Whitney Houston – So Emotional (UK CD Single)

September 11, 2009 at 1:00 AM | Posted in Whitney Houston | 3 Comments
Tags: Michael Masser, Narada Michael Walden, Shep Pettibone, Whitney Houston

“So Emotional” is a song recorded by American pop/ R&B singer Whitney Houston. It was the third single from her second album Whitney, and was released in November 1987. The song was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly , who also penned Madonna‘s “Like a Virgin” and Linda Ronstadt‘s “How Do I Make You”, and produced by Narada Michael Walden.

At this time Houston already had a string of five consecutive number-one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. “So Emotional” went to the #1 position as well, giving her six consecutive number-one singles; putting her in a three-way tie with The Beatles and The Bee Gees. It became the first number-one of 1988, eventually receiving gold certification. The single remained in the Top 40 for fourteen weeks, and also reached number one on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart.”So Emotional” was ranked sixth on The Billboard Hot 100 year-end charts (1988).

In the United Kingdom the song peaked at #5 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1987 and remained in the chart for 11 weeks. Elsewhere the single performed moderately well reaching twenty-one in France, twenty-six in Australia and thirty in Switzerland.

Single Information:

This CD single features only the extended remix of the title track as opposed to the US promo CD single, but it has two tracks otherwise unavailable on CD to my knowledge:

• A live version of “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”, recorded during Houston’s successful 1987–1988 Moment of Truth World Tour. It was used as promo video for the single, and played on MTV, VH1, and BET. The performance is from a Saratoga Springs, New York date.

• An edited version of “For The Love Of You”. Originally, this was going to be the second single from Whitney, but Arista Records decided to release “Didn’t We Almost Have It All” instead. Read more about it here.

Label:

Arista/BMG

Catalog Number:

RISCD 43 / 659 477

Track Listing and Details:

1. So Emotional (Extended Remix) (7:51)

produced by Narada Michael Walden. remix by Shep Pettibone. edited by Shep Pettibone and Junior Vasquez.

2. Didn’t We Almost Have It All (Live Version) (6:28)

produced by Michael Masser, mix engineer David Frazer

3. For The Love Of You (4:32)

produced by Narada Michael Walden

Rip Information:

Source: CD

Format: mp3

Bitrate: 320 kbps

Whitney Houston – So Emotional (UK CD Single)

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