"It's a Wrap" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, from her twelfth studio album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). The track was written solely by Carey, and was produced by Carey, Heatmyzer, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and James "Big Jim" Wright. The lyrics revolve around the idea of "making sure a cheatin' ex knows it's over for good," and makes a reference to Maury Povich and his show. It samples Love Unlimited's "I Belong to You" and interpolates Aretha Franklin's "Ain't No Way". In 2023, the song became a viral TikTok dance, in which Carey subsequently released an EP for the song. Background and release "It's a Wrap" was written by Carey and produced by Carey, Heatmyzer, Christopher Stewart and James Wright. Carey discussed "It's a Wrap" on the Angels Advocate Tour in 2010 noting that it's "about relationships" and "like when you've waited all night long for somebody to come home and they finally come home, and it's the morning and you yourself are like, 'Where is this MF'er?'". She also teased a remix with singer Mary J. Blige. "It's a Wrap" was released as the eighth track on Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel on September 29, 2009, and had a duration of 3 minutes and 59 seconds. In 2014, Carey announced that the previously scrapped remix featuring Blige would appear on her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse, as a deluxe edition bonus track. In 2023, after the song started trending on TikTok, Carey released a four track EP featuring: the main version of the song, the remix with Blige, a sped up version and a shortened edited version. Critical reception Upon the album's initial release in 2009, "It's a Wrap" garnered generally positive reviews from music critics. Mesfin Fekadu for the Associated Press wrote that the song "joins tracks like Vision of Love, Always Be My Baby and We Belong Together as a classic Mariah song". He also noted that "even though she's spitting venom, Carey's cooing on the doo-wop sounding song is so sensuous and sweet". Ty Jordan for GStyle Magazine praised "the getupouttamyhouse attitude of the song". In 2019, Asun for Insight praised Carey's "knowledge of music history" due to its samples and Aretha Franklin interpolation. Remix In 2010, following the announcement of plans for the Angels Advocate Tour in support of Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,