of Mariah Carey, such as the replacement of the horns on the demo in favor of an electric guitar. Composition The fourth song on the track list of Mariah Carey, "Someday" is the album's first up-tempo track. It is a dance-pop, new jack swing and R&B song, which lasts for a duration of four minutes, six seconds. "Someday" is set in common time and in the key of E major. Lyrically, it is about how Carey is "gleefully" waiting for bad karma to come to her ex-boyfriend who "dumped" her, which can be heard in the lyrics "Cause I know you'll soon discover / you're needing me in spite of all the others." Critical reception AllMusic writer Ashley S. Battel said it is "energetic". Pan-European magazine Music & Media described the song as "upbeat dance pop with a prominent role for Carey's joyous and confident vocals." To mark twenty-five years since the release of Mariah Carey in June 1990, Billboard writer Trevor Anderson wrote a track-by-track review of the album in June 2015. He noted that, being the fourth track on the track listing, it is the album's first up-tempo song and that is "beats new life" into it as a result. However, he felt that some of the rhythmic arrangements and the electric guitar solo during the bridge prevented "Someday" from sounding timeless. Another editor, Larry Flick commented, "One of the front-running pop divas of the '90s picks up the pace with this contagious, new jack-inflected popper that has already proven irresistible at pop radio." Release and remixes Included on the maxi single are the 'New 7" Jackswing,' the 'New 7" Straight', the 'New 12" Jackswing' and the 'Pianopercapella – New' mix, all of which were produced by Shep Pettibone, while "Alone in Love" was included as the B-side. "Alone in Love" was also written by Carey and Margulies, and produced by Rhett Lawrence. "Someday" has been included on many of Carey's compilation albums and greatest hits releases, including #1's (1998), Greatest Hits (2001), The Essential Mariah Carey (2011), and #1 to Infinity (2015). On July 24, 2020, along with the celebration of the 30th-anniversary of her album Mariah Carey, she released the song as an extended play, titled Someday EP, which contains the remixes from the US maxi single, as well as previously unreleased remixes, including the 'House Dub Version', the 'New Jack Dub Version' and the 'New