song "One Sweet Day"

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single song

"One Sweet Day" is a 1995 R&B ballad by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men, best known for its emotional tribute to lost loved ones and its record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumArtist Mariah Carey ⓘ
bSide Fantasy (Def Club Mix) ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
CD single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
pop ballad ⓘ
soul ⓘ
includedInAlbum Daydream ⓘ
key F major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterMatchedBy Despacito ⓘ
We Belong Together ⓘ
laterSurpassedBy Old Town Road ⓘ
length 4:42 ⓘ
lyricalFocus reunion in the afterlife ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Larry Jordan ⓘ
musicVideoStyle studio recording footage ⓘ
notableFor emotional tribute to lost loved ones ⓘ
record-breaking run atop the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
notableVocalFeature harmonized vocals ⓘ
melisma ⓘ
performer Boyz II Men ⓘ
Mariah Carey ⓘ
previousRecordHolderForBillboardHot100WeeksAtNumberOne I Will Always Love You ⓘ
producer Mariah Carey ⓘ
Walter Afanasieff ⓘ
record longest-running number-one single on US Billboard Hot 100 at time of release ⓘ
recordingYear 1995 ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1995-11-14 ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme comfort ⓘ
grief ⓘ
loss ⓘ
remembrance of loved ones ⓘ
vocalRange multiple-octave ⓘ
vocalType duet ⓘ
weeksAtNumberOneUSBillboardHot100 16 ⓘ
writer Mariah Carey ⓘ
Michael McCary ⓘ
Nathan Morris ⓘ
Shawn Stockman ⓘ
Walter Afanasieff ⓘ
Wanya Morris ⓘ

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