"Flowers"
Single by The Emotions
from the album Flowers
B-side"I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"
ReleasedMay 1976
GenrePop, R&B
Length3:43
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Maurice White, Al McKay
Producer(s)Maurice White, Charles Stepney
The Emotions singles chronology
"Flowers"
(1976)		 "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love"
(1976)

"Flowers" is a song recorded by R&B group the Emotions, and the title track to their 1976 album. It was released as a single in May 1976 by Columbia Records.[1] The single reached No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 2 on the NZ Top 40 Singles chart.[2][3][4]

Overview

"Flowers" was produced by EWF bandleader Maurice White and Charles Stepney. The track was composed by White with Al McKay.[1]

Critical reception

AllMusic described "Flowers" as a song which "smoothes the mood with the girl's sweet R&B vocals.[5]

Charts

Chart (1976) Peak
position
NZ Top 40 Singles[3][6] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Songs[2] 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 87

References

  1. 1 2 The Emotions: Flowers. Columbia Records. May 1976.
  2. 1 2 "The Emotions: Flowers (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com.
  3. 1 2 "The Emotions: Flowers". charts.nz. Official New Zealand Music Chart.
  4. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". nztop40.co.nz. Recorded Music NZ. September 10, 1978. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  5. ↑ "The Emotions: Flowers". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart". nztop40.co.nz. Recorded Music NZ. September 10, 1978. Retrieved 2023-08-15.



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