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Revision as of 16:16, 15 April 2009
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"Thinking of You" is the fourth single of Katy Perry from her 2008 album One of the Boys. It is one of three tracks from the album written solely by Perry. Perry performed the song as the official single of her hit album, One of the Boys for the first time on MuchMusic HQ's MuchOnDemand on December 15, 2008.[1]
"Thinking of You" also features on the compliation CD's Now 72 and Now 30 of the UK and US respectively.
Reception
The song marks the first ballad single released by Perry, contrary to her previous hit singles. It has received positive reviews so far and a good radio audience. Billboard wrote "...Thinking of You is decidedly more earnest..." and ended with "As a woman who has played the game for longer than most realize, she has earned her keep." Many online reviewers, magazine interviewers, and blog posters quoted the song as "another hit song" along with "she is definitely no 1-2 hit wonder."
According to Mediabase, its official impact date on Top 40 radio format is January 12, 2009. It has already received heavy rotation from some of the big radio stations in the U.S. and, as of December 24, 2008, the song was already top 50 on the Mediabase charts, with daily increase.
Chart performance
"Thinking of You" debuted in the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at 5, a couple of weeks later it finally charted in the Hot 100 at 79, and within three weeks it rose to its current peak position of 29 and stayed in this position for 3 consecutive weeks. The song debut on the Canadian Hot 100 at 58, on the following week it rose twenty four places to its current peak position of 34. In Ireland the song debut at 50 but the next week droped out of the top 50, it is likley to re-enter when it gains more airplay. The song debut at 63 in the UK despite minimal airplay on music channels and radio. Due to the ongoing success of "Hot N Cold" the release of "Thinking of You" was pushed back from February 16 to March 9. Despite this, the song only peaked at #27 on the UK Singles Chart, making this her first song to fail to peak inside the Top 10 and Top 20 altogether.
Music videos
First version
The first music video was released in 2007 and surfaced onto YouTube in May 2008 but has since been removed from the site. The video includes multiple rooms, including a white room with Perry that suggests violence (e.g., red wine), a dark room with an unhappy Perry in an unsatisfactory relationship, and a cloudy location. The video uses a cross-cutting technique that compares the two relationships: one with Perry reminiscing and another showing regret. The video ends with the revelation that Perry literally stabbed a man in the back in the white room.
Perry stated in an interview that the aim of the video was never to get a commercial release, but that it is just a simple video "made by a friend".
Second version
Perry revealed on her blog that she had already started filming a second and official music video in the first week of December 2008, directed by Melina. The video premiered exclusively on iTunes on December 23, 2008.[2]
The music video is presented as a flashback montage with a young woman (played by Perry) whose lover is killed in France during the Second World War. It features actor Matt Dallas as Perry's true love and model Anderson Davis as Perry's second lover in the video. Several scenes are reminiscent of the movie The Notebook.
Tracklisting
- Promo CD (Capitol/EMI) [3]
- "Thinking of You" (Radio Edit) - 3:59
- "Thinking of You" (Album Version) - 4:07
- "Thinking of You" (Live Acoustic Version) - 4:51
- "Thinking of You" (Instrumental Version) - 4:07
- Australian and UK Physical Single
- "Thinking of You" (Album Version) - 4:07
- "Thinking of You" (Live Acoustic Version) - 4:51
Charts
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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Australian ARIA Singles Chart[4] | 34 |
Austrian Singles Chart | 18 |
Canadian Hot 100 | 24 |
Chilean Singles Chart[5] | 61 |
Dutch Top 40 | 18 |
Czech Airplay Chart[6] | 12 |
Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 20 |
French Singles Chart[7] | 11 |
German Singles Chart | 19 |
Irish Singles Chart[8] | 38 |
Israeli Singles Chart[9] | 11 |
Italian Singles Chart | 14 |
Swiss Singles Top 100 | 45 |
UK Singles Chart[10] | 27 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] | 29 |
U.S. Billboard Pop 100[12] | 21 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks | 15 |
Certifications
Country | Certification | Sales |
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United States | Gold | 600,000+ |
Release history
Region | Date | Format |
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United States | January 12, 2009 | Airplay |
Australia | January 19, 2009 | Airplay |
Europe | February 20, 2009 | CD single, digital download |
United Kingdom | March 9, 2009[13] | CD single, digital download |
Australia | March 14, 2009[14] | CD Single |
References
- ^ 'Thinking of You' live performance on MuchMusic
- ^ 'Thinking of You' on iTunes Store
- ^ "Katy Perry - Thinking Of You". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "Australia's Official Music Charts". ARIA Charts. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "Chilean Singles Chart"
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ ">> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compilations >>". Irma.ie. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ Israeli Singles Chart
- ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart : 15.03.2009". Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Music Charts -Most Trusted Music Charts in the Industry". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales". Billboard.com. 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "esounds". esounds. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
- ^ "PERRY, KATY / THINKING OF YOU - Sanity.com.au - More Movies - More Music". Sanity.com.au. Retrieved 2009-03-14.