<P> `` We Belong Together '' is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey . It was released on March 29 , 2005 , by Island Records as the second single from her tenth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi ( 2005 ) . The song was written by Carey , Jermaine Dupri , Manuel Seal and Johntá Austin , and produced by the former three . As the song samples lyrics from `` If You Think You 're Lonely Now '' by Bobby Womack and `` Two Occasions '' by The Deele , several other songwriters are credited . `` We Belong Together '' is built on a simple piano arrangement with an understated backbeat . The lyrics chronicle a woman 's desperation for her former lover to return . </P>
<P> `` We Belong Together '' is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey . It was released on March 29 , 2005 , by Island Records as the second single from her tenth studio album The Emancipation of Mimi ( 2005 ) . The song was written by Carey , Jermaine Dupri , Manuel Seal and Johntá Austin , and produced by the former three . As the song samples lyrics from `` If You Think You 're Lonely Now '' by Bobby Womack and `` Two Occasions '' by The Deele , several other songwriters are credited . `` We Belong Together '' is built on a simple piano arrangement with an understated backbeat . The lyrics chronicle a woman 's desperation for her former lover to return . </P>
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a woman 's desperation for her former lover to return
a woman 's desperation for her former lover to return