MARIAH CAREY - HONEY

HONEY

MARIAH CAREY

SONGWRITER: Mariah Carey; Steven Jordan; Mohandas Dewese; Malcolm Mclaren; Stephen Hague; Kammaal Fareed; Morgan Robinson; Larry Price;Ronald Larkins & Sean Justin Combs

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BUTTERFLY

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1997

 

          Mariah Carey(/məˈraɪə/; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Songbird Supreme" by Guinness World Records, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, improvisation skills, her signature use of the whistle register, and songwriting. Carey is famous for the enduring popularity of her holiday music, particularly the 1994 song "All I Want for Christmas Is You", and she has been dubbed the "Queen of Christmas". Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her debut album Mariah Carey. She was the first artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from "Vision of Love" to "Emotions". An inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, she is credited for inspiring several generations of pop and R&B artists, and for merging hip hop with pop music through her crossover collaborations.

       Carey's self-titled debut album was released under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola in 1990, and the two married in 1993. She gained further worldwide success with the albums Music Box (1993) and Daydream (1995). Their singles include "Hero", "Without You", "Fantasy", "Always Be My Baby", and "One Sweet Day", which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 decade-end chart (1990s) and was the longest running number one song of the decade. After separating from Mottola, Carey adopted a new urban image and incorporated more elements of hip hop with the album Butterfly(1997). She left Columbia in 2001 after eleven consecutive years of US number-one singles and signed a $100 million record deal with Virgin Records.

        Butterfly is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, released on September 10, 1997, by Columbia Records. The album contains both hip hop and urban adult contemporary sounds, as well as some softer and more contemporary melodies. Throughout the project, Carey worked with Walter Afanasieff, with whom she had written and produced most of the material from her previous albums. She also worked with many famed hip hop producers and rappers, such as Sean "Puffy" Combs, Q-Tip, Missy Elliott and the Trackmasters. With the latter acts producing most of the album, Butterfly deviated from the adult contemporary sound of Carey's previous albums.

       With Butterfly, Carey continued the transition that began with previous album, Daydream(1995), which pushed her further into the R&B and hip hop market and away from the pop background of her previous work. Carey was able to reflect her creative maturity and evolution in the album's writing and recording. Carey writes in the booklet of her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel(2009), that she considers Butterfly her magnum opus and a turning point in both her life and career.

Oh-oh, honey got me hooked on you (I like that)

Oh, oh

 

La da da da da da da da, da da (Yeah)

La da da da da da da da, la da da da da

La da da da da da da da, da da da da da

La da da da da da da da

La da da da da, da da da da

 

Oh honey, you can have me when you want me

If you simply ask me to be there

And you're the only one who makes me come runnin'

'Cause what you got is far beyond compare, oh

 

And it's just like honey

When your love comes over me

Oh baby, I've got a dependency

Always strung out for another taste of your honey

 

It's like honey when it washes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darlin', don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

 

Honey, I can't describe (La da da da da da)

How good it feels inside (La da da da da da)

Honey, I can't describe (La da da da da da)

How good it feels inside (La da da da da da)

 

I can't be elusive with you, honey

'Cause it's blatant that I'm feelin' you

And it's too hard for me to leave abruptly

'Cause you're the only thing I wanna do

 

And it's just like honey

When your love comes over me

Oh baby, I've got a dependency

Always strung out for another taste of your honey

 

It's like honey when it washes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darlin', don't you see?

 

(I can't wait for another)

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

 

Honey, I can't describe

How good it feels inside (Gotta have another taste)

Honey I can't describe (I gotta have you now, come on, baby)

(I need your honey right now) How good it feels inside

(Come sweet to me with your honey)

 

Every little thing you do (I like that)

Oh-oh, honey got me hooked on you

 

It's like honey when it washes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet (Oh sugar, you know)

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

(Oh, I need your love right now, baby)

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darlin', don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

(I need a taste of honey)

It's like honey when it rushes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darling, don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey

 

It's like honey when it rushes over me

You know sugar never ever was so sweet

And I'm dyin' for ya, cryin' for ya, I adore ya

One hit of your love addicted me

Now I'm strung out on you, darling, don't you see?

Every night and day

I can hardly wait for another taste of honey.