Emma (Hot Chocolate song)

This article is about the Hot Chocolate song. For the Little River Band song of the same name, see Emma (Little River Band song).
"Emma"
Single by Hot Chocolate
from the album Cicero Park
B-side"Makin’ Music" (UK)
"A Love Like Yours" (US)
Released25 February 1974 (1974-02-25)
GenreBritish soul[1]
Length3:52
LabelRAK, Big Tree (US)
Songwriter(s)Errol Brown, Tony Wilson
Producer(s)Mickie Most
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"Rumours"
(1973) 		"Emma"
(1974) 		"Changing World"
(1974)
Music video
"Emma" (TopPop, 1974) on YouTube

"Emma" is a 1974 song by the British soul band Hot Chocolate. Written by band members Errol Brown (vocals) and Tony Wilson (music), the song address themes of suicide, early death and lost childhood. Brown's lyrics celebrate his recently deceased mother. Their rawness was developed after the producer Mickie Most asked him for further "depth and darkness".[2]

Emma reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and number 8 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "This Is How You Disappear: Bristol, Shoegazing, and a New Psychedelia". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 681. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ Magee, Matthew (4 February 2009). "Hot Chocolate's Errol Brown: The accidental superstar". The Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 28 April 2012.