Do You Know Where You’re Going To (Theme from Mahogany)

Track 19 on #1's

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Nov. 17, 19981 viewer

Do You Know Where You’re Going To (Theme from Mahogany) Lyrics

[Chorus 1]
Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?

[Chorus 2]
Do you get what you're hoping for
When you look behind you, there's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know?

[Verse 1]
Once we were standing still in time
Chasing the fantasies that filled our minds
You knew how I loved you but my spirit was free
Laughin' at the questions that you once asked of me

[Chorus 1]
Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?

[Verse 2]
Now looking back on all we've planned
We let so many dreams slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long before we see (Before we see)
How sad the answer to those questions can be?

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[Chorus 1]
Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?

[Chorus 2]
Do you get what you're hoping for?
When you look behind you, there's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know, baby?

[Outro]
Mmm, mmm
Mmm, mmm, mmm
Baby
Mmm

About

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“Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To?)” is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin, and recorded first by American singer Thelma Houston in 1973, and most notably by Diana Ross as the theme to the 1975 Motown/Paramount film Mahogany.

Mariah Carey covered the song in 1998 and intended to release it as the fourth single from the #1’s album but it was not included on the american version due to Jennifer Lopez covering it on her debut album On the 6 and intending to release it as a single as well.

Sony felt it that it wasn’t right to have two artists covering and releasing the same song as a single at the same time. Both of them ended up not releasing the song after all.

It was later included on international pressings of M’s #1’s album and issued as a promotional single in Brazil and some parts of Europe during June.