Reach For The Sky

One of the songs recorded for Mariah's Charmbracelet album that didn't make the final cut is titled “Reach For The Sky.” “All last week I was down in the Bahamas. Just working with her was amazing,” producer 7 Aurelius told MTV in 2002. “It was a really special session down there. She's an amazing writer, we did three or four songs in three or four days. The way we was doing it, I had [a horn section] down there along with me. We had the whole room set up with candles, some nice wine — a very good vibe. It was completely stripped down, like ‘Mariah Carey Unplugged.’ She stripped herself down to her talent. She was really trusting of me and my vision, and I was trusting of who she was. We did a stadium joint called ‘Reach for the Sky,’ which is amazing. She likened it to ‘Hero.’ All this was with a live band.”