Never Forget You

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"Never Forget You"

Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Music Box
Released	February 22, 1994 (U.S.)
Format	CD single, CD maxi single, cassette single, cassette maxi single, 7" single, 12" maxi single
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	3:46
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Mariah Carey, Babyface
Producer(s)	Babyface, Mariah Carey, Daryl Simmons
Chart positions
#3 (U.S.) — with "Without You"
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Hero" (1993)	"Without You"/"Never Forget You" (1994)	"Anytime You Need a Friend" (1994)

"Never Forget You" is a song written by American singer Mariah Carey and Babyface, and produced by Carey, Babyface and Daryl Simmons for Carey's fourth album Music Box (1993). Its protagonist addresses someone she will never see again, lamenting that it is now too late to say what she wanted to. It was released as the third single from Music Box in the first quarter of 1994 (see 1994 in music), as a double A-side with a cover of Badfinger's "Without You".

At the time of the single's release, Billboard magazine's rules allowed double-sided singles to chart together as one entry. The single which would pick up most airplay/sales for the respective chart would be listed as the A-side. On the U.S. pop charts, including the Hot 100, "Without You" was listed as the A-side. It reached number three on the Hot 100 and remained in the top forty for twenty-one weeks.

The R&B charts were the opposite, with "Never Forget You" being listed as the A-side. Unlike "Without You", no video was commissioned for the song. It reached the top ten on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart primarily because of its sales, and the RIAA certified it gold.

Jermaine Dupri created several R&B remixes of the song, and they are included on its maxi-single release. A radio edit and an extended version take away Babyface's production on the original version and leave Carey's vocals intact over a new, pulsating synthetic R&B rhythm.

There was no music video commissioned for the album version or any of the remixes making it Carey's first commercially released single not to be accompanied by a video.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ¹	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks ²	7
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ³	2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 ³	9
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary ³	4