Angels Cry (song)

It was written and produced by Carey, Tricky Stewart and James "Big Jim" Wright, with additional songwriting from Crystal Johnson.

The prelude then leads into "Angels Cry", a song about trying to fix a broken relationship because true love only happens once.

[2] Carey revealed that she intended to re-release Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel as a remix album in early 2010, titled Angels Advocate, consisting of remixes of the standard songs with new featured artists, including Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Trey Songz, R. Kelly, T-Pain, Gucci Mane and OJ da Juiceman.

[11] "Angels Cry" is an R&B song[12] on which Carey uses her higher vocal register over an instrumental of a piano and hand clapping.

[15] Although Ann Powers of Los Angeles Times thought that the song had a "sad" tone, she praised its production.

[18] He complimented Carey's "classy" and "effortless" vocals, and added that Ne-Yo gave the track an emotional "extra dimension".

Although she did not express her dislike for the track, she felt that it was too similar to Carey previous material, writing that it is middle-of-the road "inoffensive semi-soul fodder we've had to come to expect from her."

[22] In the United States, the remix peaked at number twenty-six on the Adult Contemporary chart,[23] becoming her twenty-eighth career entry and Ne-Yo's first.

[29] The accompanying music video for the remix of "Angels Cry" was directed by Carey's then husband, Nick Cannon.

At the video's climax, both singers are belt the final note in the booth, which is followed by them walking out of the studio where it has stopped raining and the sun is shining.

[30] Leonie Cooper thought that the video made the "bland" song more appealing: "the video, with a moist Mariah mithering in the rain, preposterous sequinned gold boots, a puppy in the studio, and shameless pimping of her latest perfume, kind of makes up for it.