Emma (song)

"Emma" is a 1974 song by the British soul band Hot Chocolate. Written by band members Errol Brown (vocals) and Tony Wilson (music), the song address themes of suicide, early death and lost childhood. Brown's lyrics celebrate his recently passed mother. Their rawness was developed after the producer Mickie Most asked him for further "depth and darkness".
"Emma" reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart and number 8 in the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. It was covered by The Sisters of Mercy in 1984; their John Peel recording is widely considered as the definitive version.
Lyrics.
The song details the love of the (nameless) singer and a girl called Emmalene from the age of five, through a wedding at 17 until her suicide at an unspecified later date. Emma it seems wanted to be a "movie queen" but could never find the breaks and eventually kills herself because "I just can't keep on living on dreams no more."