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Emotions (Mariah Carey song) to adknowledge the issue prior to her performance and had "set her up to fail", but these claims were denied by Dick Clark Productions. The song was featured in the background of a late 1991 episode of the US daytime soap opera "General Hospital". The song was used for a 2009 "Australian Idol" advertisement. Canadian rapper Drake sampled the song's 12" Club Mix remix version in the song "Emotionless" from his 2018 album "Scorpion. Worldwide CD single U.S. CD maxi-single European maxi-single #1 European maxi-single #2 Credits adapted from the liner notes of "Emotions". Recording Personnel Emotions (Mariah Carey song)