Emotion 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]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.