Fantasy (Mariah Carey song)#Remixes
{{Short description|1995 single by Mariah Carey}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Fantasy
| cover = Fantasy Mariah Carey.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Mariah Carey
| album = Daydream
| released = August 23, 1995
| studio = DMH Studios (New York, NY){{cite AV media notes|title=Daydream (Liner Notes)|others=Mariah Carey|year=1995|first=Mariah|last=Carey |author-link=Mariah Carey|type=Compact Disc|publisher=Columbia Records|location=New York City, New York}}
| venue =
| B-side = "Fantasy" (Bad Boy) featuring O.D.B
| genre = {{hlist|Pop soul{{Cite magazine|last=Werthman|first=Christine|title=The 100 Greatest Mariah Carey Songs: Staff Picks|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9457661/mariah-carey-best-songs-top-100|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102125335/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/9457661/mariah-carey-best-songs-top-100|archive-date=November 2, 2020|access-date=November 2, 2020|magazine=Billboard}}|dance-pop{{Cite magazine|last=Pirnia|first=Garin|date=May 7, 2012|title=Fantasy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fantasy-182185/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102124845/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fantasy-182185/|archive-date=November 2, 2020|access-date=November 2, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone}}|R&B}}
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=04}}
| label = Columbia
| writer = {{hlist|Mariah Carey|Dave Hall|Tina Weymouth|Chris Frantz|Adrian Belew|Steven Stanley}}
| producer = Dave Hall
| prev_title = Miss You Most (At Christmas Time)
| prev_year = 1994
| next_title = One Sweet Day
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|qq09UkPRdFY|"Fantasy"}}}}
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"Fantasy" is a song by American singer Mariah Carey. It was released on August 23, 1995, by Columbia Records as the lead single from her fifth album, Daydream (1995). The track was written and produced by Dave Hall. It samples Tom Tom Club's 1981 song "Genius of Love". The lyrics describe a woman who is in love with a man, and how every time she sees him she starts fantasizing about an impossible relationship with him. The remix for the song features rap verses from Ol' Dirty Bastard, something Carey arranged to assist in her crossover into the hip-hop market.
"Fantasy" received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising in its production, lyrics, Carey's vocal performance and musical progression. The song became a global success, topping the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, and reaching the top-ten in twenty countries. In the US, "Fantasy" became the first song by a female artist, and second overall to debut atop the Billboard Hot 100, topping the chart for eight consecutive weeks. Additionally, it became Carey's ninth number one on the chart.
Carey sang "Fantasy" live on several television and award show appearances around the world. She performed the song at the 23rd American Music Awards, held on January 29, 1996. Additionally, it was performed live on British music chart program Top of the Pops and on French television. "Fantasy" was part of the set-lists on several of Carey's succeeding tours, making its debut during the album's accompanying set of concerts, the Daydream World Tour and is featured on her compilation albums, #1's (1998), Greatest Hits (2001), The Remixes (2003), Playlist: The Very Best of Mariah Carey (2010) and #1 to Infinity (2015).
The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel. Its parent album Daydream uses a cropped version of the single cover. Carey directed the music video for "Fantasy", making it her directorial debut. She created the video's concept and chose the filming location. After being disappointed with the final result in many of her previous videos, Carey decided to single-handedly direct the video. The video features her rollerblading through Playland Amusement Park in Rye, New York, singing and enjoying herself. The video concludes with Carey dancing atop the sunroof of a Hummer, with many others present and enjoying the music and celebration.
Background
With Daydream, Carey began incorporating urban R&B and hip hop into her music, something very noticeable in "Fantasy".{{harvnb|Bronson|2003|p=841}} After Carey began writing songs for her new album Daydream, she decided to include the hook from the Tom Tom Club song "Genius of Love" into an up-tempo song. Afterwards, Carey and Hall began incorporating the sample into the lyrics and melody she had already produced. Carey described how the idea to sample the song became a reality:
I was listening to the radio and heard 'Genius of Love', and I hadn't heard it in a long time. It reminded me of growing up and listening to the radio and that feeling the song gave me seemed to go with the melody and basic idea I had for "Fantasy". I initially told Dave about the idea, and we did it. We called up the Tom Tom Club and they were really into it.
Carey recalled how the writers of the song were really intrigued by the idea of Carey sampling the song, and immediately signed over the rights. After Carey presented Hall with the sample, the chorus and beat, he developed a familiar groove that he felt would "highlight Carey's voice." After they completed the song, Carey's husband and Columbia CEO Tommy Mottola listened to "Fantasy" and agreed to include it on the album. The cover of the single was shot by top fashion photographer Steven Meisel. A cropped version of the photograph was used as the album cover as well. Hall described his experience with writing the song with Carey:
[It] was a fun song to do. Mariah brought me 'Genius of Love' and I laid some strings on it and put it into a groove I felt really fit and highlighted her voice. And that song didn't take us but a minute to do, because she really busted that out within two days. We did a rough copy and let Tommy Mottola hear it and he loved it, so all we had to do was bring it back in and mix it.
Composition
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"Fantasy" is an up-tempo song with contemporary R&B and dance-pop genres within its composition, which blends elements of funk music, hip hop, and bubblegum pop.{{harvnb|Nickson|1998|p=134}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r224030|pure_url=yes}}|title=Mariah Carey: Daydream|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Guide|access-date=October 20, 2010}} "Fantasy" moves at a "moderate dance tempo" of 104 beats per minute.{{Cite book|title=Mariah Carey: Original Keys for Singers|year=2007|author=Hal Leonard|pages=57–63|publisher=Hal Leonard |isbn=978-1-4234-1996-9}} The remix, which features rap verses from O.D.B., also incorporates hip-hop into the bridge. The song uses heavy bass and percussion, as well as a sample from "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club. Carey's vocal range spans three octaves from the low note of E3 to the high note of E6. The song contains choral lyrics written by Carey, who also developed the song's melody and original beat. Instrumentation and production was performed by Dave Hall, while co-arranging and producing the track as well. The members of the Tom Tom Club, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Steven Stanley and Adrian Belew are all credited as writers due to the inclusion of the music sample they wrote.
Critical reception
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| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Promis|first=Jose F.|author-link=Promis (musician)|title="Fantasy" Review|publisher=AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fantasy-mw0000176223|access-date=February 23, 2023}}
| rev2 = Christgau's Consumer Guide
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|cut}}{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=2000|page=50|title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s|location=New York|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=0-312-24560-2|ol=6782504M}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly (1995)
| rev3score = C{{cite magazine|last=Erlich|first=Dmitri|title=The Week: Music|date=September 15, 1995|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|page=106|id={{EBSCOhost|9510032795}}}}
| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly (2017)
| rev4score = A+{{cite magazine|last=Greenblatt|first=Leah|title=1995 Chart Flashback|date=November 10, 2017|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|page=50|id={{EBSCOhost|126019972}}}}
| rev5 = Smash Hits
| rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Sutherland|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/smashhits90s/33442094964/in/album-72157680998272051|title=Singles|magazine=Smash Hits|date=September 13, 1995|page=58|access-date=February 10, 2025}}
| rev6 = Stereogum
| rev6score = 10/10{{cite magazine|last=Breihan|first=Tom|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2181534/the-number-ones-mariah-careys-fantasy/columns/the-number-ones/|title=The Number Ones: Mariah Carey's "Fantasy"|date=April 4, 2022|magazine=Stereogum|access-date=February 23, 2023}}
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Upon its release, "Fantasy" garnered acclaim from contemporary music critics,{{Cite news |last=Lamb |first=Bill |date=June 3, 2019 |title=Top 10 Songs of 1995 |url=https://www.liveabout.com/top-songs-of-1995-4038516 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |work=LiveAbout}} who praised her songwriting and use of sampling.{{Cite news |last=Antonucci |first=John |date=April 29, 2021 |title=Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" is Still Just as Sweet |url=https://the97.net/music/mariah-carey-fantasy-retrospective/ |access-date=July 31, 2024 |work=The 97 |quote=“Fantasy” drew acclaim from music critics for Carey’s songwriting and sampling of the Tom Tom Club’s 1981 track}} They commended her for exploring genres beyond the pop ballads she had become known for at the time. Bill Lamb from About.com was very positive on the song, calling it "truly inspiring" and a "career high water mark" for Carey.{{cite web|url=http://top40.about.com/od/reviews/gr/mcdaydream.htm|title=Mariah Carey 'Daydream'|last=Lamb|first=Bill|publisher=About.com|access-date=August 20, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605001655/http://top40.about.com/od/reviews/gr/mcdaydream.htm|archive-date=June 5, 2011}} Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic also complimented it, saying "Carey continues to perfect her craft and that she has earned her status as an R&B/pop diva." A reviewer from Music & Media stated that "it's got more swing than anything she has done before."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-09-23.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=12|issue=38|date=September 23, 1995|page=13|access-date=March 17, 2025}} Stephen Holden from The New York Times gave the song praise, writing "with 'Fantasy', Ms. Carey glides confidently into the territory where gospel-flavored pop-soul meets light hip-hop and recorded some of the most gorgeously spun choral music to be found on a contemporary album." Additionally, he claimed "Fantasy" held some of the album's best moments, writing "she continues to make pop music as deliciously enticing as the best moments of "Fantasy".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/08/arts/pop-music-mariah-carey-glides-into-new-territory.html|title=Pop Music; Mariah Carey Glides Into New Territory|last=Holden|first=Stephen|work=The New York Times|date=October 8, 1995|access-date=October 20, 2010|archive-date=January 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120123151641/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/08/arts/pop-music-mariah-carey-glides-into-new-territory.html|url-status=live}} Slant Magazine ranked the song at number sixty on their "Best Singles of the '90s" list, writing it is "escapism perfected, [a] summer bubblegum gem with a sweet, flawless vocal line driven by a diva in her prime."{{cite magazine|url =https://slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-singles-of-the-90s/247/page_4|title =Best Singles of the '90s|magazine =Slant|access-date =January 12, 2011|archive-date =January 14, 2011|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110114070913/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-singles-of-the-90s/247/page_4|url-status =live}} Mark Frith from Smash Hits said it "was such a brilliant, original, clever record that many people are going to have high hopes for the LP."{{cite magazine|first=Mark|last=Frith|url=https://sites.google.com/view/smash-hits-remembered-1994-5/home/1995/440-11th-october-24th-october-1995|title=Albums|magazine=Smash Hits|date=October 11, 1995|page=65|access-date=February 16, 2025|author-link=Mark Frith}} Another Smash Hits editor, Mark Sutherland, was negative, giving "Fantasy" two out of five, writing, "Unfortunately, it is also the 43rd Mariah Carey single in history to be Not Very Good At All."
= Accolades =
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| The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s | {{center|28}} |
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| The 53 Best ‘90s Songs of All Time | {{center|14}} |
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| The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s | {{center|61}} |
| Time Out
| The 50 Best ’90s Songs | {{center|46}} |
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| The 50 Best Songs of the ’90s | {{center|2}} |
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| The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s | {{center|1}} |
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| 200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time | {{center|142}} | {{center|{{cite magazine|first1=Jon|last1=Dolan|first2=Julyssa|last2=Lopez|first3=Michaelangelo|last3=Matos|first4=Claire|last4=Shaffer|title=200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/200-greatest-dance-songs-of-all-time-1372888|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 22, 2022|accessdate=April 6, 2025}}}} |
Chart performance
"Fantasy" was Carey's ninth No. 1 single on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was also the first single, by a female artist, to debut atop the chart, and only the second single to do so after "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson. It debuted at No. 1 due to strong airplay, being popular among radio listeners, and initial sales of 229,000 copies—the highest sales of a single, at the time, since Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You (1993).{{cite magazine|title=Hot 100 Singles Spotlight|last=McKenna|first=Jerry|magazine=Billboard|date=September 30, 1995|volume=107|issue=39|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ag4EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+fantasy+mariah+carey&pg=PA110|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115112051/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ag4EAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+fantasy+mariah+carey&pg=PA110|url-status=live}} "Fantasy" spent eight straight weeks at the top of the American chart, from September 30-November 18, 1995; at the time, the song was Carey's longest stay at the top, after her earlier single "Dreamlover" (1993). The single replaced "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio, but was replaced by Whitney Houston's "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", which also debuted atop the Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1995-09-23/hot-100|title=The Billboard Hot 100: Week Ending of September 23, 1995|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210032950/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1995-09-23/hot-100|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/1995-11-25/hot-100|title=The Billboard Hot 100: Week Ending of November 25, 1995|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=February 24, 2011|archive-date=September 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902063609/http://www.billboard.com/charts/1995-11-25/hot-100|url-status=live}} "Fantasy" spent 25 weeks within the top 40, and was equally as successful on other Billboard formats, including the R&B and dance charts. The song debuted at No. 11 on Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart, setting a record at the time for the chart's highest debut, which would eventually be surpassed by Drake's "Nice for What" (2018).{{cite magazine|last1=Anderson|first1=Trevor|title=Drake's 'Nice for What' Marks First-Ever Top 10 Debut on Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Chart|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8343835/drake-nice-for-what-top-10-debut-mainstream-rb-hip-hop-chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-date=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418015338/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8343835/drake-nice-for-what-top-10-debut-mainstream-rb-hip-hop-chart|url-status=live}} Strong sales led to "Fantasy" being certified sextuple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Carey's first single to do so. "Fantasy" was the second best-selling single of 1995 in the US, with sales of 1,500,000.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3g4EAAAAMBAJ&q=mariah+carey+million&pg=PA56|title=Best-Selling Records of 1995|last=Christmas|first=Ed|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business, Inc.|date=January 20, 1996|access-date=November 13, 2010|archive-date=January 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115112051/https://books.google.com/books?id=3g4EAAAAMBAJ&q=mariah+carey+million&pg=PA56|url-status=live}} It was ranked No. 7 on the Hot 100 year-end charts for 1995, and No. 49 on the 1996 year-end charts. "Fantasy" ranked at No. 15 on the Hot 100's decade-end chart for the 1990s.
In Australia, the song topped the mainstream chart, and was certified triple-platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). The song also topped the charts in New Zealand, where it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ). In Canada, the song debuted on the RPM Singles Chart at No. 95 on the RPM issue dated October 2, 1995,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2768&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top Singles – Volume 62, No. 9, October 02 1995|magazine=RPM|date=October 2, 1995|access-date=September 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075511/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2768&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|archive-date=October 20, 2012|url-status=dead}} and reached the top of the chart on November 20, 1995.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3335&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top Singles – Volume 62, No. 16, November 20, 1995|magazine=RPM|date=September 22, 1997|access-date=September 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018133145/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3335&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}} It was present on the chart for a total of 20 weeks,{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2892&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=Top Singles – Volume 63, No. 1, February 19, 1996|date=February 19, 1996|work=RPM|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd|access-date=January 8, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075534/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2892&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|archive-date=October 20, 2012|url-status=dead}} and No. 18 on the RPM Year-end chart for 1995.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2768&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=RPM's Top 100 Singles Of 1995|date=December 18, 1995|work=RPM|access-date=February 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020075511/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2768&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|archive-date=October 20, 2012|url-status=dead}} "Fantasy" also reached the Top 10 in most of the countries of its release, including across Europe, and the Top 20 on the Oricon chart in Japan. It peaked within the Top 5 of Belgium (Wallonia), Finland, France and the UK, and in the Top 10 in Belgium (Flanders), the Netherlands, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland. "Fantasy" was certified silver in France and platinum in the UK, by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP) and British Phonographic Industry (BPI), respectively; per the Official Charts Company, the single has sold over 400,000 copies in the UK.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-official-countdowns/episode/mariah-carey-official-top-20 |title=Mariah Carey: The Official Top 20 |publisher=MTV. MTV Networks |access-date=February 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103004502/http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/mtv-official-countdowns/episode/mariah-carey-official-top-20 |archive-date=November 3, 2010 }}
Remixes
Carey worked with producer Sean Combs (better known as Diddy, Puffy, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, etc.), through his label Bad Boy Records, on an official "Bad Boy Remix" for "Fantasy".{{harvnb|Nickson|1998|p=137}} While Columbia Records had been allowing Carey more leniency with the musicians and producers she was working with, they became hesitant when she featured O.D.B. in the remix for "Fantasy".{{harvnb|Shapiro|2001|pp=92}} They feared the sudden change was completely left field for her music, and worried it would jeopardize the album's success. Finally, the Bad Boy remix used guest raps from O.D.B. and background vocals by Puff Daddy. Some of the song's R&B elements were removed for the remix, while the bassline and "Genius of Love" sample were emphasized and the bridge from the original version was used as the chorus. There is a version omitting Ol' Dirty Bastard's verses. The "Bad Boy Fantasy Remix", combines the chorus from the original version and the chorus of the Bad Boy Remix together, removing Ol' Dirty Bastard's vocals from his 2nd verse.
Carey re-recorded vocals for club remixes of the song by David Morales, titled "Daydream Interlude (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix)."{{sfn|Nickson|1998|p=149}} The Bad Boy remix garnered positive reviews from music critics. Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly praised the song, claiming its one of the few tracks where Carey "defines herself." Additionally, he complimented the song, writing "At her best, as she is on this clipped, spunky track, Carey is a disco diva for the '90s, a worthy successor to trailblazing women like Donna Summer and Vicki Sue Robinson, R&B singers with an affinity for the endless groove. Disco? No wonder most rock critics can't get behind her. Party on, Mariah."{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/10/13/daydream/|title=Daydream (1995)|last=Tucker|first=Ken|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Warner|date=October 13, 1995|access-date=October 20, 2010|archive-date=April 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426192913/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299059,00.html|url-status=live}} Carey has stated that the Bad Boy remix contributed to over half of the sales of "Fantasy".{{cite web|title=Mariah Carey Interview 1999|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4tHYxYRPws| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/d4tHYxYRPws| archive-date=2021-11-17|url-status=live|access-date=October 27, 2020|website=YouTube| date=March 13, 2015 }}{{cbignore}}
On September 24, 2021, American rapper Latto released "Big Energy", which interpolates "Genius of Love", as "Fantasy" did. On March 28, 2022, Latto released the "Big Energy" remix, which features Mariah Carey herself, along with DJ Khaled, which interpolates "Fantasy".
Music video
The single's music video was the first that Carey directed entirely on her own. Carey had been open about the fact that she had not been happy with some of her previous music videos. She therefore decided to single-handedly direct the video, so the outcome would be to her exact choosing. Carey said her inspiration for the video was to give off a "free and open feeling," trying to portray the freedom she had finally achieved in being allowed to direct her first video. The video for "Fantasy" debuted on September 7, 1995, at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. The video begins with Carey rollerblading in front of the boardwalk entrance at Playland amusement park, located in Rye, New York, and riding the Dragon Coaster, the park's signature wooden coaster. The video continues with various snippets of Carey until the end of the second verse. Afterwards, the video switches to a night time scene that involves people dancing in the parking lot and on top cars.
I'd done a lot of videos and wasn't always a hundred percent thrilled. For the most part, I was never thrilled with the results, so I figured I would give directing a shot. It was a pretty simple concept. Most of the scenes were featured at the amusement park, at a late-night outdoor celebration. I was really happy to be able to include O.D.B. in the remix video.
Following in their actions, Carey joins in the festivities and hops atop a car and begins singing and dancing to the strong bass and R&B beat playing from the stereos. The video also contains a scene involving a lovable young girl who tries to emulate Carey and whose character reappears in the video for Carey's single "Shake It Off" (2005). The video shoot took place in mid-August 1995.{{cite news|title=Extra! Extra! Late-Breaking News from The World Of Entertainment |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/1995/08/18/1995-08-18_extra__extra_late-breaking_n.html |last=Roura |first=Phil |work=The New York Times Company |publisher=New York Daily News |date=August 15, 1995 |access-date=November 11, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In the official video for the song's remix, O.D.B. makes a few cameo appearances with a clown, as well as on the Boardwalk during additional scenes with Carey.
On August 21, 2020, the music video of both versions was re-released in a remastered form, in HD quality.{{Cite web|date=2021-02-21|title=Your Weekly Guide to Mariah Carey's #MC30 Surprises|url=https://wemissmusic.com/2021/02/21/your-weekly-guide-to-mariah-careys-mc30-surprises/#August-21-27-2020|access-date=2021-04-18|website=We Miss Music|language=en|archive-date=April 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418064207/https://wemissmusic.com/2021/02/21/your-weekly-guide-to-mariah-careys-mc30-surprises/#August-21-27-2020|url-status=live}} Exactly a year later it was uploaded in 4K resolution.{{Cite web|title=Explains 9 original songs recorded in the movie "Free Guy" soundtrack album|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.jp/news/soundtrack-of-free-guy|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=uDiscover Music|date=August 14, 2021|archive-date=August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816093259/https://www.udiscovermusic.jp/news/soundtrack-of-free-guy|url-status=live}}
Live performances
File:Mariah Carey Fantasy Mimi Tour.jpg
"Fantasy" was performed at the 23rd Annual American Music Awards, where Carey won two of the top awards.{{harvnb|Nickson|1998|pp=142}} For the performance, Carey wore a long black trench coat and matching boots, pants and blouse, and was backed by three background vocalists. Additionally, Carey sang "Fantasy" on the British music chart program Top of the Pops, during a promotional stop in the United Kingdom on September 12, 1995. During its taping, she wore a blue blouse and black jumper. Two days later, Carey appeared on French television where she performed the song alongside several male and female dancers. Carey donned a mid-waist baring white blouse and black leather pants and matching heeled boots. Trey Lorenz and two female back up vocalists were also featured on stage during the show's taping. Aside from live television appearances, the song was performed on several legs of Carey's tours.{{harvnb|Nickson|1998|pp=155}}
"Fantasy" was performed at every show on her Daydream World Tour (1996) set to the album version. The performance was tuned similarly to Carey's recital at the American Music Awards, featuring a similar outfit, dance routines and set up.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} The remix version was performed on her Butterfly World Tour (1998), Rainbow World Tour (2000), Charmbracelet World Tour: An Intimate Evening with Mariah Carey (2003–2004), The Adventures of Mimi Tour (2006), The Elusive Chanteuse Show (2014) and Caution World Tour (2019), each of which featured a varying synopsis. In 1998, it became the first time Carey performed the remix version in concert, placing a large projection screen on to the stage, and featuring snippets and cuts of Ol' Dirty Bastard throughout the video. Additionally, Carey was dressed in blue jeans and a white blouse, and danced several chair routines with several male dancers.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} During the Charmbracelet Tour and Rainbow Tour, the shows segment was similar to her previous tour.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}} The song was featured on the select set-list on three of Carey's live taped shows, Fantasy: Mariah Carey at Madison Square Garden, The Adventures of Mimi, and Around the World.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2954 |title=Mariah Performs at Formula 1 in Singapore |publisher=Mariahcarey.com |date=September 27, 2010 |access-date=October 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001235010/http://mariahcarey.com/news/news.php?uid=2954 |archive-date=October 1, 2010 }}
Legacy
{{quote box|align=right|width=30%|quote=In the mid-1990s Ms. Carey pioneered a subgenre that some people call the thug-love duet. Nowadays clean-cut pop stars are expected to collaborate with roughneck rappers, but when Ms. Carey teamed up with Ol' Dirty Bastard, of the Wu-Tang Clan, for the 1995 hit "Fantasy (Remix)," it was a surprise, and a smash.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/04note.html?ref=mariahcarey | work=The New York Times | first=Kelefa | last=Sanneh | title=The Summer Buzz: Cicadas and Mariah Carey | date=August 4, 2005 | access-date=February 16, 2017 | archive-date=January 15, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115112052/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/04/arts/music/the-summer-buzz-cicadas-and-mariah-carey.html | url-status=live }}|source=—Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times commenting on the influence and impact of the song's remix.
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"Fantasy" exemplified how a music sample could be transformed "into a fully realized pop masterpiece".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-singles-of-the-90s/247/page_4 |title=Best Singles of the 1990s | Music |magazine=Slant Magazine |access-date=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026120304/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-singles-of-the-90s/247/page_4 |archive-date=October 26, 2012 }} Due to the success and influence of the song, Carey is credited for introducing R&B and hip hop collaboration into mainstream pop culture, and for popularizing rap as a featuring act through her post-1995 songs. Sasha Frere-Jones, editor of The New Yorker commented in referencing to the song's remix,
Moreover, Jones concludes that "Her idea of pairing a female songbird with the leading male MCs of hip-hop changed R&B and, eventually, all of pop. Although now anyone is free to use this idea, the success of "Mimi" [ref. to The Emancipation of Mimi, her tenth studio album released almost a decade after "Fantasy"] suggests that it still belongs to Carey."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/03/060403crmu_music|title=Mariah Carey's record-breaking career|last=Frere-Jones|first=Sasha|date=April 3, 2006|access-date=July 25, 2010|magazine=The New Yorker|archive-date=October 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013180454/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/04/03/060403crmu_music|url-status=live}}"It became standard for R&B/hip-hop stars like Missy Elliott and Beyoncé, to combine melodies with rapped verses. And young white pop stars—including Britney Spears, 'N Sync, and Christina Aguilera—have spent much of the past ten years making pop music that is unmistakably R&B".
John Norris of MTV News has stated that the remix was "responsible for, I would argue, an entire wave of music that we've seen since and that is the R&B-hip-hop collaboration. You could argue that the 'Fantasy' remix was the single most important recording that she's ever made." Norris echoed the sentiments of TLC's Lisa Lopes, who told MTV that it's because of Mariah that we have "Hip-Pop."{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDf1rIhRtKg | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211221125/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDf1rIhRtKg&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2011-12-11 | url-status=dead|title=Celebrities Praise Mariah Carey: Part 1 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=August 15, 2012}} Judnick Mayard, writer of TheFader, wrote that in regarding of R&B and hip hop collaboration, "The champion of this movement is Mariah Carey." Mayard also expressed that "To this day ODB and Mariah may still be the best and most random hip hop collaboration of all time", citing that due to the record "Fantasy", "R&B and Hip Hop were the best of step siblings."{{cite web |url=http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/14/suite903-rb-rejected-and-betrayed/ |title=Suite903: R&B, Rejected and Betrayed |publisher=Thefader.com |date=January 14, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911150131/http://www.thefader.com/2011/01/14/suite903-rb-rejected-and-betrayed/ |archive-date=September 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
The song has been featured in multiple films and television shows. In the 1998 film Rush Hour, the character Soo Yong sings the song while it plays on the car radio, shortly before her kidnapping.{{Cite web|url=https://scubby.com/remember-little-girl-movie-rush-hour-loved-mariah-carey-well-grew-good-pics|title=Remember The Little Girl From The Movie Rush Hour (Who Loved Mariah Carey?) Well She Grew Up Good! (Pics)|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=Scubby|date=February 9, 2018|archive-date=August 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812014028/https://scubby.com/remember-little-girl-movie-rush-hour-loved-mariah-carey-well-grew-good-pics/|url-status=live}} In 2011, the experimental metal band Iwrestledabearonce used the song at the beginning and end of the video "You Know That Ain't Them Dogs' Real Voices". Indie artist Grimes has called "Fantasy" one of her favorite songs of all-time and has said Mariah is the reason there is a Grimes.{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/12/grimes_lists_he.html |title=Grimes Favorites |date=December 3, 2013 |publisher=Brooklyn Vegan |access-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205031714/http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2013/12/grimes_lists_he.html |url-status=live }} In 2019, Carey released a video of her doing a dance to the 'Bad Boy Fantasy' mix on TikTok, thus leading the dance to become another famous TikTok dance challenge, preceding the Obsessed Challenge earlier in the year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com.au/celebrity/mariah-carey-does-fantasy-challenge-on-tiktok-46879681|title=Popsugar|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111211018/https://www.popsugar.com.au/celebrity/mariah-carey-does-fantasy-challenge-on-tiktok-46879681|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/10/mariah-carey-completely-destroys-tiktoks-fantasy-challenge-dance-moves-11075216/|title=Mariah Carey nails TikTok challenge to her own hit Fantasy|date=November 10, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191111132313/https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/10/mariah-carey-completely-destroys-tiktoks-fantasy-challenge-dance-moves-11075216/|url-status=live}} A remixed version of the song, with additional vocals from Jodie Comer,{{cite magazine |url=https://etcanada.com/news/812102/ryan-reynolds-confirms-thats-jodie-comer-singing-fantasy-in-free-guy/ |title=Ryan Reynolds Confirms That's Jodie Comer Singing 'Fantasy' In 'Free Guy' |date=August 22, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=October 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002041226/https://etcanada.com/news/812102/ryan-reynolds-confirms-thats-jodie-comer-singing-fantasy-in-free-guy/ |url-status=dead }} features prominently as part of the score and the plot for the 2021 film Free Guy;{{cite web | url = https://deadline.com/2019/12/free-guy-trailer-ryan-reynolds-shawn-levy-joe-keery-20th-century-fox-1202803053/ | title = Fox Releases First Trailer or 'Free Guy'; Ryan Reynolds Refers To Unlikely Superhero Origin Story As Modern-Day 'Back To The Future' – CCXP | first = Dino-Ray | last = Ramos | date = December 7, 2019 | access-date = December 7, 2019 | work = Deadline Hollywood | archive-date = December 21, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191221210141/https://deadline.com/2019/12/free-guy-trailer-ryan-reynolds-shawn-levy-joe-keery-20th-century-fox-1202803053/ | url-status = live }} in the film, Jodie Comer's character Molotov Girl catches the attention of Ryan Reynolds's character Guy as she is singing the song, thus catalyzing the rest of the story. Reynolds, who produced and starred in the film, stated that, "I am a huge Mariah Carey fan [...] It really was one of those weird things that happened naturally. I write to music anyway, and I initially put a song in the script by The Outfield called "Your Love". It’s an old '80s tune. It's great, but it just didn’t have that epic scale I was looking for. And then "Fantasy" just came on my playlist and everything clicked in".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/scene/news/ryan-reynolds-mariah-carey-free-guy-1235034874/|title=Ryan Reynolds Talks About His 'Love' of Mariah Carey and Using Her Song 'Fantasy' in 'Free Guy'|access-date=August 12, 2021|website=Variety|date=August 4, 2021|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921041025/https://variety.com/2021/scene/news/ryan-reynolds-mariah-carey-free-guy-1235034874/|url-status=live}} "Fantasy" was also included on the 2021 edition of Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" at number 419.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/mariah-carey-fantasy-1224919/ |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 15, 2021 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916015404/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/mariah-carey-fantasy-1224919/ |url-status=live }}
Upon release, "Fantasy" also won many prestigious awards throughout the music industry in 1995 and 1996. At the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, the song won the award for "Favorite Single."{{cite web |title=Mariah Carey Career Achievement Awards |publisher=Mariahcarey.com |url=http://www.mariahcarey.com/news/awards.php |access-date=April 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321080734/http://mariahcarey.com/news/awards.php |archive-date=March 21, 2009 }} Additionally, the song was awarded the "Pop Award" honor at the 1996 annual American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Carey won the "Dance Record of the Year" award at the "National Dance Music Awards" in 1996. "Fantasy" won two awards at the 1996 "Winter Music Conference National Dance Music Awards," for "Favorite Single" and "Dance Record of the Year." The song won a Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) "Pop Song of the Year" award in 1997, as well as the "Favorite Single" award at the annual "Archer Awards." The song also was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 38th Grammy Awards.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|title=List of Grammy nominees|date=January 4, 1996|access-date=January 26, 2011|publisher=CNN|archive-date=December 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207073959/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Music/9601/grammy_noms/grammy_list.html|url-status=live}}
Track listing and formats
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- Worldwide CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Fantasy|others=Mariah Carey|date=1995|type=Dutch 7-inch Single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=662461 7}}
- "Fantasy" – 4:04
- "Fantasy" (Bad Boy) featuring O.D.B. – 4:53
- UK #1/US CD maxi-single{{cite AV media notes|title=Fantasy|others=Mariah Carey|date=1995|type=UK CD maxi-single #1 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=662495 2}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Fantasy|others=Mariah Carey|date=1995|type=US CD maxi-single liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=44K 78044}}
- "Fantasy" (Album Version) – 4:06
- "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Fantasy) – 4:51
- "Fantasy" (Bad Boy) featuring O.D.B. – 4:52
- "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Mix) – 4:14
- "Fantasy" (Def Club Mix) – 11:15
- UK CD maxi-single #2{{cite AV media notes|title=Fantasy|others=Mariah Carey|date=1995|type=UK CD maxi-single #2 liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=662495 5}}
- "Fantasy" (MC Mix) – 6:29
- "Fantasy" (Puffy's Mix) – 4:53
- "Fantasy" (Puffy's Club Mix) – 4:49
- "Fantasy" (The Boss Dub) – 8:53
- "Fantasy" (Sweet Dub Mix) – 8:11
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- 2× 12-inch vinyl{{cite AV media notes|title=Fantasy|others=Mariah Carey|date=1995|type=US 2× 12-inch vinyl liner notes|publisher=Columbia Records|id=44X 78044}}
:A1. "Fantasy" (Def Club Mix) – 11:14
:A2. "Fantasy" (MC Mix) – 6:26
:B1. "Fantasy" (Puffy's Mix) – 4:51
:B2. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy) featuring O.D.B. – 4:52
:B3. "Fantasy" (Album Version) – 4:06
:C1. "Fantasy" (The Boss Mix) — 8:51
:C2. "Fantasy" (Sweet Dub Mix) — 8:11
:D1. "Fantasy" (Puffy's Club Mix) — 4:48
:D2. "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Mix) — 4:13
- "Fantasy" (feat. O.D.B.) – 4:53
- "Fantasy" (feat. O.D.B. - Bad Boy Fantasy) – 4:51
- "Fantasy" (Bad Boy Mix) – 4:14
- "Fantasy" (Puffy's Club Mix) – 4:50
- "Fantasy" (Def Radio Mix) – 3:46
- "Fantasy" (Def Club Mix) – 11:15
- "Fantasy" (MC Mix) – 6:28
- "Fantasy" (The Boss Mix) – 8:52
- "Fantasy" (Def Drums Mix) – 4:00
- "Fantasy" (Sweet Dub Mix) – 8:13
- "Fantasy" (Live at Madison Square Garden – October 1995) – 4:31
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Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the Daydream liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Daydream (Liner Notes) |title-link=Daydream (Mariah Carey album) |others=Mariah Carey |year=1995 |first=Mariah |last=Carey |author-link=Mariah Carey |type=Compact Disc |publisher=Columbia Records |location=New York City, New York }}
- Mariah Carey – co-production, songwriting, vocals
- Dave Hall – co-production, songwriting
- Tina Weymouth – songwriting
- Chris Frantz – songwriting
- Steven Stanley – songwriting
- Adrian Belew – songwriting
Charts
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| {{singlechart|UKdownload|45|date=20211008|access-date=October 8, 2021|rowheader=true}} |
| {{singlechart|UKdance|22|date=20211008|access-date=July 26, 2023|rowheader=true}} |
| scope="row"| US R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine |title=Mariah Carey Chart History (R&B Digital Song Sales) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mariah-carey/chart-history/rbt/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122201222/https://www.billboard.com/artist/mariah-carey/chart-history/rbt/ |url-status=live }}
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| scope="row"|US Rhythmic Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|date=October 9, 1998|title=Top 20 Titles|magazine=Airplay Monitor|page=38}}
|15 |
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|+Decade-end chart performance !Chart (1990–1999) !Position |
| scope="row"|Canada (The Record/SoundScan){{cite web|last=Lwin|first=Nanda|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000829070927/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_1990.html|archivedate=August 29, 2000|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_1990.html|title=Top 100 singles of the 1990s|website=Jam!|accessdate=March 26, 2022}}
|7 |
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| scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA4|title=Hot 100 Singles of the '90s|magazine=Billboard|date=December 25, 1999|access-date=October 15, 2010}}
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=France|artist=Mariah Carey|title=Fantasy|award=Gold|certyear=1996|relyear=1995|access-date=November 9, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Japan|artist=Mariah Carey|title=Fantasy|award=Platinum|certyear=1995|relyear=1995|certmonth=11|access-date=March 27, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Fantasy|artist=Mariah Carey|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1995|certyear=2024|source=radioscope|access-date=December 17, 2024}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Mariah Carey|title=Fantasy|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2024|relyear=1995|id=2214-771-1|refname="ukcert"}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Mariah Carey|title=Fantasy|award=Platinum|number=6|certyear=2023|relyear=1995|access-date=August 31, 2023|refname=uscert}}
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Release history
References
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Works cited
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- {{Citation
| last = Bronson
| first = Fred
| title = The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits
| publisher = Billboard Books
| year = 2003
| isbn = 0-8230-7677-6
| author-link = Fred Bronson
}}
- {{Citation
| last = Nickson
| first = Chris
| title = Mariah Carey revisited: her story
| year = 1998
| publisher = St. Martin's Press
| isbn = 978-0-312-19512-0
}}
- {{Citation
| last = Shapiro
| first = Marc
| title = Mariah Carey: The Unauthorized Biography
| publisher = ECW Press
| year = 2001
| isbn = 978-1-55022-444-3
}}
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{{Mariah Carey singles}}
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