I Think I Love You

"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.

"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)
ReleasedAugust 22, 1970
Recorded1970
GenrePop, baroque pop
Length2:54
LabelBell
Songwriter(s)Tony Romeo
Producer(s)Wes Farrell
The Partridge Family singles chronology
"I Think I Love You"
(1970)		 "Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted"
(1971)

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[1] and number 1 in Australia in 1971.

Cassidy lip-synched the song on the show, as was the process.[2] The music on the song was played by veteran studio musicians such as Mike Melvoin, Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborn, Louie Shelton, Tommy Tedesco, and other L.A. session musicians from The Wrecking Crew.[3][4] 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".[5]

The Partridge Family version was featured in the 2020 Dreamworks animated film The Croods: A New Age.

Chart performance

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
Released23 September 1991
GenreRock
Length3:13
LabelLondon 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)

In 1991, the alternative rock band Voice of the Beehive recorded "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.[19] The single also hit number 12 on the Australian singles chart in March 1992.[20]

References
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  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB-NNVLYy5k
  3. Liner notes from The Partridge Family Album, Razor and Tie Music Corporation, CD, 1993
  4. Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
  5. C'mon, Get Happy...Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus, by David Cassidy and Chip Deffaa, 1994, DBC Enterprises, Warner Books, p. 92
  6. "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
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  12. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  13. "Cash Box Top 100 12/05/70". 24 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  14. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1972" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
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  18. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  19. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 588. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  20. Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, NSW, Australia: Australian Chart Book. p.330. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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