Who Did It Better? - Cherrelle vs. Mariah Carey | Robert Palmer
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For the latest installment of Who Did It Better, we invite you to dance to three classic versions of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' funk classic and share your thoughts in the comments section.
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"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" is a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and originally performed by Cherrelle in 1984. In 1986, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" was covered by Robert Palmer. Palmer's cover fared better on the pop charts while Cherrelle's version was a hit on the R&B charts.
The single was Cherrelle's first hit, peaking at number eight on the soul chart and number seventy-nine on the Hot 100.[3] On the US dance chart, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" went to number six.[4] A slightly altered version of the song is featured in the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton.
Mariah Carey covered the song in 2001 for the soundtrack to the film, Glitter. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis also produced Mariah Carey's cover and she sang over the original instrumental.
Robert Palmer recorded a cover one year later and it was released as the fifth single from his 1985 album Riptide. The single hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986, behind "Amanda" by Boston, and the music video, which was take on the "making of" a music video which featured women much like those featured in "Addicted to Love", which hit No. 1 on MTV on October 17, 1986. - Wikipedia
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Cherrelle!! She should have been huge. This and Saturday Love are just classics.
@ladyrae8164
3 жыл бұрын
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday, Saturday love..... What a beautiful song.
@benbrownjr.7626
3 жыл бұрын
@@ladyrae8164 I think I may just fallen in love...
@lastdays3148
3 жыл бұрын
@@benbrownjr.7626Cherrelle other song in 1985 called Artificial Heart Baby🌹
@benbrownjr.7626
3 жыл бұрын
@@lastdays3148 OH HELL YES
@ladyrae8164
3 жыл бұрын
@@benbrownjr.7626 😹
00:00 Cherrelle 07:03 Mariah 11:58 Robert You're welcome and I like all three!
@thugmrs02
3 жыл бұрын
*And they say, 🤔 HERO'S only wear capes!* 😊🎈👍🏽
@JetseTurner
3 жыл бұрын
Cherrelle
@GalaxyNexus1
3 жыл бұрын
Kinda unnecessary since the point is to listen to all 3.
@synthesizerisking2886
3 жыл бұрын
Cherrelle is the best and it’s her song
@Wowitzkay
3 жыл бұрын
Queen Mimi was better dahling. 🦋🐑
Mariah can sing, but Cherrelle can’t be touched on this one!
@dukethomas7217
2 жыл бұрын
Preach
The original.... Ms. Cherelle
@empresserica
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed ! 👏🏾👍🏽💃🏽
Cherelle of course!
CHERRELLE. PERIOD AND IT'S OVER ‼️
Not y'all trynna say Mariah is just copying. She's paying tribute. Plus Mariah has her own original remixes/dance/house music that ruled the 90s and 2000s.
@spongebob03
3 жыл бұрын
*sings* THEY CANT TAKE THIS! THEY CANT TAKE THIS!
Cherrelle without a doubt
Cherrelle hello!!! Lol I enjoyed dancing to all of the versions this morning. 💃🏾
@reelblack
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@rodneyhill8400
3 жыл бұрын
Cherrelle Wins!!!!!
@starrcompany3275
3 жыл бұрын
Your gorgeous 😳👍💜
This has to be Cherrelle.. Her version is just classic..
Cherrelle! Hands down 🙌
@vh7637
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@destressfrlyf843
3 жыл бұрын
100% Agreed
I first heard Robert Palmer’s version. Didn’t realize it was a cover and checked out Cherelle’s. Definitely the best. But still love how smooth Robert Palmer’s is.
@swacfan100
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Though I knew his was a cover because I remember he's 1st, his version is smoother. Crazy thing is, when his 1st came out, I didn't think much of it. Til one day I listened to it in detail, so smooth. But that was his style.
@robynsegg
3 жыл бұрын
@@swacfan100 Damn straight. His is totally smooth. Totally.
@Soul_Education
3 жыл бұрын
I was there when Cherelle debut this hit and I really liked it. Then a few years later, Robert Palmers version came and just blew me away.
@tphallana27
3 жыл бұрын
I never knew he sang this song. I loved Rob Palm
@AuthenticSelector64
3 жыл бұрын
Check out Reggae version.... Frankie Paul... didn’t mean to turn you on....🔥
Cherelle rocked this jam! 🎙 💯
@melvinbridgewater4955
3 жыл бұрын
Cherelle
Dont ever ask me that question again pls NO ONE is better then the originator 👍🎵
@MrsTee776
3 жыл бұрын
Right!
@thefuture5572
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely!!!
@niccolethomas4591
3 жыл бұрын
Period!!!
@sekhmetwindgoddess8443
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly can’t believe they even asked when they already knew the answer
@Sophisticated8
3 жыл бұрын
Hands down original
I like Mariah’s better.. she took it to a different place ❤️
@arielcherie
3 жыл бұрын
not gonna lie - she turned it out lol but i enjoy all 3
Cherelle! Still 🔥🔥🔥!
Cherrelle💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Cherrelle hands down, Robert did his thing as well.
I live in mpls so it will always be Cherelle's song.
@starrcompany3275
3 жыл бұрын
Have you been to Paisley Park💜?
Cherrelle of course! There have been a few remakes but the classic track will ALWAYS be that of Cherrelle's.
Idc who did it first, Mariah has the better voice.
@jaylibaby8438
3 жыл бұрын
Fr !!!😂😍
*Cherrelle 👀 DID it, 💯 Better... She's The O.G.* 🎤
@thugmrs02
3 жыл бұрын
@Fred G Sanford72 ...❤ *Cherrelle is the OG .. and Other's just followed her lead 😘🎵 Mariah 🦋 can SANG 👏🏽 but, this one goes.. To Cherrelle* 💕
@lastdays3148
3 жыл бұрын
True, She's The O.G.🌹
@thugmrs02
3 жыл бұрын
@Fred G Sanford72 ...❤ *I AGREE 👏🏽👏🏽 100% 😊 with your comment!!* 🎵
@africanamerican1818
3 жыл бұрын
*Y'all know it's Cherelle* But with her, the 83 - 84 music video one - up's it all. Done in all black and white, with a 1920s art deco style, they mimmick the king Kong movie. The young man in the gorilla costume is hitting on her HARD as she let him know he ain't the one. At the end he "cutting up" with breakdance and poplock moves. ‐ *HILLARIOUS* Paul Newman is 2nd to her version God bless (read Bible fam)
I was a Teenager Lady, during the 1980s. Ms. Cherrelle all day long and I've always loved how she styled her Hair🌹 I wanna returned backwards heading towards the 1980s and the 1970s.
@60NXNP09
3 жыл бұрын
Agree! 70's and 80's was Gold!
@lastdays3148
3 жыл бұрын
@@60NXNP09 ,If we only had a Time Machine🤦🏾♀️ Thank goodness we were around to listened to all of that Golden Gem Music.
@60NXNP09
3 жыл бұрын
@@lastdays3148 Yes!
Cherrelle all the way.
y’all are being so disgusting towards Mariah Carey for no reason, the micro-aggressions & name calling for what? all she did was pay Tribute. you know dang well she sang Cherelle under the table, don’t be haters now.
@codywalsh2075
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly 😒 Anyways Mariah has original dance remixes that ruled the clubs. Queen of remixes for a reason.
@spongebob03
3 жыл бұрын
Right! 🤷🏾♂️
@barbarabobbyscott1560
2 жыл бұрын
What? I love these comparisons because no one is pulling an ad hominen. Let's keep it enjoyable, and interesting, individual, and generational respectful. Who knows what each artist opinion on who song it best is, but know this for sure, sometimes they even defer to the other artist.
I like all 3 for different reasons, but Cherelle got it.
Cherelle did the damn thing on this song.
My Girl "C"
"I Didn't Mean To Turn You On" is one of my favorite songs of ALL TIME!!! Great way to kick off my morning.
@thefuture5572
3 жыл бұрын
I like the stuff she did with Alexander O’ Neal!
@e-jaythesupreme1504
3 жыл бұрын
@@thefuture5572 yes indeed. Saturday Love Innocent Never Knew Love Like This Keep it inside
@thefuture5572
3 жыл бұрын
@@e-jaythesupreme1504 “Saturday Love” & “Never Knew Live Like This”. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The Cherrelle version is an iconic classic. Mariahs version is sexier. Palmers version is more danceable. If I had to pick I'm going with Mariah.
I wouldn't know this song if it weren't for Mariah.
Cherrelle, stop it.
Cherrelle, this was the version I danced to in the clubs. Good times.
Cherrelle has me dancing in my chair......so she has my #1 vote. I like that Robert tried different sounding music.
Oh man Cherrell is college dance party where I didn’t get asked to dance so I’d dance by myself lol. Forever a jam.
@barbarabobbyscott1560
2 жыл бұрын
Scorpleeon: You are so cute. And positive🤗
The original.......Ms Cherrelle
@carmanthomas8144
3 жыл бұрын
Lol the original is Palmer.
@lawill3559
3 жыл бұрын
@@carmanthomas8144 the original in the vid posted is Cherrelle. Lol
@nvvvrthrre
2 жыл бұрын
@@carmanthomas8144 Chile, Cherrelle’s was released in ‘84, Robert didnt notice this song ‘till 86
@carmanthomas8144
2 жыл бұрын
@@nvvvrthrre I don't talk to boy's on anything.
@nvvvrthrre
2 жыл бұрын
@@carmanthomas8144 well, either way, Cherrelle is the OG but mariah had the better cover
One of my favorite songs. Cherrell of course. Hands down!
Cherrelle
Cherrelle version has the funk ...I'ma rock with that..🔥
Cherelle wins easily plus the amazing production/song writing team Jam/Lewis(The Time group members) provided the stellar instrumentals. That Robert Palmer and Mariah Carey bands couldn't duplicate.
@Soul_Education
3 жыл бұрын
Chevelle had that Minneapolis sound for sure!
@antjams
3 жыл бұрын
@@Soul_Education right that might be one of the best sounds ever along with the Philly and Stax sounds
@mariomiguelito5579
3 жыл бұрын
Jam/Lewis produced Mariah's version as well. They co-wrote and produced a lot of material on her "Glitter" album, since it's an 80's themed album as well as other projects Mariah has done throughout the years.
@blkwarriorspirit5528
3 жыл бұрын
Lol exactly this is Ms Cherelle's element and she set the gold 🥇 standard lol
@GalaxyNexus1
3 жыл бұрын
Um, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced Mariah's version and she's singing over Cherelle's original instrumental...so...no.
Cherelle
I really forgot how well Robert Palmer did this song! Thanks for sharing! That said, this is Cherelle's song! And I have always absolutely loved her voice. Mariah was decent. I liked it, but you could tell that her voice was dropped on top of the music. She didn't get the timing quite right. Where as Robert Palmer flipped it to something new. I like them all for different reasons.
Vocaly MC has it
Love the original, but Robert Palmer killed it. RIP Robert Palmer
@Soul_Education
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed!!!
@monicahoward3964
2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Robert was just great with this song. Can't believe he is gone so soon.
Vocally? Mariah did. But it’s not a competition. She was paying homage.
Cherelle's is a banger above all others, it got me to dive into her stellar career. But it's a real sign of great bone structure that Palmer can cover it as a rearrangement and strike gold.
Its the original 100...buttttt robert Palmers is a close second! HE DID THAT!!!!
@robynsegg
3 жыл бұрын
He sure damn did!
@fee179
3 жыл бұрын
@@robynsegg 👍🏾
@love83forever
3 жыл бұрын
Robert did a good job, I am surprised at how good it was
Cherelle,1984, no contest. One of the best years of music in my opinion. And it was her first release.
Between these two, Cherelle did better. And I know Cherelle was 1st , but I loved Robert's version. For me Robert & Cherelle are a close tie & Mariah is last. Not saying she was bad, just not as good as originals. Robert's is so much smoother.
I'm with Cherrelle on this one....
Well first off, Cherelle was the original singer, not the late Robert Palmer. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Soul_Education
3 жыл бұрын
@Fred G Sanford72 Robert Palmer died the same day as John Ritter from Three's Company fame, if memory serves me correctly.
@richarddixon2918
3 жыл бұрын
@Fred G Sanford72 Gregory Hines died during that time also
I mean we all know who has the vocals but people always like the original better. I love Mariah so I say her version is my favorite.
Great song... Cherrelle #1
Cherelle hands down🎉🎉🎉
Mariah version definitely the best.
Cherrell!!!! 🙌
CHERELLE BABY!!!!
When you have a song accompanied by a break dancing King Kong, how can anyone top that???? Cherelle hands down, I don't care how many flighty bird chirping runs Mariah added.
@Soul_Education
3 жыл бұрын
😂😂. Mariah's version was a non factor for me.
@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1
3 жыл бұрын
That's what I meant by over singing in an attempt to show off vocal skills but it takes away from the groove and it didn't gel
@gingteng9803
3 жыл бұрын
Im a Mariah’ fan but I laugh immedietly LOL
@joannjohnson2481
2 жыл бұрын
SHE shouldn't play Robert Palmer version very nice.
I already know....chezza. I remember it first time round, dancing to it in my brothers bedroom trying not to jump and scratch his vinyl 😆😆😆
🎼💕🎶Cherrelle --- ALL The Way...!🎤💕🎵 Her voice is 🎶AmAzInG🎵!!!!
I love this song so this is the one I love the original.🥰🥰😃
Still lovin' this by all of them...at 72yrsold makes me get on up
Cherrelle. Ijs. 🤷🏾♀️
I was wondering when you were going to feature this one!!! I'm sorry family Robert Palmer put the stank on this😂. The INTRO was BANGIN!!! When he broke that s**t down @ '🎵I was only tryna be nice , only tryna be nice, whoa!🎶 😂😂
@aarong3000
3 жыл бұрын
I love his version also. He did a great job redoing this song. People won’t want to admit it because he is a white dude and that’s sad!
@heathertea2704
3 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY!!!
@robynsegg
3 жыл бұрын
I KNOW RIGHT??????? 13:40 - 13:50 is the best part! Straight up FIRE!!!
@trk327
3 жыл бұрын
Facts!! He brought the'smoke!
@forensicaccountant259
3 жыл бұрын
@@aarong3000 Palmer's whiteness has zero to do with it. We supported Palmer solo AND his work with POWER STATION.
No offense to Mariah, or Robert Palmer, but Cherrelle's version is the hold standard.
@lemurianchick
3 жыл бұрын
Bullshit. I was a teen in that era and vaguely remember her version. Watched and heard her version recently. Didn't do anything for me. It wasn't even sexy. Nothing against her but if Vanity had done it, it might have been a different story. Did Prince write this? It sound like him. I think it was Terry Lewis maybe? Then I watched Robert Palmer's version. His vocals are so sexy. In the video he is being coy and then it made perfect sense: for a woman to do this, it would too ordinary and predictable. He adds irony being a man and it makes the song. It flips the gender role expectations. I'm not even listening to Mariah. 🤦
@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1
3 жыл бұрын
@@lemurianchick It's by Jam & Lewis and also you're right Mariah's version didn't get much play as opposed to Roberts version, despite her vocal talent hers was more like karaoke
@maccagrabme
2 жыл бұрын
@@lemurianchick You might have been a teen but it doesnt sound like you were into music in a big way at the time as anyone who knows funk and soul knows that it doesn't get much better than the Cherrelle version, its definitely the gold standard. Everything about it is perfection from the slamming drum programming, the incredible synth solo, thundering bassline and vocal performance, excellent backing vocals, no one can sing this better. The other two versions are good, probably one of MC's best R&B songs although it adds nothing much to the original and RP version excellent.
Cherrelle’s version is untouchable! Robert Palmer in a distanced second...
Love love love Queen Mariah but Charelle takes the crown here
I am glad!!!.. I grow up in the 60s 70s 80s And mid 90s music; now!!to me!! that when soul music lost their soul at the end of the 90s.. but anyways cherrelle is number 1 with this song and cherrelle will always be my Saturday love!!..... and because she didn't mean to turn me on...✌️ peace!!....
@60NXNP09
3 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@sayahy4575
3 жыл бұрын
Soul, and or anything else that associated with the cultural of greatness has always been replayed with the lesser fallen!!!!
Ladies tell me if you can relate, during a slow dance you feel a “rise” 😳 🥴& you immediately think of this song “I didn’t mean to turn you on!” 🤣
@thugmrs02
3 жыл бұрын
*Priceless!* 🤣
@jeanettesdaughter
3 жыл бұрын
🙄
Cherrelle without a doubt.. Waiting for someone to say Robert Palmer 👀
@aarong3000
3 жыл бұрын
I like Cherrelle’s and Robert Palmer’s version. Yeah, I said it, hahaha!
@Soul_Education
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I said it😅
@Papi_Oso
3 жыл бұрын
@@aarong3000 😆😆
@Papi_Oso
3 жыл бұрын
@@Soul_Education 😆😆
@robynsegg
3 жыл бұрын
I'm here, dude! LOL!
I have both versions on my Spotify but I listen to the original.
Love Cherrelle but I have to give to Mariah..
@KingofgraceSARA
3 жыл бұрын
🐑
I don’t know too many remakes that actually sounds better than the Original! Let me know if there are any out there. Well I hear Aretha did a lot of remakes so I stand to be corrected. ✔️Cherelle All Day & Twice on Friday!
@theblackbreeze6803
3 жыл бұрын
Intro- ribbons in the sky remake will change your life for real.
@truesttome
3 жыл бұрын
Aretha!!! People don't even believe that R.E.S.P.E.C.T. was a remake.
@bronxbabydoll
3 жыл бұрын
Thee best EVER! Whitney, I Will Always Love You! Dolly Parton wrote, released & performed it decades earlier!
@Soul_Education
3 жыл бұрын
We might be here awhile for that!😂
@kimhobs
3 жыл бұрын
@@theblackbreeze6803, I had to go back & listen to this remake & yes! I now recall this wonderful remake.
Cherrelle.....no doubt!...had the dance floor moving in the mid 1980s....
Cherrelle Baby!!!
Definitely, Palmer's version is IT. Much smoother and it has aged way better than the other two. Sometimes the original is just that and it's not enough to make it automatically superior than it's covers.
Cherelle by a country mile, then Robert Palmer then the Diva
Cherrelle . I didn't know Mariah covered a version of this song lol!!
@eugenemckinney8736
2 жыл бұрын
It was on the Glitter album
Cherelle's version is easily #1 for me it still sounds great & will always be a classic so funky & catchy plus it personifies the dance era of the 80's.Robert Palmer was #2 I loved this one too it was infectious & sorry but Mariah comes in #3 it just doesn't do it for me but it was ok.
@robynsegg
3 жыл бұрын
Legit.
@Wowitzkay
3 жыл бұрын
Chile bye Mariah was better than all them
@nvvvrthrre
2 жыл бұрын
@@Wowitzkay Yes she was 😍😍
right there's no comparison cherelle
Cherrelle, no contest, ok maybe a little but the OG bodied it, MC did alright but it was too much happening, Cherrelle just rode the beat perfect from beginning to end, might be one of Mariah's only spankings
OF COURSE CHERELLE , THERE'S NO COMPETITION !!!
Cherelle! That's her shit that Jimmy & Terry STRICTLY wrote for her.
Mariah for me
This and Alexander O'Neal's "Innocent." 🔥🔥🔥
Cherrelle! Remember the video with King Kong lol
Always a fan of the original. That being said Mariah kept pretty close to the original while putting her own magic into it.
Cherrelle💯
Although I absolutely love Robert Palmer's updated sound, this was truly an original when Cherrelle recorded. Cherrelle on this this one.
No contest! Robert Palmer all the way!
MIMI
Love to have heard what Prince would have done with it! Charelle then Palmer
I came up in the 80's when this song came out, It was huge in the hood, clubs, parties. No water down version can't compare to it. Forget the pop charts. Authenticity is Cherrelle version of the song💯
I like Cherrelle’s and Robert Palmer’s versions. Cherrelle’s version is more poppy and danceable while Palmer’s version is way smoother. I never want to hear that Mariah version ever again in my lifetime though, hahaha!
@bubusomi
3 жыл бұрын
give me a reason why??
@adamwhite6452
3 жыл бұрын
@@bubusomi his reasons will be based in either an unexplainable but general dislike all things Mariah, or cherrell is a distance cousin 🤔😁
Production similar, but Mariah’s voice can’t be matched. She understood the harmonies better as well.
@thefuture5572
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, because she had a foundation to work off of! Smfh. She’s like cotton candy in milk! Sounds like a good idea, but disgusting...! lol
@proman1926
3 жыл бұрын
Mariahs sounded over produced. Cherelles was genuine and very 80s. Later artist tended to over sing songs.
Love Cherelle but come on here people... Mariah can sing her under any table any day at any place you want.
@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1
3 жыл бұрын
But not on that song despite her vocal theatrics
Cherelles hands down and I loved the video too🤩😍🤩
M C got rich and range voice and sound more passionate
@thefuture5572
3 жыл бұрын
Like water when you asked for Champagne. Cherrelle kills her version, without all that fluffy nothing in her voice that Mariah always comes with.
Palmer had sweet instrumentals. I’d like to hear Cherelle with that beat.
Cherrelle 80's allday