"Think It Over" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fourth studio album, Shake It Up (1981). It was written by Ric Ocasek.
| "Think It Over" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by the Cars | ||||
| from the album Shake It Up | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Not the One" | |||
| Released | August 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Syncro Sound (Boston) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:56 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ric Ocasek | |||
| Producer(s) | Roy Thomas Baker | |||
| The Cars singles chronology | ||||
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| Shake It Up track listing | ||||
9 tracks | ||||
Release
"Think It Over" first saw release on the 1981 album Shake It Up, but following the release of the album, the song was released as a single in the United Kingdom and Australia. Backed with "I'm Not the One" (which later became successful in its own right), the single did not make a dent in the charts. The single was not released in the United States, as the track "Victim of Love" (also from Shake It Up) received a single release instead.
Reception
AllMusic critic Greg Prato cited the track as a highlight from Shake It Up, and described the track as "almost entirely synth-oriented" and called it one of the "many lesser-known album tracks [on Shake It Up that] prove[d] to be [a] highlight".[1] Boston Globe critic Steve Morse praised "Think It Over" as a high point of Shake It Up and an exception from the "absence of spirit" of the album.[2] Morse called "Think It Over" a "great dance tune," saying that "it seems to borrow heavily from Roy Hamilton's 1958 hit, 'Don't Let Go'".[2] The Sun critic Sadie Smith wrote that it "has a great synthesized intro, that gets quite intense and never lets up."[3] Classic Rock History critic Emily Fagan rated it as the Cars 9th best song sung by Orr, praising the "strong musical composition and production" and calling it "catchy".[4]
References
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