I Think I Love You - wikipedia I Think I Love You `` I Think I Love You '' Single by The Partridge Family from the album The Partridge Family Album B - side `` Somebody Wants to Love You '' `` To Be Lovers '' ( Philippines ) Released August 22, 1970 Format 7 '' single Genre Pop, baroque pop Length 2 : 54 Label Bell Songwriter ( s ) Tony Romeo Producer ( s ) Wes Farrell The Partridge Family singles chronology `` I Think I Love You '' ( 1970 ) `` Does n't Somebody Want to Be Wanted '' ( 1971 ) `` I Think I Love You '' ( 1970 ) `` Does n't Somebody Want to Be Wanted '' ( 1971 ) `` I Think I Love You '' is a song composed by songwriter Tony Romeo in 1970. It was released as the debut single by The Partridge Family pop group, featuring David Cassidy on lead vocals and Shirley Jones on background vocals. The Partridge Family version was a number - one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1970. The alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive scored a hit cover version of their own in 1991. There have also been many other cover versions of this song, most notably, Perry Como, Kaci, Katie Cassidy, Paul Westerberg, Constantine Maroulis, and the new In Search of the Partridge Family cast on VH1. `` I Think I Love You '' also had a part in the 1994 movie `` Four Weddings and a Funeral, '' when perennially single Charles ( Hugh Grant ) tells the object of his newfound affection, Carrie ( Andie MacDowell ) -- spoken in Hugh Grant 's inimitable British ramble -- `` in short, to recap it slightly in a clearer version, uh, the words of David Cassidy in fact, uh, while he was still with The Partridge Family, uh, ' I think I love you. ' '' Contents 1 The Partridge Family version 1.1 Background and release 1.2 Chart performance 1.2. 1 Weekly charts 1.2. 2 Year - end charts 2 Perry Como version 3 Voice of the Beehive version 4 Other versions 5 References 6 External links The Partridge Family version Background and release The single was produced by Wes Farrell and issued on Bell Records a month before the debut of the network television musical sitcom The Partridge Family. During the show 's first season the song was featured on the show twice as it was climbing the actual Billboard charts. The single hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and in Canada on the RPM 100 national Top Singles chart in November of that year and number 1 in Australia in 1971. The only cast members of the television show to actually sing on the recording of the song were David Cassidy and Shirley Jones. The music on the song was played by veteran studio musicians such as Mike Melvoin, Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborne, Louie Shelton, Tommy Tedesco, and other L.A. session musicians from the Wrecking Crew. Background vocals on this, and all other Partridge Family recordings, were provided by veteran session singers : Ron Hicklin, John Bahler, Tom Bahler, and Jackie Ward. The Partridge Family won a NARM award for the best - selling single of the year in 1970 for their hit `` I Think I Love You ''. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1970 -- 71 ) Peak position Australia KMR Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 10 Ireland ( IRMA ) New Zealand 5 UK Singles Chart 18 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 8 US Cash Box Top 100 Chart ( 1972 ) Peak position Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1970 ) Rank Australia 76 Canada US ( Joel Whitburn 's Pop Annual ) 6 Chart ( 1971 ) Rank Australia 14 Chart ( 1972 ) Rank Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 7 Perry Como version On November 25, 1970, `` I Think I Love You '' was recorded by Perry Como, with Nick Perito 's orchestra, at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The song was released by RCA Victor Records on an album, It 's Impossible, in December 1970, and reissued in 1975. RCA also released the recording on an EP in Mexico in 1971. Voice of the Beehive version `` I Think I Love You '' Single by Voice of the Beehive from the album Honey Lingers Released 1991 Format 7 '' single, cassette single, CD single Genre Rock Length 3 : 13 Label London Records Songwriter ( s ) Tony Romeo Producer ( s ) Don Was Voice of the Beehive singles chronology `` Monsters and Angels '' ( 1991 ) `` I Think I Love You '' ( 1991 ) `` Perfect Place '' ( 1991 ) `` Monsters and Angels '' ( 1991 ) `` I Think I Love You '' ( 1991 ) `` Perfect Place '' ( 1991 ) In 1991, the alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive recorded a cover version of `` I Think I Love You '' for the group 's second studio album Honey Lingers. It was released as the second single from their album on London Records and was produced by Don Was. Their version of the song hit number 25 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1991. The single also hit number 12 on the Australian singles chart in March 1992. Other versions Andy Williams released his version on 1971 's Love Story. It was also released on the import The Very Best of Andy Williams in 2009. In 1971, a French - language cover by Georges Guétary was released, entitled `` Papa Je T'aime '' ( `` Papa, I Love You '' ) ; unlike the original version, this version is a salute to a child 's father. In 1974, Betty Chung ( 鍾 玲玲 ), a female Hong Kong singer, covered the song on her LP album Betty Chung. It has been covered by the punk band Ism. In 1991, the group Nice & Smooth sampled the intro from the Partridge Family 's `` I Think I Love You '' in their rap hit, `` Hip Hop Junkies ''. Florida - based band Less Than Jake covered the song, and their version was included on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Scream 2. Clam Abuse covered the song as the first proper song for their debut album `` Stop Thinking '' in 1999. A recent re-issue also contains a remix of the cover. American pop singer Kaci Battaglia released her version as a single in 2002, it hit number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. On July 16, 2002, Katie Cassidy recorded a cover of her father 's hit that was released by E-Squared Records on iTunes as her only song she released. She was 15 at the time ( five years younger than her father when he recorded his version ). The extended dance remix is the B - side of the digital download. Paul Westerberg covered it in 2004, and in 2005, as did Constantine Maroulis. A section of the song appears towards the end of Westerberg 's 2008 release 49 : 00. David Cassidy himself did two solo remakes, with the first being featured on his 1998 album `` Old Trick New Dog '', and a soul remake of the song in 2003 for the album Touch of Blue. Declan Galbraith covered it in 2007 on his album, You and Me. Jerry O'Connell sings the song in the movie Scream 2. In the movie Trainwreck, Amy Schumer and the Knicks City Dancers perform to the song at the end of the movie. References ^ Jump up to : `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ liner notes from The Partridge Family Album, Razor and Tie Music Corporation, CD, 1993 Jump up ^ Hartman, Kent ( 2012 ). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin 's Griffin. pp. 261 -- 263. ISBN 978 - 1 - 250 - 03046 - 7. Jump up ^ C'mon, Get Happy... Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus, by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, 1994 DBC Enterprises, Warner Books Inc, p. 92 ^ Jump up to : `` Australian Chart Book ''. Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016 - 03 - 05. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1971 - 01 - 09. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- I Think I Love You ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved July 2, 2017. Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 419. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 12 / 05 / 70 ''. Web.archive.org. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017. Jump up ^ `` Jaaroverzichten -- Single 1972 '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1999 ). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin : Record Research Inc. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 142 - X. Jump up ^ `` Jaaroverzichten -- Single 1971 '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 588. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 1993 ). Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. St Ives, NSW, Australia : Australian Chart Book. p. 330. ISBN 0 - 646 - 11917 - 6. Jump up ^ Georges Guétary, Papa je t'aime on YouTube Retrieved November 29, 2011 Jump up ^ David Lewis ( 2008 - 07 - 24 ). `` Paul Westerberg -- ' 49 : 00 ′ ''. Variety. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 03. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Partridge Family David Cassidy Shirley Jones Danny Bonaduce Susan Dey Jeremy Gelbwaks Brian Forster Suzanne Crough Dave Madden Studio albums The Partridge Family Album Up to Date Sound Magazine A Partridge Family Christmas Card Shopping Bag The Partridge Family Notebook Crossword Puzzle Bulletin Board Other albums At Home with Their Greatest Hits The World of the Partridge Family Greatest Hits The Definitive Collection Come On Get Happy ! : The Very Best of The Partridge Family Singles `` I Think I Love You '' `` Does n't Somebody Want to Be Wanted '' `` I 'll Meet You Halfway '' `` I Woke Up in Love This Morning '' `` It 's One of Those Nights ( Yes Love ) '' `` Breaking Up Is Hard to Do '' `` Looking Through the Eyes of Love '' Related articles List of The Partridge Family episodes The Partridge Family discography David Cassidy discography Wes Farrell Goober and the Ghost Chasers Partridge Family 2200 A.D. Perry Como Albums So Smooth ( 1955 ) We Get Letters ( 1956 ) Saturday Night with Mr. C ( 1958 ) When You Come to the End of the Day ( 1958 ) Como Swings ( 1959 ) Season 's Greetings from Perry Como ( 1959 ) For the Young at Heart ( 1960 ) Sing to Me Mr. C ( 1961 ) By Request ( 1962 ) The Best of Irving Berlin 's Songs from Mr. President ( 1962 ) The Songs I Love ( 1963 ) The Scene Changes ( 1965 ) Lightly Latin ( 1966 ) Perry Como in Italy ( 1966 ) The Perry Como Christmas Album ( 1968 ) Look to Your Heart ( 1968 ) Seattle ( 1969 ) Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas ( 1970 ) It 's Impossible ( 1970 ) I Think of You ( 1971 ) And I Love You So ( 1973 ) Perry ( 1974 ) Just Out of Reach ( 1975 ) 40 Greatest Hits ( 1975 ) The Best of British ( UK and Canada ) ( 1977 ) Where You 're Concerned ( US ) ( 1978 ) Perry Como ( 1980 ) Perry Como Live on Tour ( 1981 ) So It Goes / Goodbye for Now ( 1983 ) Today ( 1987 ) Perry Como 's Christmas Concert ( 1994 ) On the Radio -- The Perry Como Shows 1943 ( 2009 ) At the Supper Club ( 2010 ) At the Supper Club Part II ( 2011 ) At the Supper Club Part III ( 2011 ) Songs `` ' A ' You 're Adorable '' `` Ac - Cent - Tchu - Ate the Positive '' `` And I Love You So '' `` As Time Goes By '' `` Bali Ha'i '' `` Because '' `` Beyond Tomorrow '' `` Bibbidi - Bobbidi - Boo '' `` Blue Room '' `` A Bushel and a Peck '' `` Ca n't Help Falling in Love '' `` Catch a Falling Star '' `` Chi - Baba, Chi - Baba ( My Bambino Go to Sleep ) '' `` Confessin ' '' `` Days of Wine and Roses '' `` Deep in the Heart of Texas '' `` Delaware '' `` Do n't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes '' `` Dream Along with Me ( I 'm on My Way to a Star ) '' `` A Dreamer 's Holiday '' `` El Cóndor Pasa '' `` Feelings '' `` Fly Me to the Moon '' `` For the Good Times '' `` Forever and Ever '' `` Forget Domani '' `` Give Me Your Hand '' `` Glendora '' `` The Gypsy in My Soul '' `` Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas '' `` He 's Got the Whole World in His Hands '' `` Hello, Young Lovers '' `` Here, There and Everywhere '' `` Home for the Holidays '' `` Hot Diggity ( Dog Ziggity Boom ) '' `` A House Is Not a Home '' `` I Do n't See Me in Your Eyes Anymore '' `` I Dream of You ( More Than You Dream I Do ) '' `` I Think I Love You '' `` I 'll Be Home for Christmas '' `` If ( They Made Me a King ) '' `` It 's Been a Long, Long Time '' `` It 's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas '' `` Kewpie Doll '' `` The Lord 's Prayer '' `` Magic Moments '' `` Mandolins in the Moonlight '' `` Maria '' `` Moon River '' `` More '' `` No Other Love '' `` Papa Loves Mambo '' `` Prisoner of Love '' `` Round and Round '' `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town '' `` Seattle '' `` The Shadow of Your Smile '' `` Some Enchanted Evening '' `` Somos Novios ( It 's Impossible ) '' `` The Songs I Love '' `` Stop ! And Think It Over '' `` Surrender '' `` Till the End of Time '' `` Unchained Melody '' `` Wanted '' `` The Way You Look Tonight '' `` What 'll I Do '' `` When You and I Were Young, Maggie '' `` Young at Heart '' Related Perry Como discography Perry Como television and radio shows Beat the Band The Chesterfield Supper Club List of songs recorded by Perry Como Goodman Ace Mitchell Ayres Ray Charles Frank Gallop Nick Perito Preceded by `` I 'll Be There '' by The Jackson 5 US Billboard Hot 100 number - one single ( The Partridge Family version ) November 21, 1970 ( three weeks ) Succeeded by `` The Tears of a Clown '' by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Preceded by `` We 've Only Just Begun '' by The Carpenters Canadian RPM 100 number - one single ( The Partridge Family version ) November 21, 1970 ( four weeks ) Succeeded by `` Is n't It a Pity '' by George Harrison Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Think_I_Love_You&oldid=828032104 '' Categories : 1970 singles 1983 singles 1991 singles Songs written by Tony Romeo The Partridge Family songs Perry Como songs Less Than Jake songs Andy Williams songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Number - one singles in Australia 1970 songs Bell Records singles Song recordings produced by Wes Farrell London Records singles Hidden categories : CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Talk More Contents About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 28 February 2018, at 04 : 16. 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Question: who wrote i think i love you song
Answer: Tony Romeo