The second single from "Daydream" did something unheard of - it
became Mariah's second single in a row to enter the Billboard Hot
100 at Number 1, a feat unequaled by any other artist.
"One sweet day" teamed Mariah up with Boyz II Men, an irresistible
combination of two of the hottest talents in music. "I wrote the
initial idea for One Sweet Day with Walter," she explained, "and I had
the chorus... I stopped and said, 'I really wanna do this with Boyz II
Men', because... obviously I'm a big fan of theirs and I just thought
that the work was crying out for them, the vocals that they do, so I
put it away and said, 'Who knows if this could ever happen, but I just
don't wanna finish this song because I want it to be our song if we
ever do it together.' "
For Mariah, whose good friend David Cole, the man who'd
worked with her on two albums and "MTV Unplugged", had recently
died, the song was about the "whole idea of when you lose people
that are close to you, it changes your life and changes your perspective".
Finally, she had the chance to team up with Boyz II Men. "When
they came into the studio I played them the idea for the song and
when [it] finished, they looked at each other, a bit stunned, and told
me that Nat [Nathan Morris] had written a song for his road manager
who had passed away. It had basically the same lyrics and fitted over
the same chord changes."
Was it coincidence, or just meant to be? "It was really, really
weird," Mariah said. "We finished the song right then and there." "We
were kind of flipped about it ourselves," Shawn Stockman agreed.
"Fate had a lot to do with that. I know some people won't believe it,
but we wouldn't make up such a crazy story."
The recording session itself was the video, and that meant, as
Walter Afanasieff recalled for Fred Bronson: "It was crazy. They had
film crews and video guys. I'm at the board trying to produce. [Boyz
II Men] are the busiest guys in the world. Their managers and bodyguards
are in the waiting room and it's 4:30 and they have until 7
o'clock. You've got four guys and you haven't even worked out their
parts yet. So I was sweating. And these guys are running around
having a ball, because Mariah and them are laughing and screaming
and they're being interviewed. And I'm taping people on the shoulder.
‘We've got to get to the microphone!' They're gone in a couple of
hours, so I recorded everything they did, praying it was enough. After
going home to my studio, I put the tracks together and did a rough
blend of the four guys. And then Mariah went in and did some more
voices to fill in a little bit, because it sounded like it's all Boyz II Men
and there wasn't enough Mariah Carey on it."
But it wasn't enough for "One sweet day" to break one record. With
that combination of talent, and that song, it just kept on selling and
selling, keeping its number 1 position against all comers. Previously,
the longest any song had stayed there was fourteen weeks (a tie between
Whitney Houston and Boyz II Men), but "One sweet day" cruised
past them all, ending up with an amazing sixteen weeks there, and
giving Mariah yet another record to add to her collection.
| CD-SINGLES |
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5" CD-single from Australia (0553)
662493 2
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Austria (0560)
XPCD 752
promo
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day | |
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5" CD-single from Austria (0554)
662603 1
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Austria (0555)
662603 2
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Brazil (1103)
44.011 / 2-662603
collection Andre Mazzucco
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Canada (3012)
38K 78074
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Canada (1753)
38K 79699
re-released in March 2002
collection Stephen Shim
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Japan (1090)
XDCS 93195
promo
collection Gustavo Saczk
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day | |
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5" CD-single from Japan (0559)
SRDS 8304
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version)
3. Open arms (Album Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Japan (2799)
SRDS 8304
promo
collection Wei Yi
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version)
3. Open arms (Album Version)
This CD-Single is almost the same as item 0559, but on the back cover is a
sticker saying "not for sale". | |
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5" CD-single from Mexico (1104)
PRCD 96578
promo
collection Olivier Pirlot
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version) | |
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5" CD-single from South-Africa (0557)
CDSIN 82 I
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from South-Korea (1102)
CPK-1707 (662603 2)
the clouds on the inside are pink
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Spain (1255)
662603 1
collection Marcel Trupia
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from Spain (3516)
662603 2
collection Judith Dos Santos
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (1459)
662603 2
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (2819)
662603 2
promo
collection Kirill Ostromenskiy
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version)
This CD-Single is exactly the same as item 1459, but on the back is a sticker
saying "property of Sony Music - promotional copy - not for sale". | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (0556)
662603 5
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. Fantasy (Def Drums Mix)
3. Joy to the world (Celebration Mix)
4. Joy to the world (Club Mix) | |
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5" CD-single from the UK (2820)
662603 5
promo
collection Kirill Ostromenskiy
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. Fantasy (Def Drums Mix)
3. Joy to the world (Celebration Mix)
4. Joy to the world (Club Mix)
This CD-Single is exactly the same as item 0556, but on the back is a sticker
saying "property of Sony Music - promotional copy - not for sale". | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (0558)
CSK 7385
promo
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (0551)
38K 78074
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (0552)
44K 78075
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version)
6. Fantasy (Def Drums Mix) | |
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5" CD-single from the USA (0744)
38K 79699
re-released in March 2002
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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| VINYL SINGLES |
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7" vinyl single from Holland (1800)
663603 7
collection Luc Baumgartner
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from Holland (0562)
XPR 2270
promo
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (Album Version)
4. Fantasy (Def Drums Mix) | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from Holland (0561)
662603 6
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Album Version)
5. Fantasy (Def Drums Mix) | |
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7" vinyl single from Italy (0564)
JC 15484 7
special for juke-box, without picture sleeve
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. A ti a ti - Gipsy Kings
2. One sweet day - Mariah Carey | |
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7" vinyl single from Jamaica (2189)
38-78074
collection Luc Baumgartner
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day
2. One sweet day (Acapella) | |
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7" vinyl single from the USA (0563)
38-78072
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day
2. I am free | |
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7" vinyl single from the USA (2654)
38-78072
a "Collectables" release
collection Anita Braaksma
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day
2. I am free | |
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12" vinyl maxi-single from the USA (1094)
44 78075
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Album Version)
5. Fantasy (Def Drums Mix) | |
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| CASSETTE SINGLES |
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cassette single from Australia (1093)
662493 8
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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cassette single from Holland (2983)
662603 4
tracks play both sides
collection Samantha Cullen
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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cassette single from Malaysia (1092)
44T 78075
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. Fantasy (Def Drums Remix)
6. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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cassette single from the UK (0550)
662603 4
tracks play both sides
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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cassette single from the USA (0549)
38T 78074
collection Eric de Ridder
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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cassette single from the USA (1091)
44T 78075
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day (Album Version)
2. One sweet day (Sweet A Cappella)
3. One sweet day (A Cappella)
4. One sweet day (Chucky's Remix)
5. Fantasy (Def Drums Mix)
6. One sweet day (Live Version) | |
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| VIDEO SINGLES |
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video single from the UK (2162)
no catalogue number
promo
collection Alison Wheeler
Tracklisting:
1. One sweet day - Mariah Carey
2. Grind - Alice In Chains | |
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| SHEET MUSIC |
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sheet music from the UK (1748)
AM 936199
5 pages
collection Pascal Bellerose | |
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sheet music from the USA (1060)
HL00110054
Hal Leonard Corporation
easy piano
6 pages
collection Eric de Ridder | |
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sheet music from the USA (1059)
HL00351246
Hal Leonard Corporation
piano - vocal - guitar
6 pages
collection Eric de Ridder | |
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sheet music from the USA (2892)
08200632
Hal Leonard Corporation
8 pages
collection Wojciech Sichniewicz | |
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