1987 Whitney Houston – So Emotional (US:#1 UK#5)
“So Emotional” is a song by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released as the third single from her second studio album Whitney (1987) on October 12, 1987 by Arista Records. The song was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. It was also the last song Steinberg and Kelly wrote together.
Commercially, it peaked at number five in the UK and number one in the Billboard Hot 100, where it became her sixth consecutive number one, and a dance chart hit. It would become the sixth best charting song of 1988, and was the fourth most played song on the club charts; it is her sixth biggest hit on the Hot 100 chart.
Album

Whitney is the second studio album by American R&B/pop singer Whitney Houston, released in the United States on June 2, 1987 by Arista Records as the follow-up to her best selling debut album, Whitney Houston. The album catapulted her to international fame. Whitney was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on November 29, 1995. The […]
Musicians
Bass (synthesizer) | Walter Afanasieff |
Guitar | Corrado Rustici |
Keyboards | Walter Afanasieff |
Produced By
Narada Michael Walden
Songwriters
Billy Steinberg
Tom Kelly
Charts
US:#1
UK:#5