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    Divine Emotions

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    This article is about the song. For the album, see Divine Emotion.
    "Divine Emotions"
    Single by Narada Michael Walden
    from the album Divine Emotion
    B-side"Tighter"
    ReleasedMarch 14, 1988
    GenreR&B, funk
    Length5:13 (album version)
    4:12 (single mix)
    8:48 (12" version)
    4:27 (Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack version)
    LabelReprise Records
    Songwriter(s)Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
    Producer(s)Narada Michael Walden

    "Divine Emotions" is a 1988 single by Narada Michael Walden, from the album Divine Emotion. A successful producer, Walden billed himself as Narada for his later music releases. After producing acts like Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston in the mid-1980s, Walden released "Divine Emotions," in 1988. The single went to number one on the Billboard dance club play chart for one week.[1] Although the single did not chart on the Hot 100, it peaked at number twenty-one on the soul singles chart.[2] Overseas, "Divine Emotions", was a Top Ten hit in the UK, peaking at #8, and in the Netherlands, peaking at #4 in the Dutch Top40.[3]

    Use in media

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    • The song was featured in the 1988 film, Bright Lights, Big City.
    • The song was also on the soundtrack for the video game Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City.
    • The instrumental for the song was used as the original theme to the Canadian dance music show Electric Circus

    Personnel

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    • Narada Michael Walden: lead vocals, songwriter, producer, arranger, Simmons drums
    • Jeffrey Cohen: songwriter
    • David Sancious: Fairlight keyboards
    • Walter "Baby Love" Afanasieff: Roland Juno keyboards
    • Robert "Bongo Bob" Smith: drum sampling, percussion programming
    • Randy "The King" Jackson: Spector bass guitar
    • Corrado Rustici: Jackson MIDI guitar solo
    • Marc Russo: saxophone
    • Claytoven Richardson: background vocals

    Track listings

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    7": Reprise (US)/ 9 27967-7

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    1. "Divine Emotions (Single Mix)" - 4:12 ^
    2. "Tighter" - 5:08

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    12": Reprise (US)/ 0-20874

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    1. "Divine Emotions (Remix)" - 8:48 ^
    2. "Divine Emotions (Dub Mix)" - 7:45
    3. "Divine Emotions (Single Mix)" - 4:12 ^
    4. "Tighter" - 5:08

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    3 Inch CD Single: Reprise (Europe)/ 920 955-2, W 7967 CD

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    1. "Divine Emotions (Remix)" - 8:48 ^
    2. "Divine Emotions (Single Mix)"- 4:12 ^
    3. "Tighter" - 5:08

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    ^Remix created by Shep Pettibone

    Charts

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    References

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    1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 274.
    2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 606.
    3. ^ "Narada - Divine Emotions".
    4. ^ "Narada – Divine Emotions (1988, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1988.
    5. ^ "Narada – Divine Emotions (1988, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1988.
    6. ^ "Narada – Divine Emotions (1988, CD)". Discogs. 1988.
    7. ^ "Narada – Divine Emotions" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
    8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 1988" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
    9. ^ "Narada – Divine Emotions" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
    10. ^ "Narada Michael Walden: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
    11. ^ "Narada Michael Walden Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
    12. ^ "Narada Michael Walden Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
    13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Narada – Divine Emotions" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
    14. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 1988". Ultratop. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
    15. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1988". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
    16. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1988". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
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