Vision of love
Vision of Love is a pop / R & B - Ballad of the American singer Mariah Carey , it was written by her and produced. Vision of Love is Carey's debut single and was released on May 15, 1990 in the USA as the first single from her debut album Mariah Carey (1990). The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks in the summer of 1990 , making it their first number one hit in the US.
Background, composition and content
Vision of Love was the first song Carey wrote and produced after signing a recording deal with Columbia Records .
The protagonist of the song describes having a “vision of love”, which then did not come true. The song is about Carey's dreams as a singer. Carey told Ebony magazine that the song "represents everything in [her] life" and was "a song from [her] heart". According to her own statements, the song is about her experiences and experiences when she was younger, as well as her relationships with her parents and friends in the neighborhood.
Criticism and influence
The song was nominated for three Grammys at the 1990 Grammy Awards : Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Won), 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's vocal range and vocals from her debut single is still an inspiration to this day." The Village Voice said Vision of Love kicked offthe Melisma trend. In 2006, The New Yorker referred to the song as "the Magna Carta des Melismas" and as Carey's great influence on other R&B artists, as well as American Idol candidates. A Slant magazine reviewer said, "I think [ Vision of Love ] was a vision for the future world of American Idol ." About.com said that " Vision of Love is one of her best songs of her musical career [... ] It's quite simply the most successful debut single ever released. "
Singer Beyoncé Knowles said she started singing after hearing Vision of Love for the first time . Singer Mikaila said that Vision of Love inspired her to sing. Vision of Love is also Rihanna's favorite song .
Commercial win
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 peaked at number 1 . It stayed at the top of the Hot 100 for 4 weeks and reached number 6 on the US annual charts in 1990. The single also reached number 1 on 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 , the United Kingdom (over 170,000 units sold in total), Ireland and the Netherlands . It reached # 1 in Canada and New Zealand .
Music video
The music video was directed by Bojan Bazelli. Carey sings the song on a dark stage, in the background you can see the sky on a canvas with moving clouds. This is the second music video made for this song, the previous one was not released. Rolling Stone claimed the combined cost of the two music videos cost $ 450,000.
Charts
| Chart (1990) | maximum placement |
|---|---|
| German Singles Chart | 17th |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 24 |
| UK Singles Chart | 9 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ed Hogan: Vision of Love - Mariah Carey - Song Review . In: Allmusic . Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ^ Pop's New Vision . In: Rolling Stone , May 28, 1990.
- ↑ Lynn Norent: Mariah Carey: 'Not another White girl trying to sing Black.' . In: Ebony , March 1991.
- ↑ Mariah Carey . Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ MariahCarey.com . In: Mariahcarey.com news.awards . Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- ↑ Michael Slezak: Gem Carey . In: EW.com . Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. . December 15, 2005. Archived from the original on January 10, 2006. Retrieved on August 30, 2008.
- ^ "Vision of Love" sets off melisma trend . In: The Village Voice , February 4, 2003.
- ^ A b Sasha Frere-Jones: On Top: Mariah Carey's record-breaking career . In: The New Yorker . CondéNet . April 3, 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ The 100 Greatest Singer of All Time: Rolling Stone . In: Rolling Stone . November 12, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2008.
- ↑ Rich Juzwiak: Slant Magazine - Behind the Caterwaul: A Mariah Carey Retrospective . In: Slant Magazine . Retrieved March 7, 2011.
- ↑ Bill Lamb: 'Mariah Carey' . In: About.com . Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ Wendy Hermanson, Dallas Cheerleader . In: Yahoo! Music . Yahoo! Inc. . May 7, 2001. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ The Billboard Hot 100 - Vision Of Love . In: Billboard .com . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . December 31, 1990. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ^ Gold and Platinum - Searchable Database . In: Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- ↑ Mariah Carey official top 20 biggest-selling songs in the UK MTV . dated May 3, 2010.
- ↑ a b Building the Perfect Diva . In: Rolling Stone , 23 August 1990.
- ↑ German Singles Chart ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Swiss Singles Chart
- ↑ UK Singles Chart
- ↑ Artist Chart History - Mariah Carey ( Memento from April 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
