"Lost in Emotion" is a song recorded by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam

Lisa Lisa and her band Cult Jam were an urban contemporary band and one of first freestyle music groups to emerge from New York City in the 1980s. Cult Jam consisted of guitarist/bassist Alex "Spanador" Moseley, and drummer/keyboardist Mike Hughes...

 that appeared on their 1987 album Spanish Fly

Spanish Fly (album)

-Certifications:-Personnel:*Lisa Lisa : Vocals*Michael Hughes: Congas, Timbales, Talking*Spanador: Guitars, Bass, Keyboards*Full Force: Performer*Arranged & Produced By Full Force*Engineered By Glenn Rosenstein...

. The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 on October 17, 1987. The song was their second number-one single (having scored this first earlier in the year with "Head to Toe

Head to Toe

"Head to Toe" is a song recorded by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam that appeared on their 1987 album Spanish Fly. The song hit number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 on June 20, 1987 and Hot Black Singles charts on May 30 of that year. In Canada, the song topped the RPM 100 national singles chart on July...

"). The song also went to number one on the Black Singles chart, and number eight on the dance chart.

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	27
New Zealand Singles Charts	15
UK Singles Chart	58