Mariah Carey – Vision Of Love

“Vision of Love” topped the singles charts in Canada, New Zealand, and the US, where it stayed for four weeks at No. 1. The song’s video filmed in 1990 features Mariah Carey in a large cathedral as she meditates and sings the beautiful lyrics by a large picture window.

Apart from reaching No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for two weeks, “Vision of Love” also topped the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks for three weeks.

Fun Facts:

• “Vision of Love” was the lead single in Mariah’s album, Mariah Carey, produced by Columbia Records. It was an instant success.
• Mariah Carey has performed “Vision of Love” at almost all her concerts and tours. It’s also been performed on TV and in award show ceremonies, including the 33rd Annual Grammy Award, Good Morning America, and Arsenio Hall Show.
• The lyrics represent Carey’s life full of alienation and how she always dreamt of triumphing over adversity. The song represents the realization of this dream.
• After spending four weeks at the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, it dropped and spent seven more weeks at #8.
• In high school, Mariah Carey began writing and composing music. Her mom was a former opera singer and coach, and she often missed class to make demos.
• In 1988, Carey went to a party for a music executive. There, she met Tommy Mottola, head of Columbia Records, and handed him her demo. Mottola listened to her tape on the ride home and immediately turned the car around to find Carey at the party. Unfortunately, she had already left, and Mottola spent the next two weeks looking for her in a Cinderella-like fashion.
• Carey has won a number of awards, including 5 Grammys, 19 World Music Awards, 15 Billboard Music Awards, 10 American Music Awards, and 8 Guinness World Records.
• Carey’s five-octave vocal range and use of the whistle register earned her the nickname “Songbird Supreme.”

Lyrics

Treated me kind

Sweet destiny

Carried me through desperation

To the one that was waiting for me

It took so long

Still I believed

Somehow, the one that I needed

Would find me eventually

I had a vision of love

And it was all that you’ve given to me

Prayed through the nights

Felt so alone

Suffered from alienation

Carried the weight on my own

Had to be strong

So I believed

And now I know I’ve succeeded

In finding the place I conceived

I had a vision of love

And it was all that you’ve given to me

I had a vision of love

And it was all that you’ve given me

I’ve realized a dream

And I visualized

The love that came to be

Feel so alive

I’m so thankful that I’ve received

The answer that heaven has sent down to me

You treated me kind (yeah)

Sweet destiny (and you know that you did)

And I’ll be eternally grateful

Holding you so close to me (prayed through the nights)

Prayed through the nights (so faithfully)

So faithfully (faithfully)

Knowing the one that I needed

Would find me eventually (he would find me)

I had a vision of love

And it was all that you’ve given to me

I had a vision of love

And it was all that you turned out to be, yeah, mmm