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Vanishing is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey. It was written by Mariah Carey and Ben Marguilles, with Carey helming its production.As Mariah carey has revealed in an interview, Vanishing is her favourite song oof the album, because it is very personal and just vocals with piano.

Composition and style
Vanishing is a pop/R&B track. It has a simple intrumentation with just a piano accompanying Carey's vocals. The lyrics refer to an old love that is swidtly fading away, with memories she would recapture if she could

Critical reception
Music critic Robert Christgau felt that she sticks to what she does not know, love .To mark twenty-five years since the release of Mariah Carey in June 1990, Billboard writer Trevor Anderson wrote a track-by-track review of the album in June 2015. He indicated that after the album's most production-heavy track, Carey reverses course and strips all intstrumentation, save a piano, for "Vanishing". He also complimented Carey's use of her lower register, exanded runs and extended notes. He also noted the piercing high note that emerges midway through the track.

Live Performanes
Mariah Cry performed the song live numerous times from 1990 to 1993. The first performance of the song was at the Saturday Night Live show in 1990. However, a video of the rehearsal of this performance is more famous and viewed on YouTube because of the perfectly executed chest to whistle transition she did during the end of the song which is not part of the official recording. Moreoever, the song was also performed lateer thiss year at the Tattoo club. What is more, the song was also incorporated in the official setlist of Mariah's first tour, the Music Box Tour