who is the song we belong together about
We Belong Together "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.