Mariah Carey Says She Loves Def Leppard Cover

06/30/2003 5:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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(6/30/03, 5 p.m. ET) -- For the latest single from her 2002 album Charmbracelet, Mariah Carey decided to rock the pop world with her version of Def Leppard's "Bringin' On The Heartache." Carey tells LAUNCH that a chance encounter with the song, from a Def Leppard greatest-hits collection she travels around with, led to the decision to record it.

"I'm not really a big rock person, but I happened to stumble upon the Def Leppard Vault album, and 'Bringin' On The Heartache' was always one of my favorite songs growing up," says Carey. "I was doing the photo shoot for Charmbracelet, for the album cover, in Capri, and I just put on the music and started listening to it, and I said, 'You know what? I could do this my own way.'"

Carey will re-release Charmbracelet on July 29 with four new songs, including "I Know What You Want," her hit collaboration with Busta Rhymes and the Flipmode Squad.

Carey is currently touring in Japan. She kicks off her North American dates July 26 in Las Vegas.

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