ONE SWEET DAY
Released:
November 14, 1995
Format: Cassette, CD, CD maxi, 7", 12" Recorded: February 1995 Genre: Pop, R&B Length: 4:43 Label: Columbia Writer(s): Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris Producer(s): Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff |
AWARDS - BACKGROUND - CHARTS - COMPOSITION - CREDITS - LEGACY - LYRICS - PROMOTION - RECEPTION - REMIXES - VIDEO
The ballad remained at the peak for an as yet undefeated record-breaking, 16 consecutive weeks, from December 2, 1995 to March 16, 1996. It has been covered several times since it's release in 1995. One Sweet Day was performed by the seven finalists on the seventh season of American Idol. The performance was taped due to the "Mariah Carey" themed week, where all the competitors sang songs from Carey's repertoire. The song was additionally sung on the fifth season of the UK TV show The X Factor, by the British boy-band JLS. Their performance received praise from all four judges, who commented how it was an "impossibly hard song to sing" because it was a "Mariah song". The song was also performed by John Adeleye during the seventh season The X Factor. The theme of the night was "#1 songs". Shannon Magrane performed the song on the eleventh season of American Idol the week the contestants performed songs from their birth years. Andy Williams released a version in 2007 on his album, I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up.
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