she loved him when she did not. The parallels can also be seen in the Miller character, as both he and Jeter are multiracial, and Jeter was often believed to be the "true love" of Carey.

The "We Belong Together" video was successful on several music-video countdowns. It reached number one on VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown, on BET's 106 & Park, and on MTV's TRL (for ten days). On July 8 2005, the video retired at number one from TRL, after spending fifty days on the countdown. "We Belong Together" is Carey's second video to retire, the other being "Heartbreaker".

"We Belong Together" is also Yahoo Music's most watched video of 2005, with 7.5 million streamed performances. The music video has not been released on video or DVD, but it can be found on a VCD of the "We Belong Together" European CD single.

Free downloads controversy

During the last week of May 2005, the DJ Clue remix of the song, which was being sold exclusively through iTunes, was offered as a free download through Carey's official website. According to the iTunes discount purchase plan, a record label has to purchase 25,000 copies of a single to offer it for free. That week, the reported numbers suggested that the remix sold about 27,000 copies. Chart experts were puzzled, as the remix had never entered the top fifty of the iTunes chart. The reported numbers also looked similar to the number of copies of the single a record label had to purchase in order to offer it for free. Readers were also puzzled, as records of the Hot 100 that week showed that the ranking of the songs had been submitted for final publishing but were then changed at the last minute.

Chart followers became divided over the nature of this dilemma. Because there had not been much precedent for free download controversy before, many believed that, even if free downloads were counted, they would not have been that great a number. Others maintained that the last-minute change was due to a technical error on iTunes; at iTunes, the DJ Clue remix lists Jadakiss before Carey, causing many to believe that this was the reason for the last-minute change.

With no clear consensus, this situation prompted chart followers to write to Billboard columnist Fred Bronson, asking if it was possible that free downloads were accidentally counted while compiling that week's Hot 100 chart. At first, Bronson claimed that the downloads did not help the song reach its position. However, chart watchers were still dubious, and continued to write to him.

The persistent letter-writing seemed to have had an effect, as on June 3 2005 Bronson replied in his "Chart Beat Chat" column that Billboard had indeed made a mistake. He included a statement from Billboard's director of charts, Geoff Mayfield, claiming that their filters were not in place at the time to enforce their policy about free downloads not counting towards the charts. Had the correct filters been in place, "We Belong Together" would probably not have climbed to number one until the following week.

With the situation explained, controversy broke out among some chart watchers as they accused Carey of using manipulative chart tricks that they believed she had employed with previous singles. The only evidence for this is when Virgin sold Carey's "Loverboy" single for an extremely low price (though this does not break any Billboard rule, as an artist's label is free to set the price of a commercial single). In regard to this accusation, Bronson also stated in his column that all Carey's previous singles had reached number one legitimately and fairly. It should also be noted that other songs such as Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl", Will Smith's "Switch", and Gorillaz' "Feel Good Inc." had also employed the usage of free downloads to succeed on the charts. Despite this controversy, "We Belong Together" has broken numerous records in airplay and on other Billboard charts, and has maintained a healthy level of purchased downloads to succeed with great longevity. Although its first week at the top may be questionable, the song can still boast thirteen other weeks at number one. All in all, the song should be noted for being the single that enforced the new digital filters in Billboard's charts: free downloads no longer count.

Live performances

Carey's performance of "We Belong Together" on The View helped expose the song to a daytime audience. This particular rendition included an especially long final section of vocal riffs set against her backup singers. It was after this broadcast that the song began being played on daytime-oriented Adult Contemporary radio station formats, leading to its subsequent record-breaking impressions statistics.

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Carey at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards singing a medley
of "Shake It Off" and the "We Belong Together" remix

Carey was invited to perform for Live 8, and a decision had to be made on where she would perform. Carey was given a choice between the event's two most high profile locations: the London concert, which mainly consisted of rock music oriented acts such as Pink Floyd and Paul McCartney as well as pop veterans such as Madonna, and the Philadelphia show, which featured other R&B, pop, and hip-hop musicians similar to her genre. She eventually chose to perform in London.

At the concert, Carey sung the socially aware anthems "Make It Happen" and "Hero" with the African Children's Choir. After the choir left, Carey was left with just her band, including Randy Jackson of American Idol notoriety, and she performed "We Belong Together". In a move that was criticized by the UK press, before singing "We Belong Together", Carey asked for a microphone stand and for some water; she found herself being described as a "diva" in tabloids the next day. Carey also received some criticism for touting "We Belong Together" as her next single to the audience; many felt that this action was inappropriate as they felt she should not have been promoting the song due to the nature of Live 8.

For the first time in fourteen years, Carey was invited to perform at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. As she had not performed in a while, Carey wanted to make her performance memorable. Exclusive photographs from secret rehearsals of the event were leaked, detailing a larger-than-life set and revealing plans for Carey to perform at a location separate from the main ceremony: the National Hotel in South Beach. A substantial setback arrived when Hurricane Katrina entered the area, placing the awards ceremony in jeopardy.

Nevertheless, the ceremony continued as planned. Actress and model Eva Longoria was chosen to introduce Carey's medley of songs, which began with "It's Like That", and then segued into "Shake It Off"; the latter was performed in a blue-themed tropical setting adorned by dancers and water features, with co-producer Jermaine Dupri rapping the song's opening lines. Carey, donned in a silver dress, then performed the "We Belong Together" remix–with guest stars DJ Clue, Jadakiss, and Styles P rapping–on a staircase that resembled Roman architecture, surrounded by flaming torches.

Live performance tracker

Date	Show	Song
April 12 2005	Good Morning America	"We Belong Together"
April 14 2005	The Late Show with David Letterman	"We Belong Together"
April 29 2005	The View	"We Belong Together"
May 24 2005	The Oprah Winfrey Show	"We Belong Together"
June 4 2005	MTV Movie Awards	"We Belong Together"
June 28 2005	BET Awards	"We Belong Together"
July 2 2005	Live 8 in London	"We Belong Together"
July 4 2005	Macy's 4th of July Spectacular	"We Belong Together"
August 28 2005	MTV Video Music Awards	"Shake It Off"/"We Belong Together" (DJ Clue Remix)

Awards

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Mariah Carey wins the Teen Choice Award Surfboard for Choice Music Love Song for "We Belong Together"

To date, the digital download of "We Belong Together" (counting sales of the original version and the "We Belong Together (Remix)") has sold exactly 554,518copies. The song has been awarded the gold single certification and platinum single certification by the RIAA for sales of digital downloads of at least 100,000 and 200,000 downloads respectively. As the song has sold more than 400,000 downloads, it is expected to be certified 2x platinum eventually.

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Carey with the World Music Award (among other awards) for World's Best-Selling Single for "We Belong Together"

"We Belong Together" proved to be a hit in the teen market, as noted by its performances on Total Request Live, and by the song winning the Choice Music Love Song at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards. The song's popularity also helped it to earn two nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards: one for Best Female Video and one for Best R&B Video. Carey has never won any Video Music Awards in her career, but has expressed a desire to pick up a Moonman. In the ceremony held on August 28 2005, Carey lost Best Female Video to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" and Best R&B Video to Alicia Keys' "Karma".

"We Belong Together" was recognised at the 2005 World Music Awards, where it was nominated and won in the category for World's most-played Single. The winning of this award (along with three other World Music Awards that she won that same night) placed Carey with sixteen World Music Awards, making her the female artist and overall artist with the most World Music Awards in history (beating the former overall artist record of Michael Jackson's fourteen).

The song also won the Best Solo R&B/Soul Single award at the 2005 Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. Carey was unable to attend to accept the award.

Awards tracker

Date	Ceremony	Award	Result
August 16 2005	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Music Love Song	Won
August 28 2005	MTV Video Music Awards	Best Female Video	Nominated
August 28 2005	MTV Video Music Awards	Best R&B Video	Nominated
August 31 2005	World Music Awards	World's Most-played Single	Won
September 7 2005	Lady of Soul Awards	Best Solo R&B/Soul Single	Won

Track listings of major single-releases

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Alternative Japanese single cover for "We Belong Together"

U.K. CD single/European CD single

1. "We Belong Together" (album version)
2. "We Belong Together" (remix) featuring Jadakiss And Styles P.

U.K. CD maxi single

1. "We Belong Together" (album version)
2. "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)
3. "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction club mix)
4. "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal)
5. "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental)

European CD maxi single

1. "We Belong Together" (album version)
2. "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)
3. "It's Like That" (remix) featuring Fat Joe
4. "We Belong Together" (video — enhanced CD)

Chart trajectory

"We Belong Together" entered the Billboard Hot 100 at eighty-one. It has so far stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 for twenty-three weeks.

Billboard Hot 100 Chart trajectory — "We Belong Together"
Week	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Chart position	81	61	30	12	7	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4

Comprehensive charts

USA

"We Belong Together" was Carey's sixteenth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 (the most for a female artist), her eleventh on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay, first on the Billboard Pop 100, the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay, the Billboard Hot Ringtones, and the Billboard Adult R&B, ninth on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, sixth on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay, tenth on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play, fifth on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 (the most for any artist at that format), and her sixth on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40.

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot 100	#1 (14 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	#1 (16 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales	#19
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Pop 100	#1 (3 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Pop 100 Airplay	#1 (11 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	#1 (14 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	#1 (14 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Single Sales	#10
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot Digital Songs	#2
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	#2
2005	"We Belong Together" (Remix) featuring DJ Clue, Jadakiss, & Styles P	Billboard Hot Digital Tracks	#5
2005	"We Belong Together" (P. Rauhofer/Atlantic Soul Mixes)	Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	#1 (1 week)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Dance Radio Airplay	#1 (2 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Mainstream Top 40	#1 (10 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	#1 (10 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Adult Top 40	#17
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Adult Contemporary	#7
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Adult R&B	#1 (7 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot Ringtones	#1 (4 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Hot Videoclips	#1 (2 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay	#34
2005	"We Belong Together"	Billboard Smooth Jazz	#38

International

"We Belong Together" was Carey's second number-one single on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
2005	"We Belong Together"	UK Top 40	#2
2005	"We Belong Together"	Australian ARIA Singles Chart	#1 (2 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Canadian Singles Chart	#1 (4 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	German Singles Chart	#11
2005	"We Belong Together"	Spanish Singles chart	#3
2005	"We Belong Together"	Dutch Top 40	#2
2005	"We Belong Together"	World Singles Chart	#5
2005	"We Belong Together"	Worldwide Tracks Chart	#1 (1 week)
2005	"We Belong Together"	Euro Top 20	#1 (4 weeks)
2005	"We Belong Together"	United World Chart	#1 (5 weeks) [2]
2005	"We Belong Together"	'Tokio Hot 100'	#34

Official remixes/versions list

• "We Belong Together" (album version)
• "We Belong Together" (instrumental)
• "We Belong Together" (remix) featuring DJ Clue, Jadakiss, & Styles P. ^
• "We Belong Together" (remix instrumental) (From 12" Vinyl Only) ^
• "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul vocal) ^^
• "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul radio edit) ^^
• "We Belong Together" (Atlantic Soul instrumental) ^^
• "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction club mix) ^^^
• "We Belong Together" (Reconstruction radio mix)^^^

Remix credits

All songs follow writing credits as listed above unless otherwise stated.

^Remix produced by DJ Clue and Jovonn Alexander

^^Remix produced by Atlantic Soul

^^^Remix produced by Peter Rahoufer