Never Too Far

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"Never Too Far"

Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Glitter
Released	UK: December 10, 2001
Format	CD single, 12" single (non-U.S.)
Genre	Pop
Length	4:21
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
Chart positions
#1 (Brazil) #32 (UK) #36 (Australia) #105 (U.S.)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Loverboy" (2001)	"Never Too Far" (2001)	"Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" (2001)

"Never Too Far" is a song written and produced by American singer Mariah Carey, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for Carey's tenth album, Glitter. The protagonist of this ballad states that although physical distance can sometimes separate lovers, the love they share will never be too far apart. It was released as the album's second single in 2001 (see 2001 in music), and was Carey's first radio airplay-only release in the U.S. after 1998 when Billboard magazine had given chart eligibility to singles that weren't released in a physical format.

"Never Too Far" became Carey's first U.S. single to not appear on the Billboard Hot 100, but it reached number five on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which represents the twenty-five singles below the Hot 100's number 100 position which have not yet appeared on the Hot 100. It was not solicited to R&B radio stations in the U.S. As a double A-side with "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)", the single reached the top forty in the UK and Australia, but it was not a big hit. In Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Sweden, it was released on its own and peaked outside the top forty. "Never Too Far" achieved success in some countries: in Brazil, it spent one week at number one, while it peaked just outside the top twenty in both Italy and Spain.

No remixes of the song were commissioned, though a radio edit reduces the lengthy introduction. The charity single "Never Too Far/Hero Medley" combines the first verse of "Never Too Far" with a re-recorded version of the second verse and bridge of Carey's "Hero" (1993), and it was later released in the U.S. and charted on the Hot 100.

Carey was unable to film a video for the single as she was recovering from an emotional and physical breakdown. Instead, a video was created using a scene taken directly from the film Glitter, where Billie Frank (played by Carey) sings the song at Madison Square Garden at her first sold-out concert. Frank's performance of the song in the film omits the entire second verse of the song, and the song's development runs in parallel with the film's love story.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position	No. of chart topper
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	5	—
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	17	—
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	14	—
Brazilian Singles Chart	1 (1 week)	5th
Italy Top 50 Singles	22	—
Spain Cadena 100 Singles	22	—
UK Top 75 Singles ¹	32	—
Australian Top 100 Singles ¹	36	—
Sweden Top 60 Singles	56	—
Switzerland Top 100 Singles	65	—
Netherlands Mega Top 100	67	—
Germany Top 100 Singles	97	—