▁developing ▁new ▁ideas ▁for ▁Day d ream , ▁she ▁thought ▁of ▁the ▁song ▁" Gen ius ▁of ▁Love " ▁by ▁Tom ▁Tom ▁Club . ▁She ▁had ▁always ▁been ▁a ▁fan ▁of ▁the ▁song , ▁and ▁presented ▁Dave ▁Hall ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁sampling ▁the ▁song ' s ▁hook . ▁Hall ▁incorpor ated ▁a ▁gro ove ▁that ▁he ▁felt ▁compl iment ed ▁Care y ' s ▁voice , ▁while ▁she ▁composed ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁be ats ▁and ▁wrote ▁the ▁lyr ics . ▁Care y ▁recorded ▁a ▁rem ix ▁to ▁the ▁song ▁as ▁well , ▁featuring ▁hip - h op ▁vers es ▁from ▁O . D . B ▁of ▁the ▁Wu - T ang ▁Cl an , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁production ▁from ▁P uff y . ▁She ▁spoke ▁highly ▁of ▁the ▁rem ix , ▁compl iment ing ▁P uff y ▁and ▁O . D . B , ▁" He ' s ▁so ▁known ▁in ▁the ▁street , ▁and ▁he ' s ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁people ▁out ▁there ... we ▁kind ▁of ▁did ▁what ▁we ▁both ▁do ▁and ▁having ▁O . D . B ▁took ▁it ▁to ▁another ▁level . ▁He ▁was ▁my ▁ult imate ▁choice , ▁so ▁I ▁was ▁really ▁happy ▁with ▁the ▁way ▁it ▁turned ▁out ." ▁" One ▁S weet ▁Day " ▁was ▁a ▁song ▁that ▁Care y ▁wrote ▁with ▁the ▁R & B ▁group ▁Bo yz ▁II ▁Men . ▁After ▁Care y ' s ▁friend ▁and ▁past ▁collabor ator ▁David ▁Cole ▁died , ▁she ▁began ▁writing ▁and ▁developing ▁a ▁song