Hvem sang take a look at me now?
Phil Collins
Mariah Careys cover af "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" fik positive anmeldelser. Danyel Smith fra Entertainment Weekly skrev: "Lyttere med et øje på tabloiderne kunne læse hendes tætte, klingende fortolkning af Phil Collins' hit "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" fra 1984 som en postmortal analyse af hendes bittersøde affære med Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter og en gribende fremkaldelse af parrets fælles blandede arv ("You're the only one who really knew me at all")." Elysa Gardner fra L.A. Times kaldte dette cover for "overraskende trofast og ligefrem", og "hun modstår sin tendens til at overpynte noderne og fokuserer på det, der virkelig betyder noget: melodien og teksten." MTV Asia-redaktør Dara Cook skrev: "Mariah pynter sig selv i Phil Collins' melodiske 1980'er-klæder, passende som en porter med overdrevne følelser. Hun stiger delikat op i de sparsomt akkompagnerede første vers - men ak, den forbandede trommehvirvel lyder snart, og så følger bouffante strygere og vokal gymnastik." Rolling Stone's Arion Berger var ikke tilfreds med covervalget, som han kaldte et "drypende power-pop-hit fra firserne".
Phil Collins
Mariah Carey's cover of "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" received positive reviews. Danyel Smith of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Listeners with an eye on the tabloids could read her close, ringing interpretation of Phil Collins' 1984 hit, "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)," as a postmortem on her bittersweet affair with Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter and a poignant evocation of the couple's shared mixed-race heritage ("You're the only one who really knew me at all")." L.A. Times' Elysa Gardner called this cover "surprisingly faithful, forthright" and "she resists her tendency to over-embellish notes and focuses on what really matters: the melody and lyrics." MTV Asia editor Dara Cook wrote: "Mariah festoons herself in Phil Collins' 1980s melodic garb, appropriately pret a porter with overwrought emotion. She delicately ascends the sparely accompanied first verses—but alas, that damn drum roll soon sounds and the bouffant strings and vocal gymnastics ensue." Rolling Stone's Arion Berger was not happy with the cover selection which he called a "drippy Eighties power-pop hit."
Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)