Think of You (Whigfield song)

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"Think of You"
Think of You.jpg
Single by Whigfield
from the album Whigfield
B-side"Remix"
Released5 May 1995
GenreEurodance
Length4:16
LabelVarious Labels Internationally
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Whigfield singles chronology
"Another Day"
(1994) 		"Think of You"
(1995) 		"Close to You"
(1995)
Music video
"Think of You" on YouTube

"Think of You" is a song recorded by Italian Eurodance project Whigfield which was performed by Danish-born Sannie Charlotte Carlson.[1] It was released in May 1995 as the third single from her first album, Whigfield. It reached number 7 in the United Kingdom and peaked within the top 10 in Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Zimbabwe. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Think of You" reached number 4.

The song became quite notorious in the UK due to the lyrical content of the extended version which featured the line "I need you inside me tonight" — this was changed to "I need you beside me tonight" for the radio & video release.[citation needed]

Critical reception[]

AllMusic editor William Cooper described "Think of You" as "irresistibly catchy".[2] Music & Media wrote, "The Dancing Divaz club mix serves this Euro track right especially well, as it highlights the nerve-wrecking synth riff and the one-line chorus in a most hypnotising way."[3] British magazine Music Week gave it four out of five, adding, "Infectious, uncomplicated and guaranteed to complete a hat-trick of hits for the lyrically-challenged Dane. She has to resort to her cutesy diddly-doos towards the end but the happy vibe lasts the full four minutes."[4] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update called it a "typically sing-song but quite suggestively worded cheerful shrill pop romp".[5]

Chart performance[]

Like "Saturday Night" and its follow-up single "Another Day", "Think of You" was a major hit on the charts in Europe. It was a Top 5 hit in Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Spain. Additionally, the single also reached the Top 10 in Iceland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In the latter, it peaked at number 7 in its third week on the UK Singles Chart on 11 June 1995.[6] On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Think of You" reached number 4. Outside Europe, the song charted in Canada, where it peaked at number 66 and in Zimbabwe, where it hit number 4.

Music video[]

In the music video for "Think of You", Whigfield plays a director, performing at a movie set. She is dressed in a red suit and her hair is darker than in her previous music videos. She directs and several workers are carrying and placing white pillars and statues around on the set. Sometimes Whigfield sings, while sitting in the director chair, other times she sits on a movie crane. Towards the end, everyone leaves the set, while Whigfield is left alone, singing while she is walking in between the pillars.[7] The video was uploaded to YouTube in 2013. By August 2020 it had more than 1.4 million views.

Track listing[]

Remixes[]

In 2007, Whigfield released her first single in three years, a re-release of the original from 1995, which was reworked and updated with new sounds. The single was available in two formats, "Think Of You" (Banana Mixes) and "Think of You" (Pineapple Mixes). However, in Italy the two formats are all on one release.

Charts[]

References[]

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  5. ^ Hamilton, James (27 May 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 19. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
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  26. ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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