Vision of Love
Vision of Love is a pop / R & B ballad from the U.S. singer Mariah Carey, it was written and produced by her. Vision of Love is Carey's debut single and was released on 15 May 1990 in the United States as the first single from her debut album Mariah Carey (1990). The song was in the summer of 1990 for 4 weeks at the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it is thus her first number-one hit in the U.S..
Background, composition and content
Vision of Love was the first song that Carey wrote and prdouzierte after she signed a recording contract with Columbia Records.
The protagonist of the song describes to have the " vision of love", but then did not come true. The song is about Carey's dreams as a singer. Carey told Ebony magazine that the song " everything in my life represents " and " it's a song from my heart. " According to their own statements, the song from their experiences and adventures when she was younger, and their relationships are with their parents and friends in the neighborhood.
Criticism and influence
The song was nominated at the Grammy Awards in 1990, for three Grammys: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Wins ), Record of the Year ( Nominated ) and Song of the Year ( Nominated ). The song won the Soul Train Music Award for Best R & B / Soul Single, Female and the Songwriter Award at the BMI Pop Awards.
Entertainment Weekly wrote in 2005, " Mariah vocal range and singing from her debut single is an inspiration to this day. " The Village Voice said that Vision of Love made trends for the beginning of the melisma. In 2006, The New Yorker described the song as "the Magna Carta of melisma " and when Carey's large impact on other R & B artist, and American Idol candidates. A Slant Magazine critic said "I think [ Vision of Love ] was a vision for the future world of American Idol. " About.com said that " Vision of Love one of their best songs in their music career is [ ... ] It is quite simply the most successful debut single ever released. "
R & B superstar Beyoncé Knowles said that she began to sing after she first heard Vision of Love. Pop singer Mikaila said that Vision of Love was inspired to sing. Vision of Love is also the favorite song by R & B star Rihanna.
Commercial success
In the United States Vision of Love debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 73 Nine weeks later, in the week ending June 2, 1990, the song reached # 1 It stayed for 4 weeks at the top of the Hot 100 and reached number 6 of the U.S. charts of the year 1990. the single also reached # 1 on the Hot R & B / Hip- Hop Songs and Hot Adult Contemporary tracks. The RIAA awarded Vision of Love in August 1990 with gold from.
Vision of Love reached the top ten in Australia, ( sold a total of over 170,000 units. ) United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands. It reached # 1 in Canada and New Zealand.
Music Video
The director for music video led Bojan Bazelli. Carey sings the song on a dark stage, in the background you can see on a screen the sky with clouds that move. This is the second music video that was filmed for this song, the previous was not published. Rolling Stone claimed that together would have cost $ 450,000 both music videos.