Emotion in Motion (song)

Not to be confused with Emotions in Motion (song).
"Emotion in Motion"
Single by Ric Ocasek
from the album This Side of Paradise
B-side"P.F.J."
Released1986
GenrePop rock
Length4:41
LabelGeffen Records
Songwriter(s)Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)Ric Ocasek • Chris Hughes • Ross Cullum
Ric Ocasek singles chronology
"Connect Up to Me"
(1983) 		"Emotion in Motion"
(1986) 		"True to You"
(1986)

"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 features 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 music video features Ocasek in a forest with an unconscious young woman. He slays a dragon to obtain a potion which successfully revives her, and is followed by a little person on the journey.

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

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Emotion in Motion"
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 8
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 35
US Billboard Hot 100 15
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 8
US Top Rock Tracks (Billboard) 1

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "Emotion in Motion"
Chart (1986) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 95

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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.
  4. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1986". Kent Music Report. No. 650. December 1986. Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Imgur.