"Emotional Girl" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian

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artist

Terri Clark Terri Lynn Sauson, known professionally as Terri Clark, born August 5, 1968, is a Canadian country music singer who has had success in both Canada and the United States. Signed to Mercury Records in 1995, she released her self-titled debut that ...

. It was released in January 1997 as the second single from Clark's album ''

Just the Same ''Just the Same'' is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer Terri Clark. It was released in late 1996 on Mercury Records. In the U.S., this album produced the singles "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (a cover of a Warren Zevon song which ...

''. The song reached number 1 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in March 1997 and number 10 on the ''

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States. This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...

chart. Terri Clark Chart History/ref> It was written by Clark, Rick Bowles and

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Music video

The music video was directed by Michael Merriman and premiered in early 1997. The lead male in the video is actor Kevin Sizemore. It was filmed in

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Chart performance

"Emotional Girl" debuted at number 66 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 11, 1997.

Year-end charts

References

1997 singles Terri Clark songs Songs written by Terri Clark Songs written by Chris Waters Song recordings produced by Keith Stegall Mercury Nashville singles Songs written by Rick Bowles 1996 songs {{1997-country-song-stub