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Someday was the third single from Mariah’s debut album. It was released in January 1991 and after entering the charts, it peaked to #1 spot on March 9, 1991, where it stayed for two weeks. Mariah became one of the few artists, who had their three debut singles on #1. Jackson's Five had four and she reached their record with her next single...
For Someday Mariah worked with Ben Margulies and this was one of the four songs from the famous demo tape, Tommy Mottola received at that party. Mariah selected Ric Wake for the producer and he remembers:
‘I loved that song right from the beginning... Than Mariah called me one day and said ‘I’d love to do it if you want to do it.’ It was great. I am glad she called me.’
Someday was Mariah’s first dance track on the album. Even on the demo tape Ben and Mariah tried to make it sound like a dance hit, but production in the studio made it much easier. There were many things that were promising Someday to be a hit.
Mariah had a chance to use her high octaves again, the song had a nice bouncy rhythm, great melody. Some parts sounded more like a soft rap than a dance song... Some critics judged Mariah’s dance style, somebody even marked her as ‘a dance droid’, but people liked the song and Mariah, what is the only thing that counts.
The single came out in various versions with different remixes of Someday: New 12" Jack Swing, New 12" House, New 7" Straight...
7": 1991 HO(656583 7), UK (656583 4):
1. Someday
2. Alone In Love
CD3: 1991 UK (656583 2):
1. Someday (New 7" Jackswing)
2. Someday (New 12" house)
3. Someday (New 12" Jackswing)
Someday 4 Track US promo:
1. Someday (Album Version)
2. Someday (New 7" Jackswing)
3. Someday (New 7" Straight)
4. Someday (New 12" House)
Someday US 5 Track (44-73560), JP:
1. Someday (New 7" Jackswing)
2. Someday (New 7" Straight)
3. Someday (New 12" Jackswing)
4. Someday (Pianoaperacapella)
5. Alone in Love - 4:12
The video for Someday was directed by Larry Jordan, who worked with Mariah also on some of her later videos. They filmed the video at high school in Bayonne, New Jersey. Mariah came up with the idea for the story about a boy and a young girl, based on herself (she even looks a little like Mariah). The video also shows kids in classes, having fun, dancing, playing ball. Mariah had most fun working with a group of six- to twelve- year old kids, who also appeared in the video. Among those kids, there was a very talented six years old hip-hop dancer, who had everybody’s attention. Mariah also featured a street drummer Larry Wright. Of course we can also see Mariah in the video, dressed in a black sweater and blue jeans.
The video came out in two versions: the original and the remix.
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