That's What I Think
{{Short description|1993 single by Cyndi Lauper}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = That's What I Think
| cover = Ps twt1.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Cyndi Lauper
| album = Hat Full of Stars
| B-side = "That's What I Think" (Live Version)
| released = {{start date|1993|11|1}}{{cite magazine|title=Single Releases|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=October 30, 1993}}
| recorded =
| studio = Messina Sound (New York, NY){{cite book|title=Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think|date=October 1993|publisher=Epic Records}}
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 4:39
| label = Epic
| writer =
- Cyndi Lauper
- Rob Hyman
- Allee Willis
- Eric Bazilian
| producer =
- Cyndi Lauper
- Junior Vasquez
| prev_title = Who Let In the Rain
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Sally's Pigeons
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|pOx2U3M7eWg|"That's What I Think"}}}}
}}
"That's What I Think" is a song by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released in November 1993 by Epic Records as the second single from her fourth album, Hat Full of Stars (1993).{{cite book|title=Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think|date=October 1993|publisher=Epic Records}} Written by Lauper with Rob Hyman, Allee Willis and Eric Bazilian, the song was also produced by her with Junior Vasquez. It peaked in the top 40 in a couple of countries and was a dance hit in the United States. Its popular remixes caused the track to climb on the dance charts. It appeared on the album Twelve Deadly Cyns...and Then Some in its album edit format. The accompanying music video was directed by Lauper,{{cite web|title=Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7786708/|publisher=IMDb|date= |access-date=September 12, 2021}} featuring different fans explaining what music meant to them. Upon the release, Lauper performed the song at the American Music Awards, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Arsenio Hall Show, and The Tonight Show.
Tommy Page covered the song on his 1996 album Loving You.{{cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/743786/versions|title=Tommy Page: That's What I Think|website=secondhandsongs.com}}
Critical reception
Mike DeGagne from AllMusic felt that songs like "That's What I Think" "make for the most promising" of the 11 cuts on the Hat Full of Stars album.{{cite web|first= Mike |last= DeGagne |title= Cyndi Lauper – A Hat Full of Stars |publisher= AllMusic |date= |accessdate= November 4, 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-hat-full-of-stars-mw0000100028}} Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "With this funk-injected pop shuffler, Lauper offers what may be her most accessible and charming single in a long time." He added, "A husky vocal is framed by wriggling guitars and flourishing horns, seeping into a neat, muscular bassline. And the cute chorus is a fun sing-along."{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Flick |title= Single Reviews |magazine= Billboard |date= October 30, 1993 |page= 61 |accessdate= October 27, 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-10-30-N.pdf |author-link= Larry Flick}} In a 2014 review, the Daily Vault's Mark Millan called it as a very good song and a "blunt social commentary if ever there was one".{{cite web|first= Mark |last= Millan |title= Hat Full Of Stars – Cyndi Lauper |publisher= The Daily Vault |date= February 24, 2014 |accessdate= November 20, 2020 |url= http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=8203}} In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton complimented it as a "cleverly constructed track".{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending November 13th 1993|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-november-13th-1993|website=Chart Watch UK|date=November 7, 1993|accessdate=September 12, 2021|author-link=James Masterton}} Holly George Warren of Rolling Stone noted Lauper's "throaty belting".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/a-hat-full-of-stars-19930902 |title=Cyndi Lauper: Hat Full Of Stars |first=Holly |last=George-Warren |date=September 2, 1993 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Straight Arrow |issn=0035-791X |accessdate=October 10, 2011}} Music & Media commented that "under the productional jiggery pokery, you'll find a vintage Lauper song".{{cite magazine|magazine=Music & Media|date=November 6, 1993|volume=10|number=45|title=New Releases|page=12|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-11-06.pdf|access-date=January 8, 2025}}
Track listings
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- US 7-inch single – 34 77234
- US cassette single – 34T 77234
- EU CD single – 659473 1
- UK cassette single – 659879 4
- "That's What I Think" (Album Edit) – 4:17
- "That's What I Think" (Live version) – 4:35
- US CD maxi–single – 49K 77234
- "That's What I Think" (Album Edit) – 4:17
- "That's What I Think" (Live Version) – 4:35
- "That's What I Think" (Slugger Mix) – 6:09
- "That's What I Think" (Deep Mix) – 5:26
- "That's What I Think" (Musto Club Mix) – 7:07
- US 12-inch – 49 77234
:A1: "That's What I Think" (Musto Club Mix) – 7:10
:A2: "That's What I Think" (Musto Dub Mix) – 7:22
:A3: "That's What I Think" (Musto Radio Mix) – 3:55
:B1: "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Club Mix) – 5:31
:B2: "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Deep Mix) – 5:18
:B3: "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Factory Mix) – 5:24
- EU CD maxi-single – 659473 2
- "That's What I Think" (Album Edit) – 4:17
- "That's What I Think" (Live Version) – 4:35
- "That's What I Think" (Musto Remix) – 3:41
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- UK CD 1 – 659879 2
- "That's What I Think" (Single Version) – 4:17
- "That's What I Think" (Live Version) – 4:35
- "That's What I Think" (Musto Club Mix) – 7:10
- "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Club Mix) – 5:31
- "That's What I Think" (Musto Dub Mix) – 7:22
- "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Club Dub) – 5:26
- UK CD 2 (Limited Edition) – 659879 5
- "That's What I Think" (Album Version) – 4:38
- "I Drove All Night" – 4:08
- "True Colors" – 3:46
- "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" – 3:55
- UK 12-inch single – 659879 6
:A1: "That's What I Think" (Musto Club Mix) – 7:10
:A2: "That's What I Think" (Musto Dub Mix) – 7:22
:A3: "That's What I Think" (Musto Tribal Mix) – 3:05
:B1: "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Club Mix) – 5:31
:B2: "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Club Dub) – 5:26
:B3: "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Urban Dance Mix) – 6:03
:B4: "That's What I Think" (Vasquez Tribal Mix) – 5:22
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Charts
References
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Category:Songs written by Allee Willis
Category:Songs written by Cyndi Lauper