Emma (Hot Chocolate song)
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| "Emma" | ||||
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| Single by Hot Chocolate | ||||
| from the album Cicero Park | ||||
| B-side | "Makin’ Music" (UK) "A Love Like Yours" (US) |
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| Released | 25 February 1974 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Soul | |||
| Length | 3:52 | |||
| Label | RAK, Big Tree (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Errol Brown, Tony Wilson | |||
| Producer(s) | Mickie Most | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Emma" (TopPop, 1974) on YouTube | ||||
"Emma" is a 1974 song by the British soul band Hot Chocolate. Written by band members Errol Brown (vocals) and Tony Wilson (music), the song address themes of suicide, early death and lost childhood. Brown's lyrics celebrate his recently passed mother. Their rawness was developed after the producer Mickie Most asked him for further "depth and darkness".[1]
Emma reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and number 8 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Contents
Lyrics
The song details the love of the (nameless) singer and a girl called Emmalene from the age of five, through a wedding at 17 until her suicide at an unspecified later date. Emma it seems wanted to be a "movie queen" but could never find the breaks and eventually kills herself because "I just can't keep on living on dreams no more."
Chart history
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Sales/shipments |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[13] | Silver | 250,000 |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone |
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Cover versions
- Earth Quake recorded a cover version for their 1977 album, Leveled.
- The Sisters of Mercy started performing the song live in 1983. The studio version was released on the b-side of the 12" version of their 1988 single, "Dominion", and on the 2006 re-release of the album, Floodland. A much-bootlegged alternate version from a 1984 John Peel radio session was officially released in 2021 on the "BBC Sessions 1982–1984" compilation.
- Urge Overkill recorded a version for 1990 Touch and Go Records release, The Supersonic Storybook.
References
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- ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Emma". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 27 July 1974
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- ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 26, 1975
- ↑ Australian-charts.com
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External links
- Articles with hatnote templates targeting a nonexistent page
- Singlechart usages for Ireland2
- Singlechart called without artist
- Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom
- Hot Chocolate (band) songs
- 1974 songs
- 1974 singles
- 1975 singles
- Songs about suicide
- Songs written by Errol Brown
- Song recordings produced by Mickie Most
- The Sisters of Mercy songs
- Urge Overkill songs
- Big Tree Records singles
- RAK Records singles
- Teenage tragedy songs
- Songs written by Tony Wilson (musician)
