- Emotions (Mariah Carey song)
Infobox Single
Name = Emotions
Artist =Mariah Carey
Album = Emotions
B-side = "Vanishing"
Released =August 13 1991 (U.S.)
Format =CD single , CD maxi single,cassette single , cassette maxi single, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, R&B,dance-pop
Length = 4:09
Label = Sony
Writer = Mariah Carey, David Cole,Robert Clivillés
Producer = David Cole, Robert Clivillés, Mariah Carey
Certification = Gold (RIAA, RIANZ)
Last single = "There's Got to Be a Way "
(1991)
This single = "Emotions"
(1991)
Next single = "Can't Let Go"
(1991)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Emotions
Type = studio
prev_track =
prev_no =
this_track = "Emotions"
track_no = 1
next_track = "And You Don't Remember"
next_no = 2Extra track listing
Album =MTV Unplugged EP
Type = live
prev_track =
prev_no =
this_track = "Emotions"
track_no = 1
next_track = "If It's Over"
next_no = 2Extra track listing
Album = #1's
Type = compilation
prev_track = "I'll Be There"
prev_no = 11
this_track = "Emotions"
track_no = 12
next_track = "I Don't Wanna Cry "
next_no = 13Extra track listing
Album = Greatest Hits (CD #1)
Type = compilation
prev_track = "I Don't Wanna Cry"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Emotions"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Can't Let Go"
next_no = 6Extra track listing
Album = The Remixes (CD #1)
Type = remix album
prev_track = "Dreamlover (So So Def Club Mix)"
prev_no = 7
this_track = "Emotions (12" Club Mix)"
track_no = 8
next_track = "Through the Rain (HQ2 Radio Edit)"
next_no = 9"Emotions" is a song written and produced by
Mariah Carey , and David Cole andRobert Clivillés of theC+C Music Factory , and recorded for Carey's second album "Emotions" (1991). It was released as the album's first single in the third quarter of 1991 in the United States and in the fourth quarter elsewhere (see1991 in music ). This disco-influenced dance song has its protagonist going through a variety of emotions, from high to low, up to the point where she declares "you got me feeling emotions" and sings high notes. Mariah has opened every one of her tours with this song until her2000 Rainbow World Tour , and has not performed it since.Background
Carey was sent to work with the
C+C Music Factory and they composed the song "You're So Cold", which became the first choice for the album's first single. However, a second session with the production team had them feeling in a lighter mood when "Emotions" was created and finally decided upon as the lead single.Music videos and remixes
The single's video, directed by
Jeff Preiss , features Carey and friends with exotic animals experiencing emotions while partying and having fun around town. The video was desaturated but still maintains various different color tints, which change from purple to green to red and so forth.David Cole and Robert Clivillés created the main remix of "Emotions" known as "Emotions" (12" club mix). Although Carey did not re-record her vocals for it, she added a new gospel-style intro before the song's dance portion. This new intro was used when she performed "Emotions" on "
MTV Unplugged " in 1992, as well as at some later concerts. A music video was created using the 12" club mix, but only slight changes in editing differentiate it from the video for the original version.Response
Critical
"Emotions" was nominated for the 1992
Grammy Award for "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance", losing to "Something to Talk About" byBonnie Raitt . It won a BMI Pop Award, continuing Carey's unbroken streak of wins for this award.Commercial
"Emotions" became Carey's fifth consecutive number-one hit on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 , giving her the distinction of being the first and to date only act to have their first five singles make number one on the Hot 100. (She had previously shared a record of four withThe Jackson 5 .)Fact|date=July 2008 It reached number one in its seventh week and spent three weeks at the top, fromOctober 6 toOctober 26 1991 . It replaced "Good Vibrations" byMarky Mark and the Funky Bunch featuringLoleatta Holloway , and was replaced byKaryn White 's "Romantic". It remained in the top forty for twenty weeks and was one of four singles from Carey on the Hot 100's 1991 year-end charts, ranking twenty-second. The song topped theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and became her second number one single on theHot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The RIAA certified it gold.Outside the U.S., it was Carey's most successful single since "
Vision of Love " (1990), the lead single from her debut album. It reached the top five inCanada andNew Zealand , and became her first single to reach theUnited Kingdom top twenty since her debut. It was even bigger inAustralia , where it just missed the top ten, but its success in continentalEurope was limited. It only reached number ninety onJapan 'sOricon chart, becoming one of her biggest failures there.Chart performance
Audio sample
multi-listen item
filename = MariahCareyEmotions(Live).ogg
title = Live recording of "Emotions"
description = From the EP "MTV Unplugged" (1992).|Track listings
*U.S. CD single (cassette single/7" single)
#"Emotions" (album version)
#"Vanishing" (album version)*U.S. CD maxi single (cassette maxi single/12" maxi single)
#"Emotions" (12" club mix)
#"Emotions" (12" instrumental)
#"Emotions" (album version)
#"There's Got to Be a Way " (12" mix)
#"There's Got to Be a Way" (vocal dub mix)*UK cassette single
#"Emotions" (album version)
#"Vanishing" (album version)*UK maxi single
#"Emotions" (album version)
#"Vanishing" (album version)
#"Vision Of Love" (album version)Remixes and other versions
*Emotions [Album Version] - 4:11
*Emotions [C+C Club Mix Edit] - 5:51
*Emotions [C+C Club No.1 Mix] - 7:45
*Emotions [C+C Hardcore Factory Mix] - 8:16
*Emotions [Special Motion Edit] - 5:17
*Emotions [C+C 12 Inch Original Promo Remix] - 7:15
*Emotions [Club Mix] - 8:32Fan Remixes
*Emotions [Discotech Mix] - 6:35
*Emotions [Erpy's Take Me Higher Mix] - 3:58
*Emotions [Johnny Vicious Club Mix] - 8:32
*Emotions [Jbal Version 7 Inch Edit] - 6:33
*Emotions [ShCooL 1992 Mix] - 3:19ee also
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Hot 100 number-one hits of 1991 (USA) External links
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