Thinking of You (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"Thinking of You" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in January 1988 on Columbia Records[1] as the third single from their fourteenth studio album, Touch the World (1987). It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and number three on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart.[2][3]
| "Thinking of You" | ||||
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| Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| from the album Touch the World | ||||
| B-side | "Money Tight" | |||
| Released | January 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
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| Length | 3:54 (single version) 4:41 (album version) | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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| Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Thinking of You" on YouTube | ||||
Overview
edit"Thinking of You" was produced and arranged by Maurice White. White also composed the song alongside Wayne Vaughn and Wanda Vaughn of the Emotions. Thinking of You came off EWF's 1987 album Touch The World.[1]
"Thinking of You" spent two weeks atop the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart in 1988.[2]
During January 1988 a four minute long music video was issued by Columbia. The video was directed by David Hogan.[4]
Critical reception
editPhyl Garland of Stereo Review declared "and for that one unforgettably great song that graces every EW&F album, the candidate this time is Thinking of You, with its strutting rhythms, sassy horns and spirited vocal interplay".[5] Harry Sumrall of the San Jose Mercury-News wrote "Thinking of You, is one of those seamless pop items that the group has always churned out with effortless ease."[6]Jon Pareles of the New York Times also discerned "a midtempo groove and the sound of a kalimba (thumb piano) now synthesized".[7]
Personnel
edit- Maurice White: songwriter, arranger, producer, lead vocals
- Wanda Vaughn: songwriter, background vocals
- Wayne Vaughn: songwriter, arranger, sequence programming
- Rhett Lawrence: drum programming, synthesizer, Fairlight CMI programming
- Ray Fuller: guitar
- Philip Bailey, Jeanette W. Williams: background vocals
Charts
edit| Chart (1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] | 23 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 67 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[2] | 1 |
| US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[3] | 3 |
References
edit- ^ a b Earth, Wind & Fire: Thinking Of You. Columbia Records. January 1988.
- ^ a b c "Earth, Wind & Fire: Thinking Of You (Dance Club Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: Thinking Of You (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: Thinking of You". imdb.com.
- ^ Garland, Phyl (April 1988). "Earth, Wind & Fire: Touch the World" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 55, no. 4. Stereo Review. p. 91.
- ^ Sumrall, Harry (November 29, 1987). "Michael's heard above screams". newsbank.com.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (November 22, 1987). "RECORDINGS; A Pair of Pop Albums Hit a Political Groove". The New York Times.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Earth, Wind & Fire". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 69. Retrieved 22 June 2022.