''Emotions in Motion'' is the third studio album by American

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Billy Squier William Haislip Squier (, born May 12, 1950) is an American rock musician and singer who had a string of arena rock and crossover hits in the early 1980s. His best-known songs include "The Stroke", " Lonely Is the Night", "My Kinda Lover", " In ...

. It was released on July 23, 1982, and was Squier's second consecutive Top Five disc on the ''

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'' album chart. It contains the hit song "

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", which peaked at #32 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and stayed at #1 on the

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chart for 6 weeks. Other notably successful hits from the album included the singles " Emotions in Motion" and "She's a Runner". Some album cuts such as "Keep Me Satisfied" and especially "Learn How to Live" also received strong radio play and were issued as singles at some countries. ''Emotions in Motion'' is one of Billy Squier's most popular albums, certified

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in September 1982 and

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a month later. Though

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awards were not certified prior to late 1984, the album received a

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award in 1991. ''Emotions in Motion'' is also Billy's second best selling album, after the previous year's triple platinum '' Don't Say No''. The cover art was created for Squier by

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. It was also the first of three consecutive albums from Squier to feature a guest appearance from one or more members of

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– lead singer

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and drummer Roger Taylor sing backing vocals on the title track. Like its predecessor, the album was produced by Squier with

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, also known for Queen's ''

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Track listing

Personnel

- lead vocals, guitars *Kevin Osborn - guitars *

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- guitars *Alan St. Jon - keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals *

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- bass, backing vocals *Bobby Chouinard - drums *Dino Solera - saxophones on 2, 7 and 9 *

, Roger Taylor - backing vocals on "Emotions in Motion", "emotional" support

Production

*Billy Squier: producer, mixing *Reinhold Mack: producer *Gary Rindfuss: engineer, assistant engineer *David Thoener: mixing *Jim Ball: mixing assistant *George Marino: mastering

References

{{Authority control 1982 albums Billy Squier albums Albums produced by Reinhold Mack Capitol Records albums Albums with cover art by Andy Warhol