"Joy Ride” was a track written weeks before the release of The Emancipation of Mimi. It was not originally featured on the album, but after the song “I Feel It” was deemed illegal to be released, Carey and her team threw together this track to replace it. Lyrically, the song talks about a beautiful, one-of-a-kind love that goes “round and round” and “way up high”, like a rollercoaster or “joy ride”. Mariah told AOL Music in April 2005:

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