also in 1978 , emotion was used as the b-side of johnny mathis and deniece williams ' single '' too much , too little , too late '' , which reached number one in the u.s. personnel samantha sang - vocals barry gibb - harmony and background vocals joey murcia - guitar george bitzer - keyboards harold cowart - bass ron ziegler - drums karl richardson - engineer destiny 's child version in 2001 , '' emotion '' was recorded by american b group destiny 's child for their third studio album survivor ( 2001 ) .