Almost Home (Mariah Carey song)

"Almost Home"
Single by Mariah Carey
from the album Oz the Great and Powerful soundtrack
ReleasedFebruary 19, 2013 (2013-02-19)
Recorded2013
StudioRoc the Mic Studios, New York City
Genre
Length3:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Mariah Carey singles chronology
"Triumphant (Get 'Em)"
(2012) 		"Almost Home"
(2013) 		"#Beautiful"
(2013)
Music video
"Almost Home" on Youtube.com

"Almost Home" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It is the main track from the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures film Oz the Great and Powerful. Commissioned by Disney, Simone Porter, Justin Gray, and Lindsey Ray wrote the bulk of the record. When Carey signed on to sing the song, she and Stargate's Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen would later change it a bit and ultimately, complete it. On February 6, 2013, it was announced that Mariah Carey had recorded the song for the Disney film with production team Stargate, and that it would be released through digital download on February 19, 2013.

The song delivers an inspirational message, "Almost Home" has received generally favorable reviews from music critics, many of whom praised the vocal performance of Carey, calling it a "return" to her sound of the 1990s after the lukewarm reviews given to her recent releases, including "Triumphant (Get 'Em)" (2012). Following the announcement of the single, it was revealed that Carey had recorded an accompanying music video for it with David LaChapelle. The video premiered on March 8, 2013, the same day Oz the Great and Powerful was released theatrically.

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