Shouting Out Love
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| type = single
| artist = The Emotions
| album = Sunshine
| released = October 1977
| B-side = Baby I'm Through
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| length = 3:12
| label = Stax
| writer = Carl Smith
| producer = Al Bell, William Brown, Marvell Thomas
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"Shouting Out Love" is a song recorded by R&B group the Emotions issued as a single in October 1977 by Stax Records from the group's album Sunshine.
The single reached No. 12 on the Cashbox R&B singles chart and No. 31 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.{{cite AV media notes |title=Shouting Out Love|author=The Emotions|year=October 1977|type=single|publisher=Stax Records}}{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives-r/70s_files/19780121R.html|title=Cashbox R&B Singles|date=January 21, 1978|website=Cashbox}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-emotions/chart-history/bsi/|title=The Emotions Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) |website=Billboard|access-date=}}
Overview
"Shouting Out Love" was composed by Carl Smith and produced by Al Bell, William Brown and Marvell Thomas.
Critical reception
Andrew Hamilton of AllMusic described "Shouting Out Love" as a song with "a good beat, a great hook, and sensational vocals."{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000267567 |title=The Emotions – Sunshine: Review |last=Hamilton |first=Andrew|publisher=AllMusic |access-date=}}
Appearances in Other Media
Shouting Out Love also appeared upon the soundtrack of 2012 feature film The Sapphires.{{Cite web |last=Tijs |first=Andrew |date=July 10, 2012 |title=The Sapphires’ Soundtrack Songs Announced |url=https://www.noise11.com/news/the-sapphires-soundtrack-songs-announced-20120710 |access-date=2025-04-02 |website=Noise11 |language=en-US}}{{Citation |title=The Sapphires [Original Motion Picture Soundtr... {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sapphires-original-motion-picture-soundtrack--mw0002411272 |access-date=2025-04-02 |language=en}}
Charts
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!Chart (1978) !Peak |
| U.S. Cashbox Top R&B Singles
|align="center"|12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles
|align="center"|31 |
References
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