Someday (Mariah Carey song)

Infobox Single
Name = Someday


Artist = Mariah Carey
from Album = Mariah Carey
B-side = "Alone in Love"
Released = February 1 1991 (U.S.)
Format = CD single, CD maxi single, cassette single, cassette maxi single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, R&B, New Jack Swing
Length = 4:07
Label = Columbia
Writer = Mariah Carey, Ben Margulies
Producer = Ric Wake
Certification = Gold (RIAA)
Last single = "Love Takes Time"
(1990)
This single = "Someday"
(1991)
Next single = "I Don't Wanna Cry"
(1991)Extra tracklisting
Album = Mariah Carey
Type = studio
prev_track = "I Don't Wanna Cry"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Someday"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Vanishing"
next_no = 5Extra tracklisting
Album = MTV Unplugged EP
Type = live
prev_track = "If It's Over"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Someday"
track_no = 3
next_track = "Vision of Love"
next_no = 4Extra tracklisting
Album = #1's
Type = compilation
prev_track = "I Don't Wanna Cry"
prev_no = 13
this_track = "Someday"
track_no = 14
next_track = "Love Takes Time"
next_no = 15Extra tracklisting
Album = Greatest Hits" (CD #1)
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Love Takes Time"
prev_no = 2
this_track = "Someday"
track_no = 3
next_track = "I Don't Wanna Cry"
next_no = 4"Someday" is a song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies, and produced by Ric Wake for Carey's debut album, "Mariah Carey" (1990). It was released as the album's third single in the first quarter of 1991 (see 1991 in music) and is a jackswing-influenced track. Though it topped the U.S. charts, it was not a huge success elsewhere. As did previous singles from "Mariah Carey", "Someday" received a BMI Pop Award.

Recording

"Someday" was one of the five songs on the demo tape, handed by Brenda K. Starr to record executive Tommy Mottola, that led to Carey being given a recording contract. Sony made alterations to the version on the demo tape because they thought it was too rough—the horn melodies were taken out and replaced with electric guitar melodies, and the ending was shortened by about eight seconds. Carey and Margulies were forced to accept the changes that were made because neither had been allowed to co-produce. Reportedly, Carey was unhappy with the final version of "Someday" produced, because both she and Margulies thought it had been too "polished".Fact|date=February 2007

Chart performance

"Someday" continued Carey's streak of number-one hits in the U.S., becoming her third consecutive number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. It reached number one in its eighth week on the Hot 100 and spent two weeks at the top of the chart, from March 3 to March 16 1991. It replaced "All the Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston, and was replaced by Timmy T's "One More Try". "Someday" spent fifteen weeks in the top forty and was ranked thirteenth on the Hot 100 year-end chart of 1991, making it one of the year's biggest hits. The RIAA certified it gold.

Elsewhere, the song performed modestly like "Love Takes Time", the previous single from "Mariah Carey", other then Canada, where it reached number one. In the UK, the song reached the top forty (as had "Love Takes Time"), but in Australia it did not. With "Someday" and her following single, "I Don't Wanna Cry", Carey was largely unknown outside the U.S. for most of 1991 until she released her second album, "Emotions".

Remixes and music videos

A large number of remixes were produced by Shep Pettibone, in particular the main remix of the song known as "Someday" (new 7" jackswing) and an extended version of it known as "Someday" (new 12" jackswing). There is also a house mix known as "Someday" (new 12" house), a slightly extended album version known as "Someday" (new 7" straight), and an a cappella, "Someday" (pianoapercapella).

The single's video, directed by Larry Jordan, was filmed on location at Bayonne High School in Bayonne, New Jersey and depicts a boy who treated a girl badly now wanting her back in his life. A group of hip-hop dancers appear, and at one point in the video, Carey joins them. The main version of the video was based on "Someday" (new 7" jackswing), but there is an extended video with the music from "Someday" (new 12" jackswing). The new 12" jackswing version of the video was replaced by the 1992 "MTV Unplugged" live performance of the song on the DVD/home video "#1's" (1999), because Carey has stated she is ashamed of the video.

Track listings

;U.S. CD single (cassette single/7" single)
#"Someday" (new 7" jackswing)
#"Alone in Love" (album version)

;U.S. CD single (12" maxi single)
#"Someday" (new 7" jackswing)
#"Someday" (new 7" straight)
#"Someday" (new 12" jackswing)
#"Someday" (pianoapercapella)
#"Alone in Love" (album version)

;UK CD single (5" single)
#"Someday" (7" jackswing)
#"Someday" (12" jackswing)
#"Someday" (12" house)

;JAPANESE Picture CD Single (5" single)(Comes with a 1991 Calendar and Stickers)
#"Someday" (new 7" jackswing)
#"Someday" (new 7" straight)
#"Someday" (new 12" jackswing)
#"Someday" (pianoapercapella-new)
#"Alone in Love" (album version)

Charts

ee also

*Hot 100 number-one hits of 1991 (USA)