Mariah Carey - Almost Home (News)

"Almost Home" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey. It is the main track from the 2013 Disney film Oz the Great and Powerful, and was written by Carey along with Simone Porter, Justin Gray, Lindsey Ray, and Tor Erik Hermansen, and Mikkel Eriksen. On February 6, 2013, it was announced that Carey had recorded a song for the film with production team Stargate, and that it would be released through digital download on February 19, 2013. A pop and electropop song with 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 hit theaters...