Originally Posted by
luke
I don’t think anyone can top Diana on My World...her voice was perfect for it. It was haunting by her NOT wailing.
I agree. I believe she was still a Supreme when she commented on MWIEWY, saying that it was the one hit that she knew how to sing right away, without much rehearsal. The recording may have been mid-tempo, but the words and the arrangement/production by HDH were haunting. Hope I don't step on any toes here, but I did hear the song first as the single follow-up to I Hear a Symphony, and I was surprised that it was basically a Diana Ross solo performance. I like the other album and stereo versions just fine but I think her solitary vocal on the mono/single most effectively conveys the depression and loneliness the song is about.
Now I do dislike all the fast, Vegas-type live versions. I'm sure any good singer would be able to sell the song in a slowed down ballad form. It's one of the better songs by HDH.
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