<Table> <Tr> <Td> "It's Like That" (2005) </Td> <Td> "We Belong Together" (2005) </Td> <Td> "Shake It Off" (2005) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "It's Like That" (2005) </Td> <Td> "We Belong Together" (2005) </Td> <Td> "Shake It Off" (2005) </Td> </Tr> <P> "We Belong Together" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey . It was released on March 29, 2005, by Island Records as the second single from her tenth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). The song was written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal and Johntá Austin, and produced by the former three . As the song samples lyrics from "If You Think You're Lonely Now" by Bobby Womack and "Two Occasions" by The Deele, several other songwriters are credited . "We Belong Together" is built on a simple piano arrangement with an understated backbeat . The lyrics chronicle a woman's desperation for her former lover to return . </P> <P> Following her decline in popularity between 2001 and 2004, critics dubbed the song her musical comeback, as many had considered her career over . "We Belong Together" earned her several music industry awards and nominations throughout 2005 and 2006 . The song broke chart records in the United States and became Carey's sixteenth topper on the US Billboard Hot 100 . After staying at number one for fourteen non-consecutive weeks, it joined four other songs in a tie as the second longest running number - one song in US chart history, behind Carey's own "One Sweet Day". Billboard listed it as the "song of the decade" and the ninth most popular song of all - time . Additionally, it broke several airplay records, gathering both the largest one - day and one - week audiences in history . "We Belong Together" also topped the charts in Australia and the top - five in Canada, Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, and the United Kingdom . </P>

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