Cheryl Lau Sang performed under two stage names: As a teenager as ‘Cheryl Gray’, then from 1969 as ‘Samantha Sang’.
Single:
Emotion entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 December 1977 and peaked at #2. It was #20 on the Top 100 of 1978.
Album:
The song is on Emotion which entered the Australian albums chart* on 27 March 1978 and peaked at #35.
Songwriters:
Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
Producers:
Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Record label of Australian release:
Private Stock
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
This disco-era ballad explores the devastating feelings that come with the end of a relationship when you are heartbroken, and wonder what your lover is doing now.
Emotion was written by Barry and Robin Gibb for the film Saturday Night Fever but was not used in the movie. It does appear in the 1978 Joan Collins film The Stud. The three Gibb brothers provide backup vocals on Samantha Sang’s recording. The Bee Gees released their own version on their 1991 retrospective-plus The Record.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/samantha-sang/emotion
Wikipedia:
As a teenager, Australian singer Cheryl Lau Sang performed under the stage name Cheryl Gray, before adopting the name she is more widely known as, Samantha Sang, in 1969. Cheryl first received nationwide recognition in Australia in 1967, after releasing the top ten single You Made Me What I Am.
By 1969, Cheryl relocated to the United Kingdom, where she worked with the Bee Gees, before returning to Australia in 1975. She reconnected with the Bee Gees in 1977 and had an international hit with their song Emotion.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Sang
Lyrics:
It’s over and done
But the heartache lives on inside
And who’s the one you’re clinging to
Instead of me tonight
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