Forever (Mariah Carey song)

"Forever"
International standard artwork, also used for US promotional material
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Daydream
B-side	"Underneath the Stars"
Released	June 18, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Pop
Length	4:00
Label	Columbia
Composer(s)	Mariah Carey Walter Afanasieff
Lyricist(s)	Mariah Carey
Producer(s)	Walter Afanasieff Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Always Be My Baby" (1996) "Forever" (1996) "Underneath the Stars" (1996)
Music video
"Mariah Carey - Forever (Live Video Version)" on YouTube

"Forever" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter, and record producer Mariah Carey for her fifth studio album, Daydream (1995). It was released by Columbia Records on June 18, 1996, as an airplay-only single and the fifth single from the album. The song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, and was composed throughout 1995. Its lyrics describe a situation where the protagonist knows her relationship with her lover has withered away, however he will continue living in her memory forever.

The song's music video is a collage of snippets from Carey's shows at the Tokyo Dome, during her Daydream World Tour in 1996. Most of the video is the performance of the song during one of the three Japanese shows on the tour. Serving as an airplay only song in the US, and a limited release around the world, the song received a well amount of chart success specifically in the U.S.. In the United States, Billboard rules did not allow the charting of non-commercially released songs. For this reason, it did not chart on the Hot 100, however peaking at number two on the Adult Contemporary chart. Outside the US, the song peaked at number 11 in Canada, 40 in New Zealand and 44 in the Netherlands.