They Call the Wind Maria "popular hit singles at the record stores" that year. It has since become a standard, performed by many notable singers across several genres of popular music. A striking feature of the song in the original orchestration (also used in many cover versions), is a driving, staccato rhythm, played on the string instruments, that evokes a sense of restless motion. It has been called "Paint Your Wagon"'s "best known song" and "rousing but plaintive." Musicologist Stephen Citron wrote, "Perhaps the most unusual song in the score is a beautiful ballad of lonely prospectors hungering for their women, "They Call the Wind
Can't Let Go (Mariah Carey song) to see if conversation between Carey and Afanasieff would prove them guilty. However, after being reviewed, the only guilty fear apparent was Mariah Carey quoted as saying "Can't Let Go" was sounding "too much like our other song." The lawsuit was later dropped or settled out of court. Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Emotions". List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1992 (U.S.) Can't Let Go (Mariah Carey song) "Can't Let Go" is a song by American singer Mariah Carey from her second album "Emotions" (1991). It was released as the album's second single in the fourth quarter