Divine Emotions

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"Divine Emotions"
Single by Narada Michael Walden
from the album Divine Emotion
B-side "Tighter"
ReleasedMarch 14, 1988
Genre R&B, funk
Length5:13(album version)
4:12 (single mix)
8:48 (12" version)
4:27 (Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack version)
Label Reprise Records
Songwriters Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen
Producer 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 number 8, in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Flanders region of Belgium.

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Critical reception

A review in pan-European magazine Music & Media described "Divine Emotions" an "appealing pop/disco in a festive production". [3]

Use in media

The song was featured in the 1988 film, Bright Lights, Big City and 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

Track listings

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

^Remix by Shep Pettibone

Charts

References

  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. ↑ "Previews – Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 5, no. 19. 7 May 1988. p. 19. OCLC   29800226 . Retrieved 14 November 2025– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ "Narada – Divine Emotions" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 5, no. 22. 28 May 1988. p. 24-25. OCLC   29800226 . Retrieved 14 November 2025– via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ "European Airplay Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 5, no. 24. 11 June 1988. p. 25. OCLC   29800226 . Retrieved 14 November 2025– via World Radio History.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Divine Emotions". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Playlist Report: RAI - Italy" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 5, no. 23. 4 June 1988. p. 5.
  9. ↑ "Radio Luxembourg Singles". umdmusic.com. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 1988" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Narada – Divine Emotions" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Narada Michael Walden: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Narada Michael Walden Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Narada Michael Walden Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Narada – Divine Emotions" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1988". Ultratop. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  17. ↑ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1988". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1988". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
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