Private Emotion

"Private Emotion" is a pop song written by Eric Bazilian and Rob Hyman and originally recorded by The Hooters, for their 1993 album, Out of Body. The song was later covered by Ricky Martin for his self-titled album Ricky Martin (1999) and became an international hit single for him in 2000.

The Hooters version
"Private Emotion"
Single by The Hooters
from the album Out of Body
Released1993
Length3:58
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Joe Hardy
  • Eric Bazilian
  • Rob Hyman
The Hooters singles chronology
"Boys Will Be Boys"
(1993)		 "Private Emotion"
(1993)		 "Satellite '95"
(1995)

"Private Emotion" was recorded for the Hooters' fifth studio album Out of Body (1993). It was released by MCA as the third and final single from the album in 1993 across Europe and as a promotional single in the United States.

A live version of "Private Emotion" appeared on the European single release. It was recorded at "Grosse Freiheit 36" in Hamburg on July 4, 1993. In 1994, the band released a German-language version of "Private Emotion", titled "Heimliche Sehnsucht" ("Secret Longing"), as a single in Germany. It features additional vocals by Stefanie Savage and a German reworking of the lyrics by Heinz Rudolf Kunze.

Speaking of the song's lyrics, Bazilian told The News Journal in 1993: "Rob and I wrote [the] lyric together. We never talked about what it really means. It's sort of vague, but I think everybody will get it. It's a personal song that can be personal for everyone."[1]

Critical reception

In a review of Out of Body, Jonathan Takiff of the Philadelphia Daily News described the song as a "rich, surging Hammond organ- and mandolin-flecked ballad" and a "real heart-tugger".[2] Patrick Davitt of The Leader-Post praised "Bazilian's "Windwood-ish lead vocal [and] light mandolin accompaniment" for giving the song "emotional weight". He also noted the lyric "uses light and shadow to evoke love and distance".[3] Jerry Kishbaugh of The Citizens' Voice wrote: "One of the album's strongest efforts is "Private Emotion", one of the best ballads I've heard in years. If released, this one is sure to be a mega-hit."[4]

Track listing
CD single (European release)
  1. "Private Emotion" - 3:58
  2. "Private Emotion" (Live) - 4:15
  3. "All Around the Place" - 3:45
CD single (US promo release)
  1. "Private Emotion" (Album Version) - 3:58
CD single (German 1994 release)
  1. "Heimliche Sehnsucht" (Version 1) - 4:00
  2. "Great Big American Car" - 5:16
  3. "Heimliche Sehnsucht" (Version 2) - 3:50

Personnel

Private Emotion

Production

  • Joe Hardy - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Eric Bazilian, Rob Hyman - producers, engineers
  • Erik Flettrich - assistant engineer
  • George Marino - mastering
  • Peter Urban - producer on live version of "Private Emotion"
  • Johannes Carstens - sound engineer on live version of "Private Emotion"

Ricky Martin version
"Private Emotion"
Single by Ricky Martin featuring Meja
from the album Ricky Martin
ReleasedFebruary 8, 2000 (2000-02-08)
Recorded1999
Genre
Length4:00
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Ricky Martin singles chronology
"Shake Your Bon-Bon"
(1999)		 "Private Emotion"
(2000)		 "She Bangs"
(2000)
Music video
"Private Emotion" on YouTube

In 1999, Ricky Martin released a version of the song on his fifth studio album Ricky Martin (1999). Martin recorded "Private Emotion" at the suggestion of producer Desmond Child. Bazilian told Popdose in 2008: "I'd gotten to be good friends with Desmond and had played [him] a bunch of Hooters stuff. He really liked "Private Emotion". Desmond told me he was doing a record with this guy who was in Menudo and thought it would be a great song for him."[6]

As the fourth and final single from Ricky Martin, "Private Emotion" was released as a single on February 8, 2000 and featured Swedish singer Meja. As Turkey was one of the countries where Martin's popularity was at its peak, Ricky Martin sings the song with Sertab Erener instead of Meja in the Turkish edition of the album. Live performances of the song have featured other artists such as Coco Lee and Delta Goodrem. The Australian maxi-single includes "Almost a Love Song", which is an English version of Martin's song "Casi un Bolero", taken from the Grammy-winning album Vuelve.

Music video

The first music video, directed by Francis Lawrence, aired in March 2000 and features Meja. The Turkish version features Sertab Erener instead of Meja. The video starts with Martin being frozen in a bedroom, which is frozen as well. Throughout the video, the events go in reverse as the room starts to unfreeze, with water spraying backwards, later the room is on fire, and then back to normal.

Chart performance

The song became a top ten hit in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In the United States, it reached number sixty-seven. In Sweden, "Private Emotion" was certified Gold.

Formats and track listings

Charts and certifications

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