| "Thinking of You" | ||||
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| Single by Katy Perry | ||||
| from the album One of the Boys | ||||
| Written | 2002 | |||
| Released | January 12, 2009 | |||
| Studio | Deathstar, Butch's Old House (Los Feliz) | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:06 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Katy Perry | |||
| Producer(s) | Butch Walker | |||
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| "Thinking of You" on YouTube | ||||
"Thinking of You" is a song written and recorded by American singer and songwriter Katy Perry from her second studio album, One of the Boys (2008). It was produced by Katy Perry and Butch Walker, and released on January 12, 2009, as the album's third single. "Thinking of You" deals with a break-up in which Perry does not want to move on but has no choice, and feels nostalgic of a previous lover while in a relationship with another man. Retrospectively, "Thinking of You" has been described as a favorite among her fans.
The song peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming the album's only single not to reach the Top 10 in the United States. It peaked at number 27 in the United Kingdom. There are two music videos released for the song. The first was released in 2007 and features Perry in two different rooms—black and white—and was directed by a friend of hers. The second was the commercial release in 2009, which is set in the 1940s and features Perry playing a woman who lost her lover, a soldier (played by Matt Dallas), in battle during World War II. Perry began playing the song during gigs as early as 2006, and performed the song on all of her concert tours: the Hello Katy Tour, the California Dreams Tour, the Prismatic World Tour and Witness: The Tour. In South America, the song was included in the international soundtrack of Brazilian soap opera India, a Love Story and became very successful.