"Thinking About You" | ||||
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Single by Norah Jones | ||||
from the album Not Too Late | ||||
B-side | "2 Men", "Wish I Could" | |||
Released | December 5, 2006 (U.S.) January 16, 2007 (Europe) | |||
Recorded | 2006 at The Coop ( New York, New York) | |||
Genre | Blues, jazz, soul | |||
Length | 3:19 | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Songwriter(s) | Norah Jones, Ilhan Ersahin | |||
Producer(s) | Lee Alexander | |||
Norah Jones singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Thinking About You" on YouTube |
"Thinking About You" is the first single from Norah Jones' 2007 album Not Too Late. It was her first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100 in 4 years, since " Don't Know Why".
Jones wrote "Thinking About You" in 1999 with Ilhan Ersahin, her then-bandmate in Wax Poetic. She said the song had "always been in the back of my mind", but she thought it was too much of a pop song for her and preferred if someone else were to record it. [1] She recorded a version of it for her second album, Feels like Home (2004), but according to her it sounded "too country-rock". According to the producer, she "found a way to make it work" during the recording of Not Too Late. [2]
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic picked the song among the best tracks on the album, calling it a "wonderful laid-back soul". [3] Sia Michel from Entertainment Weekly called it a "safety-net single", with its sexy, cocktail-party swing, the tune could be her first real radio hit since ' Don't Know Why'." [4] Neil Spencer from The Observer commented that the song "looks like a conscious attempt not to scare the punters." [5] Tom Woods called it "a lovely pop song, with nostalgic lyrics." [6] Tyler Fisher from Sputnikmusic commented that the song is "a western jazz hybrid in the truest sense, with very country-styled melodies from the organ and Wurlitzer, but the jazzy horn section provides great countermelodies." [7]
Europe
Released in the United States on December 5, 2006 (see 2006 in music), "Thinking About You" was one of the first songs by a major artist to be available for paid digital download in mp3 format. [8] The single entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number eighty-two in early February 2007, [9] becoming Jones's first chart entry since " Don't Know Why" (2002). It was also her second single to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [10] It peaked at number seventy in Germany.
The music video, directed by Ace Norton, was filmed on a soundstage at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York with a cast of eight people, including Jones. According to videostatic.com, it contains elements from some of Norton's previous videos — for Peter Walker's "What Do I Know" (the "within the within" effect), Death Cab for Cutie's " Someday You Will Be Loved" (the animated heart) and Death Cab for Cutie's " Crooked Teeth" (the Claymation). The video premiered on December 19, 2006. [11]
Irma Thomas recorded the song for her 2008 album Simply Grand. Jones performed as a guest pianist on the recording. [12]
Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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Austrian Singles Chart [13] | 49 |
Belgian Flanders Ultratip Chart [14] | 9 |
Belgian Wallonia Ultratip Chart [14] | 8 |
Dutch Singles Chart [15] | 11 |
European Singles Chart [16] | 40 |
German Singles Chart [17] | 65 |
Italian Singles Chart [18] | 5 |
Portuguese Singles Chart [19] | 5 |
Spanish Singles Chart | 9 |
Swiss Singles Chart [17] | 35 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] | 82 |
Chart (1995–2021) | Position |
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US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard) [20] | 82 |
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