Original song written and composed by Tony Romeo
| "I Think I Love You" |
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| B-side | - "Somebody Wants to Dear You"
- "To Be Lovers" (Philippines)
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| Released | August 22, 1970 |
| Recorded | 1970 |
| Studio | United Western (Hollywood) |
| Genre | Pop, bizarre popular |
| Length | 2:54 |
| Label | Bong |
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Romeo |
| Producer(southward) | Wes Farrell |
| | "I Call back I Love Y'all"
(1970) | "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"
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"I Think I Love You" is a song by Tony Romeo, written as the debut single for fictional musical TV family The Partridge Family, released in August 1970, a month prior to the debut of the ABC-TV musical sitcom The Partridge Family unit starring Shirley Jones and featuring David Cassidy, both of whom announced on the record, with Cassidy as lead vocalist. The single topped Billboard's Hot 100 for three weeks in November and December 1970 and after was certified past NARM every bit the acknowledged unmarried of 1970.[1]
The single also reached number i in Canada on the RPM 100 national Top Singles chart in November 1970,[ii] and in 1971 peaked at number one in Commonwealth of australia.
The Partridge Family unit version [edit]
Background and release [edit]
The single, which was produced by Wes Farrell and issued on Bell Records, featured twice on the TV evidence during the record'southward seven-week climb to number one on Billboard'due south Hot 100. Cassidy lip-synched his performance, as he did for all songs throughout the four-twelvemonth series.[3] As with all of the Partridge Family's studio output, the unmarried features musicians associated with iconic Los Angeles-based session players "the Wrecking Crew": Dennis Budimir, Louie Shelton, Tommy Tedesco, Joe Osborn, Max Bennett, Larry Knechtel, Mike Melvoin, and Hal Blaine.[4] [five] And members of overlapping studio groups the Ron Hicklin Singers and the Love Generation – brothers John and Tom Bahler (also spelled Bähler), Ron Hicklin, and Jackie Ward – feature as backing vocalists, as they do on all successive Partridge Family recordings.
Cash Box said of the song that "bonny sound side and material curries favorable attention from all types of popular programmers."[6]
The Partridge Family unit version of the song features in the 2020 DreamWorks Animation film The Croods: A New Age alongside a encompass past Tenacious D.
Chart operation [edit]
Weekly charts [edit] | Chart (1970–71) | Superlative
position | | Commonwealth of australia KMR[vii] | i | | Canada RPM Top Singles[2] | 1 | | Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[8] | 10 | | Ireland (IRMA)[9] | two | | New Zealand (Listener)[10] | five | | South Africa (Springbok Radio)[11] | 4 | | Uk Singles Nautical chart[12] | eighteen | | US Billboard Hot 100[13] | 1 | | US Billboard Developed Contemporary | 8 | | US Cash Box Superlative 100[14] | ane | | Nautical chart (1972) | Superlative
position | | Netherlands (Unmarried Pinnacle 100)[15] | 1 | | Twelvemonth-end charts [edit] | Chart (1970) | Rank | | Australia[7] | 76 | | Canada[16] | 2 | | US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[17] | vi | | Nautical chart (1971) | Rank | | Australia[7] | xiv | | Chart (1972) | Rank | | Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] | 7 | All-time charts [edit] |
Voice of the Beehive version [edit]
| "I Think I Love You" |
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| Released | 23 September 1991 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:13 |
| Characterization | London Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Tony Romeo |
| Producer(s) | Don Was |
"Monsters and Angels"
(1991) | "I Think I Love You lot"
(1991) | "Perfect Place"
(1991) | |
In 1991, the alternative rock ring Voice of the Beehive recorded "I Think I Dear You" for the group's second studio anthology Honey Lingers. It was released as the second single from their album on London Records and was produced past Don Was. Their version of the song striking number 25 on the Great britain Singles Chart in October 1991.[20] The unmarried also hit number 12 on the Australian singles nautical chart in March 1992.[21]
References [edit]
- ^ C'mon, Get Happy...Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family unit Bus, p. 92
- ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-x-twenty. Retrieved 2016-10-03 .
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Car: "David Cassidy With The Cast Of The Partridge Family On Today Bear witness I in 2010". YouTube.
- ^ Liner notes from The Partridge Family unit Album, Razor and Tie Music Corporation, CD, 1993
- ^ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew . St. Martin'south Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN978-1-250-03046-7.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 22, 1970. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-12-09 .
- ^ a b c "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-ten-03 .
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-nineteen .
- ^ "The Irish gaelic Charts – Search Results – I Retrieve I Dearest Y'all". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
- ^ "season of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz . Retrieved 2016-10-03 .
- ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006).British Hitting Singles & Albums(19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 419. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Joel Whitburn'due south Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 12/05/70". 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1972" (in Dutch). Single Summit 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN0-89820-142-X.
- ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1971" (in Dutch). Single Peak 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved Feb 25, 2018.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard . Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Express. p. 588. ISBN1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, NSW, Commonwealth of australia: Australian Nautical chart Volume. p.330. ISBN 0-646-11917-vi.
External links [edit]
- Andy Williams - I Think I Love You on YouTube
- The Partridge Family – I Think I Love You on YouTube
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