I'll Be There

"I'll Be There" is the eighth single by Mariah Carey. It is a cover of the famous Jackson 5 song, written by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Willie Hutch, and Hal Davis. Carey co-produced her rendition of the song with Walter Afansieff, and was featured on her 1992 live/compilation EP, MTV Unplugged.

Mariah Carey performed "I'll Be There" as a romantic duet with Trey Lorenz, one of her back-up singers at the time. Carey performed Michael Jackson's lines, while Lorenz performed Jermaine Jackson's lines.

Released to radio on May 26, 1992, the song was an international success, reaching the top-ten in several countries, and number-one in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand. It was her most successful single since "Emotions" in 1991.