SAMANTHA SANG
Emotion
(Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb)
USA 1977
#3 USA #11 UK #1 Sydney #3 Melbourne #5 Brisbane #2 Adelaide #1 Perth #1 NZ

Original version

Single on Private Stock label by Australian singer from Melbourne, previously known as Cheryl Gray. More details at You Made Me What I Am by Cheryl Gray.

Emotion was recorded in Miami, produced and stylistically influenced by its co-writer Barry Gibb of The Bee Gees, who also sang harmonies on the record.

Further reading: Joseph Brennan's Gibb Songs (1977) which gives background and session personnel.

Later versions:

JOHNNY MATHIS
Emotion
(Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb)
USA 1978
Later version

On You Light Up My Life, a 1978 album by the enduring romantic pop and jazz singer (b. 1935). Also on the album is a version of The Bee Gees hit How Deep Is Your Love.
THE BEE GEES
Emotion
(Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb)
USA 2001
Later version

Recorded by Barry and Robin Gibb in 1994 but unreleased until 2001 on Their Greatest Hits: The Record.

Reference: Joseph Brennan's Gibb Songs (1994).
Further reading: Review of Their Greatest Hits: The Record by Jose F. Promis at All Music Guide.
Thanks to Terry Stacey for version alert.
DESTINY'S CHILD
Emotion
(Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb)
USA 2001
Later version
#10 USA #3 UK #23 Perth

On 2001 album Survivor by contemporary R&B group from Texas featuring foundation member Beyonce Knowles.

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