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1999 single by Mariah Carey

"Thank God I Found You" is a song by American singer songwriter Mariah Carey, featuring guest vocals from R&B singer Joe and American boy band 98 Degrees. It was released on November 15, 1999, through Columbia Records, as the second single from her seventh studio album, Rainbow (1999). Written and produced by Carey alongside Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song is a soulful pop power ballad with lyrics depicting a powerful love relationship in which the protagonist tells her lover "thank God I found you", that was inspired by a relationship Carey was going through at the time. "Thank God I Found You" received mixed reviews from contemporary music critics; some felt it was a great album closer while others deemed it "un listenable" and "forgettable". Nevertheless, the song became Carey's fifteenth number one single on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and remained her last chart topping single until her 2005 comeback single "We Belong Together"; it remains the only chart topper to date for 98 Degrees and was the first of only two for Joe. The single was later certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Aside from its peak of number two in Canada, the song achieved moderate international charting, reaching the top ten in Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom; and peaking within the top thirty in Australia, Belgium (Wallonia), France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. A DJ Clue produced remix titled "Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Remix)" uses re recorded vocals from Carey and features guest vocals from Joe and Carey's label mate, rapper Nas. The remix is a remake of Keith Sweat's song "Make It Last Forever" (1988), transforming it into a slow groove R&B number, while incorporating a few verses from the original version of "Thank God I Found You". A music video for "Thank God I Found You", directed by Brett Ratner, features Carey, Joe and 98 Degrees performing the song at an outdoor concert. The Make It Last Remix had its own video commissioned, which was shot in a grainy fashion in Hamburg, Germany, and shows Carey and the song's featured artists performing at a small club. Carey performed the song's original version and accompanying remix live at the 27th Annual American Music Awards. It appeared on the set lists of the Rainbow World Tour (2000) and The Adventures of Mimi Tour (2006), with Trey Lorenz serving as the male vocalist. In September 2000, US songwriters Seth Swirsky and Warryn Campbell filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Carey claiming that "Thank God I Found You" borrowed heavily from the song "One of Those Love Songs" they composed for R&B group Xscape. Though initially the case was dismissed, in the precedent setting Swirsky v. Carey decision, which clarified the standard for proving copyright infringement, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit overturned the initial 2002 dismissal of the case. The case was settled out of court in April 2006.

"Thank God I Found You" was produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and co produced by Carey. The song is a moderately paced R&B power ballad. The song carries an upbeat tone, backed by slow "manufactured pop beats". The beat is set in common time, and is set at a tempo of sixty five beats per minute. love song, in which the protagonist thanks God for finding her the perfect partner. She stated that she was telling a story through the song.

In the United States, Columbia released "Thank God I Found You" to radio stations as the second single from Rainbow in November 1999. A physical single was later released on January 25, 2000, in the US and on February 28, 2000, in the United Kingdom. The issue dated December 11, 1999, debuted at number eighty two on the Billboard Hot 100—Carey's lowest debut at the time. On the week dated February 19, 2000, the song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Carey's fifteenth number one single and marking her eleventh consecutive year with a number one song. It remained Carey's last number one hit in the US until 2005's "We Belong Together" and, to date, remains 98 Degrees' only number one song; Joe, meanwhile, would only receive one more number one hit later in his career: 2001's "Stutter". It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in February 2000. By February 2001 the single had sold 687,000 copies in the US alone. In Canada, the single debuted and peaked at number two on the Canadian Singles Chart. In Australia, it entered the Australian Singles Chart at its peak of number twenty seven, on the week dated March 12, 2000. The next week it dropped to number forty seven. The song went down to number thirty five next week, before dropping to number forty four. The single stayed on the chart for ten weeks, including one re entry at number seventy one on the week dated May 20, 2000. In the Wallonia region, it debuted at number thirty five and peaked at number twenty three three weeks after its debut. In France, the single entered the singles chart at number thirty one, the week dated March 4, 2000. The next week it ascended to its peak of number twenty eight. The song also peaked at number twenty eight in Germany, forty three in Sweden, thirty one in Ireland, and at number seventeen in Switzerland.

The music video for "Thank God I Found You" was filmed by Brett Ratner in Minneapolis. The video is a tape of the performance Carey, Joe and 98 Degrees gave at the Last Chance Summer Dance summer music concert, organized by 101.3 KDWB FM. It premiered on October 14, 1999, on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL). The video opens with scenes of Carey and Joe in the studio. Carey is with her puppy and talking on a mobile phone. The video shows saturated blue skies and behind the scenes footage of Carey carousing with her dog Jack and writing lyrics on a notepad. As the song starts, Carey is shown lying on red sofa, writing the lyrics on the notepad. Then she performs the song on the stage, joined by Joe and 98 Degrees. Additionally, there is a video for the "Make It Last Remix" that features Carey with braids in a nightclub with Joe and Nas. Directed by Sanaa Hamri. The video is grainy; it was shot at Bar Rosso in Hamburg, Germany on October 16 and 17, 1999.

"Thank God I Found You" was performed a number of times between 2000 and 2005. Carey opened the 27th Annual American Music Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium, with a medley of the original and remix versions of the song. After performing the first verse and chorus, Nas joined the duo on stage for the Make It Last Remix. Later on in the show, she was honored with the "Award of Achievement" for earning a number one single in every year of the 1990s. Vibe commended the performance, writing that it "offered an insight into how a little girl from Long Island, New York became hip hop's answer to Celine Dion." Aside from the several televised and the award show performance, Carey included the song on the set list of her concert tours, starting with the Rainbow World Tour. During the tour, Trey Lorenz, her only male background singer, replaced Joe as the song's main male vocalist. At the show at Madison Square Garden on April 11, 2000, Carey wore a long orange cocktail gown with a long cascading neck line. Lorenz, wearing a black leather sports jacket and matching pants, made another featured appearance on the tour, performing his song "Make You Happy" during an interval of costume changes following the performance. Following the release of her tenth studio effort The Emancipation of Mimi in 2005, Carey embarked on The Adventures of Mimi Tour in mid 2006. On several stops of the tour, Carey performed the song as part of the set list, usually towards the end of the show. Similar to the Rainbow World Tour, Lorenz performed the song alongside Carey instead of Joe. Carey, wearing a midsection baring turquoise evening gown, introduced the song to the audience by telling of its conception, concept and featured artists, followed by a performance of the song's remix.

+ List of release dates and formats for "Thank God I Found You" Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref. (Reference(s)) United States November 15, 1999 Adult contemporary radio, hot adult contemporary radio, modern adult contemporary radio Columbia November 16, 1999 Rhythmic contemporary radio, urban adult contemporary radio Japan January 1, 2000 Maxi CD Sony Music Japan United States January 25, 2000 Twelve inch single, 12 inch vinyl, Cassette single, cassette, CD single, CD, maxi CD Columbia United Kingdom February 28, 2000 Cassette, maxi CD Various October 9, 2020 Legacy