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.
So Emotional
Whitney Houston Lyrics
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I just do
Ooh-ooh, ooh
I've been hearing your heartbeat inside of me
I keep your photograph beside my bed
Livin' in a world of fantasies
I've been waiting for the phone to ring all night
Why you wanna make me feel so good
I got a love of my own, baby
I shouldn't get so hung up on you
I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
Oh, I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I gotta watch you walk in the room, baby
I gotta watch you walk out
I like the animal way you move
And when you talk
I just watch your mouth
Oh, I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
Oh, I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Ain't it shocking what love can do
See I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
No no no, I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional
I get so emotional, baby
Shocking what love can do
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Whitney Houston's "So Emotional" is a song about being irresistibly drawn to someone, even though you know it's not entirely right. The first stanza sets the scene: the singer is deeply infatuated with someone else, but doesn't really know why. She's been hearing his heartbeat inside of her and keeps his photograph by her bed. She's living in a world of fantasies; she can't stop thinking about him. The second stanza reveals that she's been waiting for him to call her all night, even though she knows she shouldn't get so hung up on him. However, whenever she thinks about the way they touch, she wishes she didn't like it so much.
The chorus is a repetition of her feeling of being overwhelmed by her emotions, every time she thinks of this person. She can't help but be shocked at what love can do to her. The bridge reveals that even watching him walk into or out of the room paradoxically brings her joy and pain. She likes the way he moves like an animal, and when he talks, she just watches his mouth. Despite herself, she can't help being haunted by their physical connection, and she can't help wanting more. In the end, the singer is left with the realization that she is hopelessly caught up in her feelings, no matter how irrational or even self-destructive they may be.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't know why I like it
I just do
Ooh-ooh, ooh
I can't explain why I'm attracted to you, I just am and it's a feeling I can't ignore.
I've been hearing your heartbeat inside of me
I keep your photograph beside my bed
Livin' in a world of fantasies
I can't get you out of my head
I feel a strong emotional connection to you, which makes me want to hold things that remind me of you close. You are on my mind all the time, and I find myself daydreaming about you.
I've been waiting for the phone to ring all night
Why you wanna make me feel so good
I got a love of my own, baby
I shouldn't get so hung up on you
I'm waiting for you to call me and I feel like I'm falling for you, even though I'm in love with someone else. I know I shouldn't be so obsessed with you, but I can't seem to help it.
I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
I recall how it felt when we were physically close, but I regret being so drawn to you. I don't want to feel this way because I know it's not right.
Oh, I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
Thinking of you makes me feel overwhelmed with emotions, and it's shocking to me how powerful love can be. It's like a rollercoaster ride and it's difficult to control these feelings.
I gotta watch you walk in the room, baby
I gotta watch you walk out
I like the animal way you move
And when you talk
I just watch your mouth
I can't help but watch you whenever you're near me. I find your movements and the way you speak captivating and fascinating.
See I remember the way that we touch
I wish I didn't like it so much
No no no, I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
I can't stop thinking about how it felt to be close to you, despite wishing I didn't feel so strongly for you. Thoughts of you overwhelm me time and time again.
I get so emotional, baby
Ain't it shocking what love can do
I get so emotional, baby
Every time I think of you
The power of my love for you takes me by surprise and leaves me feeling emotional, as our connection triggers deep-seated emotions inside of me.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@Swahili14
@@keishawnlight OMG finally someone agrees
Now the world thinks Whitney's IWALY is most legendary and difficult vocal performance ever
But THE VOICE has a lot of absolutely impossible and difficult songs to replicate including original version of so emotional especially audio version released as lyric video recently on Whitney's channel, One moment in time (that end Free c#5 note as a sustained chest belt with earth shattering vibrato) and didn't we almost have it all
Btw
I have been telling people Whitney's SO EMOTIONAL is far more difficult vocally than Mariah's emotions
Whitney's voice is perfect all round in the song she's insane powerful mid and upper belts, coloratura/operatic quality agility and unrivaled dynamics and breath control as well as vibrato 🙏
Something Mariah's lacked compared to Whitney
Whitney had distinctive chest and HEADVOICE as well as pure power and vibrato
Whitney's voice had core🙏
@bastaardzmuller
The most powerful female voice in human history. Mindblowing.
@taylorkendricks599
Yet Beyonce has triple amount of Grammys as Whitney which is why I don't indulge in award shows.
@bonifaceonuh2499
That's perhaps true. Nevertheless, she is very far from the caliber of Whitney and still falls short in the totality of the number of awards our Whitney had.
@taylorkendricks599
@@bonifaceonuh2499 Yes she is below Whitney's caliber but in reality she does indeed have way more awards than Whitney, Celine or even Adele for that matter which is why I said and I'll say again these award shows are bogus and full of crap.
@bastaardzmuller
@@taylorkendricks599 the awards include more variables than only a voice: popularity, show value, other competition at that time, timespan of a career. Whitney is just THE voice.
@lune5289
@@taylorkendricks599 whitney is the VOICEE
@oblimistic
Whitney: I get so emotional, baby!
Me: Lifts wig with roses falling
@TheUnicorn69
Femme Fatale same
@summeroflove394
same girl same
@TheNexxtGreatThing
Yassssss henny