Mariah performs... ACTUALLY performs "I want to know what love is" on The View

Mariah's performance game has been as patchy as Michael Jackson's head after the Pepsi incident. But in a shocking turn of events she managed to pull out a really nice performance on The View. I was not prepared for Mariah to not suck this good.

As far as I can tell, she sang the majority of it live. A couple of the belts at the end sounded like Mimimg Mimi was up on things - as they sounded a little too identical to the album recorded version, and I'm not willing to chalk it up to Mariah hitting the notes exactly the same. But her final whistle run sounded live to me. Mariah's not good enough an actress to fake that shit. I thought she was going to collapse on the floor when she went down. I rather liked it though. It was more movement on stage than I've seen from Mariah in years.

This performance has bumped her rendition of Foreigners classic up a few notches for me. And Mariah looked real nice too. Every time I see an asymmetrical black top, I think of "Single ladies (Put a ring on it)". (Damn you Beyoncé!!) Her weight is fooling the hell out of me right now. Sometimes she looks slim and at other times she looks like she's put on some pounds. I don't know if it's what she's wearing or her hair that's doing it. But it's crazy. Mariah's been looking nice as of late regardless anyway, and has actually been dressing appropriately. So kudos to her.