A-side and B-side pirate radio stations operating off the British coast in the 1960s would buy the publishing rights to the B-sides of records they expected to be hits, and then plug the A-sides in the hope of driving up sales and increasing their share of the royalties. Occasionally, the B-side of a single would become the more popular song. This sometimes occurred because a DJ preferred the B-side to its A-side and played it instead. Some examples include "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor (originally the B-side of "Substitute"), "I'll Be Around" by the Spinners (originally the B-side of "How Could I
Emotion: Side B B"s release on August 26, 2016, expressing her gratitude and wishing to reciprocate her fans' support. "Side B" received a limited physical release on September 9, 2016, with autographed copies, and it arrived on vinyl on December 16, 2016. Though no singles were issued to promote the EP directly, "First Time" was previously released as a promotional single for "Emotion Remixed +". It charted at number 71 on the "Billboard" Japan Hot 100. The country received an exclusive reissue of the EP on September 13, 2017, entitled "Cut to the Feeling: Emotion Side B +" with revised artwork, featuring the