Sweetheart (song)

"Sweetheart" is a song written by Rainy Davis and Peter Kessler and recorded by Davis. The song reached #24 on the US R&B chart in 1986. It was later covered by Jermaine Dupri and Mariah Carey.

Jermaine Dupri featuring Mariah Carey version

Infobox Single
Name = Sweetheart


Artist = Jermaine Dupri featuring Mariah Carey
from Album = Life in 1472 and #1's
Released = 1998
Format = CD single (non-U.S.)
Recorded =
Genre = R&B, Hip hop
Length = 4:24 (Album/Single Version)
Label = Sony
Writer =
Producer = Jermaine Dupri, Mariah Carey
Last single =
This single =
Next single =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Jermaine Dupri
Type = singles
Last single = "With Me"
(1998)
This single = "Sweetheart"
(1998)
Next single = "The Party Continues"
(1998)Extra chronology
Artist = Mariah Carey
Type = singles
Last single = "Whenever You Call"
(1998)
This single = "Sweetheart"
(1998)
Next single = "When You Believe"
(1998)Extra track listing
Album = #1's
Type = compilation
prev_track =
prev_no =
this_track = "Sweetheart"
track_no = 1
next_track = "When You Believe"
next_no = 2Extra track listing
Album = Greatest Hits (CD #2)
Type = compilation
prev_track = "My All"
prev_no = 7
this_track = "Sweetheart"
track_no = 8
next_track = "When You Believe"
next_no = 9Extra track listing
Album = The Remixes (CD #2)
Type = remix
prev_track = "Heartbreaker (Remix)"
prev_no = 8
this_track = "Sweetheart"
track_no = 9
next_track = "Crybaby"
next_no = 10

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) [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1426950/19980812/story.jhtml News - Articles - 1426950 - 19980812 ] ] 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.

Remixes and Other Versions

*Sweetheart [Album Version] 4:24
*Sweetheart [The Dance] 6:20
*Sweetheart [The Story] 3:45
*Sweetheart [Lil John Remix] 4:33

Charts

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