Carey (song)

"Carey"
Single by Joni Mitchell
from the album Blue
B-side"This Flight Tonight"
Released1971
Recorded1971
GenreFolk rock, soft rock[1]
Length3:00
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Joni Mitchell
Producer(s)Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell singles chronology
"Big Yellow Taxi"
(1970) 		"Carey"
(1971) 		"California"
(1971)
Official Audio
"Carey" on YouTube

"Carey" is a song from the 1971 Joni Mitchell album Blue. It was inspired by her time spent with Cary Raditz, living with a cave-dwelling hippie community at Matala, on the Greek island of Crete.

Background

In early 1970, Mitchell's relationship with Graham Nash had recently ended, and she decided to fly to Greece for a break, with a female friend. Mitchell's European travels, which also encompassed France and Spain, were intended as a "time out" from her increasing fame and fortune in the music business. After a few days in Athens the two friends traveled to Crete, rented a car and drove to Matala on the south coast of the island. There, Mitchell met a red-haired cane-carrying American, Cary Raditz,[2][3] who was working as a cook at the Mermaid café (now the site of the Petra & Votsalo restaurant).[4] She wrote the first version of "Carey" in Matala, for Raditz's 24th birthday. After about two months, she and Raditz traveled to Athens together, but Mitchell then flew alone to Paris, where she wrote "California", referring to Raditz as a "red, red rogue", and on returning to the U.S. completed "Carey" together with other songs for the Blue album.[2]

Although the song was sometimes rumoured to be about fellow singer-songwriter James Taylor, who plays guitar on some Blue tracks (although not on "Carey" itself) and with whom Mitchell had a brief affair, Mitchell stated publicly that the "Carey" in question was Cary Raditz. References to the village of Matala and the al fresco hippie lifestyle abound in the song lyrics. Mitchell frequently introduced live performances of "Carey" by recounting anecdotes about Raditz and their Cretan adventures.[5][6]

In November 2014, The Wall Street Journal published interviews by Marc Myers with Mitchell[7] and Raditz,[8][9] about the background to the song. Mitchell said that she "latched on to Cary because he seemed fierce and kept the crowd off my back... I enjoyed Cary's company, and his audacity....[h]e was a bit of a scoundrel." Raditz said that his "cane" had in fact been a discarded shepherd's crook, and commented: "I liked Joni a lot and didn't like losing her company. But on the road, you already know the friendships you develop are short-lived. That's built into the experience."[2]

Recording and release

While in Europe, Mitchell taught herself to play the Appalachian dulcimer, which was to become a feature of her musical output in the following years. Her dulcimer skills were first showcased on Blue and in particular the original recording of "Carey", which also features Stephen Stills on bass and acoustic guitar. "Carey" was released as a single, debuting at number 93 on the Billboard Chart on September 4, 1971 and lasting just one week; nevertheless, it remains one of Mitchell's most enduring and popular songs.

In 1971 Record World called it "a tune that others are sure to record."[10]

Personnel

According to the liner notes:[11]

Albums

"Carey" appears on two Joni Mitchell greatest hits albums – Hits (1996) and Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell (2004).

Mitchell herself performed a different interpretation of Carey on her 1974 live album Miles of Aisles. Backed by jazz band Tom Scott & The LA Express, and recorded at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, this reggae/ska version has been criticised by Stephen Davis in Rolling Stone, who went so far as to say that the song was "murdered".[12]

Cover versions

In 1972, actress Goldie Hawn recorded her version of the song for her album Goldie (Warner MS 2061).[13] Kiki Dee issued a live version of the song on her 1995 album Almost Naked.[14] At the televised 2000 tribute concert to Mitchell, held at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, the song was performed by Cyndi Lauper.[15]

At the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize concert in 2023 honoring Mitchell,[16] Carey was performed by Marcus Mumford as the opening number, with Raditz in attendance in the audience.

Charts

Chart performance for "Carey"
Chart (1971) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[17] 27
US Billboard Hot 100[18] 93
US Cash Box Top 100[19] 92

References

  1. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, David Greenwald | The (April 3, 2014). "The top 10 '70s soft-rock seduction ballads (playlist)". OregonLive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c Myers, Marc (2016). Anatomy of a Song. Grove Press. pp. 191–201. ISBN 978-1-61185-525-8.
  3. ^ Kate Mossman (December 17, 2021). "'I didn't want anyone to know it was me': on being Joni Mitchell's 'Carey'". New Statesman. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  4. ^ Nigel Summerley, "Greece: bailout, austerity… and success", The Oldie, 21 August 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2020
  5. ^ Gonzalez, Grisel (2007). "Lyric Glossary: "Mermaid Cafe"". JoniMitchell.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  6. ^ Ray (February 26, 2006). "Matala and Joni Mitchell". Crete: The Island in the Wine Dark Sea. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. ^ Marc Myers, "Joni Mitchell on the Muse Behind ‘Carey’", The Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2014.
  8. ^ Marc Myers, "When Joni Mitchell Met Cary Raditz, Her ‘Mean Old Daddy’", The Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "Joni Mitchell Library – When Joni Mitchell Met Cary Raditz, Her 'Mean Old Daddy': Wall Street Journal, November 11, 2014". jonimitchell.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "Single Product" (PDF). Record World. August 7, 1971. p. 12. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  11. ^ Blue (LP liner notes). Joni Mitchell. US: Reprise Records. 1971. MS 2038.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ Davis, Stephen (February 13, 1975). "Miles of Aisles – Joni Mitchell". Superseventies.com. Retrieved August 25, 2015 – via Rolling Stone.
  13. ^ "Goldie Hawn, Goldie Album Review". starpulse.com. Retrieved September 13, 2009.
  14. ^ "Kiki Dee - Almost Naked Kiki Dee Live". Discogs. October 1995.
  15. ^ "Joni Mitchell – A Chronology of Appearances". jonimitchell.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  16. ^ "Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize". PBS.
  17. ^ "RPM Top Singles - Volume 16, No. 3". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
  18. ^ "Joni Mitchell Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  19. ^ "Cash Box Top 100" (PDF). Cash Box. August 28, 1971. p. 4. Retrieved July 16, 2024.

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