"Vision of Love" is a pop/R&B; song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies, and produced by Rhett Lawrence and Narada Michael Walden for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey (1990). The ballad was released as the album's first single in the second quarter of 1990 in the United States and the third quarter of 1990 elsewhere. The song topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
"Vision of Love" was the first song Carey and Margulies co-wrote after Columbia ...
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"Vision of Love" is a pop/R&B; song written by Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies, and produced by Rhett Lawrence and Narada Michael Walden for Carey's debut album, Mariah Carey (1990). The ballad was released as the album's first single in the second quarter of 1990 in the United States and the third quarter of 1990 elsewhere. The song topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
"Vision of Love" was the first song Carey and Margulies co-wrote after Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola signed Carey to a recording contract. The album version of the song was altered from Carey and Margulies's original demo recording, which had a 1950s-style shuffle.
The song's protagonist describes having a "vision of love" and of being eternally grateful not to a lover, but to God; the lyrics are also related to the realisation of Carey's dreams as a singer. Carey told Ebony magazine that the song "represents everything in my life" and "is a song from the heart." According to her, its lyrics are based on...
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