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"Honey" is a song written and produced by American singer . The title is both a reference to Semen and a term of endearment; throughout the song, the term is used as both and sexual references are plentiful. Examples are "And it's just like honey when your love comes over me", and "Honey I can't describe / How good it feels inside". It was released as the first single from ''Butterfly'' in 1997 (see 1997 In Music ) and became one of Carey's bigger hits, reaching number one in the United States and selling well elsewhere. It is best known for its Video , which presented a more sexual and less conservative image of her than had been previously seen. It also marked a musical transition in Carey's career, moving her away from Pop Music and further towards Hip Hop . "Honey" was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award s for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song , winning neither. CHART PERFORMANCE "Honey" was Carey's twelfth number-one single on the U.S. would sell well, but the song would only achieve average success on the radio. Her records became increasingly less successful on charts that were beginning to weigh airplay far more heavily than sales. "Honey" remained in the U.S. top forty for eighteen weeks, and was ranked thirty-second on the Hot 100 1997 year-end charts. "Honey" was a substantial hit outside the U.S., topping the Japan ese charts, and going top three in the United Kingdom , Canada , and Italy . Its success across most of Continental Europe , however, did not rival that of singles such as " Hero " (1993), " Without You " (1994) and "Fantasy". It peaked within the top ten in Australia . MUSIC VIDEO The best-known aspect of "Honey" was its Video , which changed Carey's public image. Carey had previously been dressed conservatively, as the " Girl Next Door ". Starting with "Honey" (directed by Paul Hunter ), she was seen in revealing clothing. The video was inspired by James Bond films and shot in Puerto Rico . It starts out with Carey in a revealing dress, being held prisoner. After escaping her captors via a swimming pool, she takes off her dress in the water to reveal a bikini, inspired by Bond Girl Honey Ryder 's famous white bikini in '' Dr. No '' (1962). Carey then dresses up into a Wetsuit and uses a Watercraft to evade her captors, who are also on watercraft. The video is intercut with sequences of Carey singing in a two-piece outfit on an island, and sequences involving her dancing with Sailor s. Carey's captors interrogate the sailors, but she is nowhere to be seen. The video ends with Carey frolicking around on a beach with Cuban-American male model David Fumero and her dog, Jack. The video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video . REMIXES Several remixes were commissioned for "Honey", most notably the "Bad Boy remix" and the "Classic mix", which both appear on Carey's remix compilation '' The Remixes '' (2003). The former is similar to the original version, but there is a new spoken intro from Carey in which she states, "I thought I told you, we won't stop". The string chords present in the original "Honey" are entirely excised from the Bad Boy remix, and it also features rapping by The Lox and Mase. The rap from Mase entirely replaces the second chorus of the song, while the Lox's parts replaces a section of the song's bridge. The song's main remix, "Honey (Bad Boy remix)", also has a music video, with additional sequences directed by Paul Hunter . Much of the footage of the video for this remix is from the original video, with the new sequences featuring Carey with Mase, the Lox, and Puff Daddy in a long beige tunnel flowing with water ("The Honey Tunnel"). During Mase's rap, Carey is rescued by Mase (rather than joining the sailors on the boat) as he lowers a rope into the ocean from his Helicopter . Another major hip-hop mix of the song was released: "Honey (So So Def mix)", produced by Jermaine Dupri and featuring raps from him and Da Brat . Carey re-recorded some of her vocals, but most lyrical and melodic structures are kept similar to the album version. The song uses a new sample from "It's Great to Be Here", originally performed by The Jackson 5 , but does not use "The Body Rock" from the album version and "Bad Boy" remix. The "So So Def" remix does use the sample of "Hey DJ", but in a different manner (the album version and Bad Boy remix use the piano Riff from "Hey DJ", while the "So So Def" remix uses the line "Hey JD, won't you play that song, keep them dancing, dancing all night"). David Morales created several dance remixes of the song, the most notable being "Honey (Classic mix)", and variations of this include "Honey (Def Club mix)", "Honey (Rascal dub)", and "Honey (Boss Anthem mix)". These give songwriting credit to the writers of "The Body Rock", although this is not sampled. Morales is also credited as a songwriter for the remixes, although they are relatively close to the original melodic and lyrical structure of the original song. AUDIO SAMPLES
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