Think It Over
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{{Infobox song
| name = Think It Over
| cover = Thinkitover.JPG
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Crickets
| album = The Buddy Holly Story
| B-side = Fool's Paradise
| released = May 27, 1958
| format =
| recorded = February 1958
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Rock and roll|rockabilly}}
| length = 1:45
| label = Brunswick
| writer = {{plainlist}}
- Holly, Petty, Allison{{cite web|title=secondhandsongs.com|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12682|website=secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}
{{endplainlist}}
| producer = Norman Petty
| prev_title = Maybe Baby
| prev_year = 1958
| next_title = It's So Easy!
| next_year = 1958
}}
"Think It Over" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty in 1958, originally recorded by the Crickets. The record was a Top Forty hit in the U.S. and UK in 1958.
Buddy Holly played lead guitar. Vi Petty, producer Norman Petty's wife, played piano on this recording.
Chart performance
In the US, "Think It Over" was released by Brunswick Records as a 45-rpm single (9-55072),[http://tsort.info/music/3mfe7w.htm Song artist 342 – Buddy Holly.tsort.info]. reaching number 27 on the Billboard pop singles chart,{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=390}} and number 9 on the Billboard R&B chart. Overseas, the song went to number 11 in the UK.{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|website=Official Charts |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5109/crickets/|accessdate=March 31, 2021}}
The B side was "Fool's Paradise".
Personnel
- Buddy Holly - vocals, lead guitar
- Jerry Allison - drums
- Joe B. Mauldin - bass guitar
- Vi Petty - piano
- The Roses - background vocals
- Norman Petty - producer
Other recordings
The song has been recorded by Bobby Vee, Paul Burch, The Bobby Fuller Four, Mickie Most, Jimmy Gilmer, The Hollies, Skeeter Davis, Gloria Lynne, P.J. Proby, Phil Ochs, Ringo Starr, Mike Berry, Billy Swan and Buzz Cason, and the Australian band Ol' 55 on their album Take It Greasy (1976).[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/12682/all Think It Over. Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 13 June 2025.]
References
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Sources
- Amburn, Ellis (1996). Buddy Holly: A Biography. St. Martin's Press. {{ISBN|978-0-312-14557-6}}.
- Bustard, Anne (2005). Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly. Simon & Schuster. {{ISBN|978-1-4223-9302-4}}.
- Dawson, Jim; Leigh, Spencer (1996). Memories of Buddy Holly. Big Nickel Publications. {{ISBN|978-0-936433-20-2}}.
- Gerron, Peggy Sue (2008). Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue? Togi Entertainment. {{ISBN|978-0-9800085-0-0}}.
- Goldrosen, John (1975). Buddy Holly: His Life and Music. Popular Press. {{ISBN|0-85947-018-0}}.
- Goldrosen, John; Beecher, John (1996). Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography. New York: Da Capo Press. {{ISBN|0-306-80715-7}}.
- Gribbin, John (2009). Not Fade Away: The Life and Music of Buddy Holly. London: Icon Books. {{ISBN|978-1-84831-034-6}}.
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Category:Songs written by Buddy Holly
Category:Songs written by Norman Petty
Category:Brunswick Records singles