One Sweet Day
One Sweet Day is a song by American singer Mariah Carey, along with the R & B group Boyz II Men It was jointly developed by Carey, Walter Afanasieff and the members of Boyz II Men, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris and Michael McCary written. One Sweet Day was produced by Carey and Afanasieff for her fifth studio album, Daydream. He appeared as the second single from the album on 15 November 1995. The single is 16 weeks old one that the second- longest at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 was.
Background
In the song it 's about how the lyrical I lose a loved one and missing this every day. Also mentioned is the possibility to seeing this one day in heaven. Both Carey and Boyz II Men wrote the song for people in their lives. He was dedicated to the victims of the disease AIDS, which was reinforced in the public eye in 1995. The death of producer David Cole and Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark formed the inspiration for the song.
Criticism and success
One Sweet Day received positive reviews in essence. In addition to chart success in the U.S., he was also successful worldwide and a number -one hit in Canada and New Zealand. In Australia, Belgium, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, he reached the top ten of their respective charts.
Performance
The song was performed live in several television programs around the world, so at the Grammy Awards 1996 on 26 February 1996. Also on tours of Carey, the piece was played again and again live.
Music Video
The music video was played in early 1996, it shows clips of Carey and Boyz II Men in the studio recordings. Due to lack of time, the artist, the concept was chosen to be filmed already in the studio. Carey welcomed the later because they felt no video would play the contents of the song appropriately.