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Thinking About You (Whitney Houston song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Thinking About You
| cover = Thinking about you whitney houston.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Whitney Houston
| album = Whitney Houston
| B-side = "Someone for Me"
| released = October 1985
| recorded = 1984
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 5:24
| label = Arista
| writer =
| producer = Kashif
| prev_title = Saving All My Love for You
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = How Will I Know
| next_year = 1985
}}
"'Thinking About You'" is the third single by American singer Whitney Houston. It was written by Kashif Saleem and La Forrest "La La" Cope for Houston's debut studio album 'Whitney Houston' (1985), while production was helmed by the former, released in October 1985.Billboard October 19, 1985, page 92 Even though it was not promoted as a single to top 40 radio stations, "Thinking About You" became a top 10 hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the United States. It later appeared as the B-side to Houston's 1986 single, "Greatest Love of All".
Chart performance
The song debuted at number 76 on the Hot Black Singles chart on October 19, 1985. On December 14, 1985, the song reached its peak position of number 10. It spent 15 weeks on the chart.
Critical reception
AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the track "unheralded" and one of the lighter songs on the album, as well as "a dance/R&B hit [...] that remains one of Whitney's purest pop pleasures".
Track listings and formats
*'US 7" Vinyl Single'
**A "Thinking About You" 5:24
**B "Someone for Me" 4:58
*'US 12" Vinyl Maxi-Single'
**A "Thinking About You" (Extended Dance Version) 7:19
**B1 "Thinking About You" (Single Version) 4:03
**B2 "Thinking About You" (Dub Version) 8:04
*'UK 12" Vinyl Single'
**A "Thinking About You" (Club Side) 5:24
**B "You Give Good Love" (Radio Side) 4:33
Credits and personnel
;"Thinking About You"
*Kashif writer, producer
*La La writer
*Bruce Forest remix producer
*Michael Hutchinson engineer
;"Someone for Me"
*Freddie Washington writer
*Raymond Jones writer
*Jermaine Jackson producer
*Bill Schnee mixer
Charts
References
Category:1985 songs
Category:1985 singles
Category:Whitney Houston songs
Category:Arista Records singles
Category:Songs written by Kashif (musician)
Category:Songs written by La Forrest 'La La' Cope
Category:Funk songs
Category:Post-disco songs
Category:Contemporary R&B songs
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