# Think of You (Whigfield song)

"Think of You" is a song recorded by Italian Eurodance project Whigfield, which was performed by Danish-born Sannie Charlotte Carlson. It was written by producers Davide Riva and Alfredo Larry Pignagnoli with Annerley Gordon, and released in May 1995 as the third single from her first album, Whigfield (1995). The single scored success on the charts in Europe, reaching number seven in the UK and becoming a top-10 hit also in Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Spain and Zimbabwe. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Think of You" reached number eight.
The song became quite notorious in the UK due to the lyrical content of the extended version which featured the line "I need you inside me tonight" — this was changed to "I need you beside me tonight" for the radio & video release.

## Chart performance

Like "Saturday Night" and its follow-up single "Another Day", "Think of You" was successful on the charts in Europe. It was a top-5 hit in Denmark (4), Ireland (4), Italy (4), Scotland (4), and Spain, where the single reached its best chart position as number three. Additionally, it also reached the top 10 in Iceland (9), Lithuania, the Netherlands (6), and the United Kingdom. In the latter, it peaked at number seven in its third week on the UK Singles Chart on 11 June 1995. It spent 12 weeks on the chart in total. A moderate hit in UK clubs, it reached number 18 on the UK Dance Singles Chart, while peaking at number 24 on the Music Week Club Chart. And on the Music Week UK on a Pop Tip Club Chart, it fared even better, reaching number four. On the Eurochart Hot 100 and MTV European Top 20, "Think of You" peaked at numbers eight and four, respectively. It debuted on the Eurochart Hot 100 as number 43 on June 3, and peaked at number eight five weeks later, on July 1.
Outside Europe, the song charted in Canada, where it peaked at number three on The Record Retail Singles chart, number 66 on the RPM Top Singles chart and number two on the RPM Dance/Urban chart. On the African continent, it was successful in Zimbabwe, reaching number four.

## Critical reception

AllMusic editor William Cooper described the song as "irresistibly catchy". Mark Dezzani from Billboard labeled it as "tart-pop", "rather than pop-tart", viewing it as "equally catchy" as 'Another Day'. Chris Heath from The Daily Telegraph named it "her greatest song" and the "summer's most uplifting single". In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton found that 'Think of You' "moves more than ever towards being a straightforward narrative song and possibly loses even more of the charm of her first smash hit." Pan-European magazine Music & Media felt "the Dancing Divaz club mix serves this Euro track right especially well, as it highlights the nerve-wrecking synth riff and the one-line chorus in a most hypnotising way."
A reviewer from Music Week gave it four out of five, writing, "Infectious, uncomplicated and guaranteed to complete a hat-trick of hits for the lyrically-challenged Dane. She has to resort to her cutesy diddly-doos towards the end but the happy vibe lasts the full four minutes." James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update named it a "typically sing-song but quite suggestively worded cheerful shrill pop romp". Also Tony Cross from Smash Hits gave 'Think of You' four out of five, saying, "So what if this sounds like her other two hits; you can sing to it, you can dance to it, and it's fun. Now cheer up and get into Whiggy — it's pop so sweet you can sprinkle it on your strawberries."

## Music video

In the accompanying music video for "Think of You", Whigfield plays a director, performing at a movie set. She is dressed in a red suit and her hair is darker than in her previous music videos. She directs and several workers are carrying and placing white pillars and statues around on the set. Sometimes Whigfield sings, while sitting in the director chair, other times she sits on a movie crane. Towards the end, everyone leaves the set, while Whigfield is left alone, singing while she is walking in between the pillars. The video was later published on YouTube by Energy Records in 2013, and had generated more than 4.5 million views as of early 2025.

## Remixes

In 2007, Whigfield released her first single in three years, a re-release of the original from 1995, which was reworked and updated with new sounds. The single was available in two formats, "Think of You" (Banana Mixes) and "Think of You" (Pineapple Mixes). However, in Italy the two formats are all on one release.