Sweetheart (song)

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"Sweetheart" is a song written by Rainy Davis and Peter Kessler and recorded by Davis. The song's protagonist identifies his/her "sweetheart", and explores how they achieve a storybook romance. It was later covered by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey.

1 Rainy Davis version
2 Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey version
- 2.1 Charts
3 Notes

[edit] Rainy Davis version

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Rainy Davis - Sweetheart Label: Columbia Records Catalog#: BCT 40635 Format: CD,Vynl,& Cassette Country: US / Japan Released: 1987 Genre: R&B Style: Electro, Synth-pop, R&B Credits: Producer - Pete Warner / Rainy Davis Notes: Produced by Rainy Davis with co-producers listed: Amir Bayyan, Melvin "Wah-Wah' Ragin, Bert DeCoteaux.

[edit] Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey version

"Sweetheart"

Single by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey
from the album Life in 1472
Released	1998
Format	CD single (non-U.S.)
Genre	R&B
Length	4:24
Label	Sony
Writer(s)	Denise Kessler, Peter Kessler
Producer(s)	Jermaine Dupri, Mariah Carey
Chart positions
#15 (Germany) #34 (Japan)
Jermaine Dupri singles chronology
"Money Ain't a Thang" (1998)	"Sweetheart" (1998)	"The Party Continues" (1998)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Whenever You Call" (1998)	"Sweetheart" (1998)	"When You Believe" (1998)

Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey co-produced their cover of the song for Dupri's debut album Life in 1472, and it was also included on Carey's compilation album #1's. It was scheduled for release as the second single from Life in 1472 in 1998 (see 1998 in music) and was meant to be given full single treatment, with the manufacturing of commercial CD singles and CD maxi singles (among other single formats). Sony retracted the commercial single at the last minute, and it was never officially released. Some retail outlets received the commercial singles, and many of them were sold. Most stores gave them away free, or as free extras with the Life in 1472 or #1's albums. Many were still left, and Amazon.com controversially sold them for a while from January 2000.

"Sweetheart" was only given a commercial release in parts of central Europe and Asia, where it garnered minor success and reached the top twenty in most markets. The commercial single was originally scheduled for release in the U.S. before the eligibility rules for the Billboard Hot 100 chart were changed to allow album cuts to chart. Following the change of rules for the Hot 100, the rules for the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart were changed as well, to allow airplay-only songs that were "bubbling under", or had not yet entered the Hot 100, to chart there. "Sweetheart" began to receive radio and video airplay in autumn 1998, and on the first week of the rule change and at the end of its run as a promotional single, it entered the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at twenty-five and remained on the chart for one week. Another example of a song that peaked low on the chart near the end of its run due to the rule change was Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn", which had a long run at number one on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.

The single's video, directed by Hype Williams, shows Dupri and Carey in various locations ranging from a modern Spanish art museum (the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao)^[1] to a secluded beach and an exclusive nightclub. The song's theme of having a "sweetheart" runs throughout the video. Carey and Dupri re-recorded their vocals for a remix of the song, known as "Sweetheart (The Story)", which features more raps by Dupri and fewer vocals by Carey. Lil Jon, Mark Picchiotti, and the Latin remixer known as M also created remixes of the song.

[edit] Charts

A scene from the music video.

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles	25
Netherland Mega Top 100 Singles	14
Germany Singles Chart	15
Switzerland Top 50 Singles	18
Tokio Hot 100	34
Sweden Top 60 Singles	44