Emotion in Motion (song)

"Emotion in Motion"
"Emotion in Motion"
Single by Ric Ocasek
from the album This Side of Paradise
B-side	"P.F.J."
Released	1986
Genre	New wave, rock
Length	4:40
Label	Geffen Records (28617)
Songwriter(s)	Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)	Ric Ocasek, Chris Hughes, Ross Cullum
Ric Ocasek singles chronology

"Emotion in Motion" is a song by Ric Ocasek, the main songwriter and lead vocalist for The Cars. It was featured on his second solo album, This Side of Paradise, and released as a single in late 1986. The tune topped the Album Rock Tracks chart and reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has Tears For Fears' frontman Roland Orzabal as a guest musician. It was Ocasek's only top 40 hit as a solo artist.^[1]

Background[]

Ocasek was a founding member, lead singer and principal songwriter of the new wave rock band The Cars. Following the group's 1985 Greatest Hits release, its members split up to pursue solo projects. Lead guitarist Elliot Easton released a solo album in 1985, and both Ocasek and singer/bassist Benjamin Orr did the same in 1986.^[2] Just as "Emotion in Motion" was Ocasek's only solo song to reach the Top 40, Orr's "Stay the Night" was the latter's only solo Top 40 hit.^[1]

The band reunited to record 1987's Door to Door, which produced "You Are the Girl", the group's last Top 40 single.^[1]

Charts[]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	8
New Zealand Singles Chart	35
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	15
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	8
U.S. Billboard Top Rock Tracks	1

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
^ "The Cars: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1986". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

[Whitburn-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.

[allmusicCarsBio-2] "The Cars: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved September 22, 2010.

[3] "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1986". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2017.

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