Mariah Carey is known for her gospel influences in her music and has occasionally featured a gospel number on her extensive catalog of music. On Carey's latest album Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse, the singer showcases "Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can't Give Up Now)" a passionate gospel number encouraging those listening to not give up.

Carey, backed by a full choir, dedicated the song to the late Rev. James Cleveland. Rev. Cleveland is well known throughout gospel music and is pegged by many in the media as "King of Gospel music." He was a driving force behind the creation of the modern gospel sound by incorporating traditional black gospel, modern soul, pop, and jazz in arrangements for mass choirs.

"Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can't Give Up Now)" features samples of the late Rev. as Carey sentimentally sings and adlibs through out the entire track. Carey fused the title "Can't give up now" which was made popular by the gospel duo Mary Mary with "I Feel Noways Tired" by Rev. Cleveland.

"I just can't give up now, Come too far from where I started from, Nobody told me the road would be easy, And I don't believe He brought me this far to leave me," the multiplatinum singer sings.

Carey can also be heard singing the Bible verse, "The Lord is close to the broken heart and saves those who are crushed in spirit," found in Psalm 34:18.

Listen to "Heavenly (No Ways Tired / Can't Give Up Now)" below:

The singer has credited her Christian faith with helping her recover from a breakdown after the failure of her 2002 album Glitter. Carey's husband Nick Canon has also said in several interviews that faith helped them come together.

It has been widely reported that after losing her record deal with Virgin Records, she was picked up by Rev Clarence Keaton who helped her rebuild her life.

According to an article in American magazine Cosmo Girl, Carey said: "I do believe that I have been born again in a lot of ways. I think what I've changed are my priorities and my relationships with God."

During live concerts Carey has said the theme of her life is her "faith."

Listen to some of Carey's other gospel numbers below: