And daydream is all that I can do
I feel raptured over you
In silence I keep it to myself
Come and take me
Don't want nobody else
I feel raptured over you
In silence I keep it to myself
Come and take me
Don't want nobody else
— "Daydream Interlude"
Daydream is the fifth studio album released by Mariah Carey released on September 26, 1995, by Columbia Records. Unlike her previous albums, Daydream leaned more heavily toward Hip-Hop and R&B music with Carey working with producers and artists such as Jermaine Dupri, Boyz II Men, and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. With Daydream, Carey took more control over the musical direction as well as the album's composition, and butted heads with her then-husband Sony Records label head Tommy Mottola. In the end, the risk paid off: Daydream received critical acclaim and commercial acclaim and was Carey's second album to be certified Diamond by the RIAA.
Tracklist
- "Fantasy"
- "Underneath the Stars"
- "One Sweet Day" (duet with Boyz II Men)
- "Open Arms"
- "Always Be My Baby"
- "I Am Free"
- "When I Saw You"
- "Long Ago"
- "Melt Away"
- "Forever"
- "Daydream Interlude" (Fantasy Sweet Dub Mix)
- "Looking In"
Beautiful and bittersweetly, you were troping into me
- Album Title Drop: "Daydream Interlude."And daydream is all that I can do
- Amusement Park: The setting for "Fantasy" video.
- Downer Ending: "Looking In."
- Evil Laugh: The clown does one of these at the beginning of the "Fantasy" music video.
- Grief Song: Played with "One Sweet Day"; while it is dedicated to Mariah's friend David Cole (of C+C Music Factory) and there is lament of missed opportunities and appreciated people while they're still living, it has a hopeful tone of seeing that person again in Heaven.
- Let's Duet: "One Sweet Day" with Boyz II Men.
- New Sound Album: Mariah took her first progressive step into Hip-Hop and Contemporary R&B with this album with songs like "Fantasy" Remix, "Long Ago," and "Melt Away." Her next album, Butterfly, would take this even further.
- Non-Ironic Clown: Appears at the beginning of the "Fantasy" video.
- He appears again in the video for the "Fantasy" remix. He can be seen again at the beginning, tied up by ODB who takes his place.
- Sampling: "Fantasy" and it's remix samples "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club.
- Silly Love Songs: "When I Saw You," and "Melt Away."
- A Wild Rapper Appears!: On the remixes of Fantasy
and Always Be My Baby, Ol' Dirty Bastard and Da Brat are featured respectively.
