That's What I Think

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"That's What I Think"
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Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Hat Full of Stars
B-side"That's What I Think" (Live Version)
ReleasedOctober 1993
Recorded1993
GenrePop
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Who Let In the Rain"
(1993) 		"That's What I Think"
(1993) 		"Sally's Pigeons"
(1993)
Music video
"That's What I Think" on YouTube

"That's What I Think" is a 1993 song by American singer Cyndi Lauper, released as the second single from her fourth album, Hat Full of Stars.[1] Produced by Lauper and Junior Vasquez, the song peaked in the top 40 in a couple of countries and was a dance hit in the United States. Its popular remixes caused the track to climb on the dance charts. It appeared on the album Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some in its album edit format. Upon the release, Lauper performed it at the American Music Awards, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Arsenio Hall Show, and The Tonight Show.

Tommy Page covered the song on his 1996 album Loving You.[2]

Critical reception[]

Mike DeGagne from AllMusic said that songs like "That's What I Think" "make for the most promising" of the 11 cuts on the Hat Full of Stars album.[3] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "With this funk-injected pop shuffler, Lauper offers what may be her most accessible and charming single in a long time." He added, "A husky vocal is framed by wriggling guitars and flourishing horns, seeping into a neat, muscular bassline. And the cute chorus is a fun sing-along."[4] The Daily Vault's Mark Millan called it as a very good song and a "blunt social commentary if ever there was one".[5] Music writer James Masterton complimented it as a "cleverly constructed track" in his weekly UK chart commentary.[6] Holly George Warren of Rolling Stone noted Lauper's "throaty belting".[7]

Music video[]

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Cyndi Lauper herself.[8] It features different fans explaining what music meant to them. The video was later published on YouTube in October 2009. It has amassed more than 700,000 views as of September 2021.[9]

Track listing[]

Official versions[]

Charts[]

Chart (1993-1994) Peak
position
Chile (Chilean Singles Chart)[10] 29
UK Singles (OCC) 31
UK Dance (Music Week)[11] 12
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[12] 14
US Hot Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[13] 50

References[]

  1. ^ Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think. Epic Records. October 1993.
  2. ^ "Tommy Page: That's What I Think". secondhandsongs.com.
  3. ^ DeGagne, Mike. "Cyndi Lauper – A Hat Full of Stars". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  4. ^ Flick, Larry (1993-10-30). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 61. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  5. ^ Millan, Mark (2014-02-24). "Hat Full Of Stars – Cyndi Lauper". The Daily Vault. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  6. ^ Masterton, James (1993-11-07). "Week Ending November 13th 1993". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  7. ^ George-Warren, Holly (2 September 1993). "Cyndi Lauper: Hat Full Of Stars". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  9. ^ "Cyndi Lauper - That's What I Think". YouTube. 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  10. ^ "Cyndi Lauper - That's What I Think". 2004-04-26. Archived from the original on 2004-04-26. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  11. ^ "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1993-11-13. p. 26. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  12. ^ "Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think (Hot Dance Club Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  13. ^ Cyndi Lauper | Billboard
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