Chris Young (with Cassadee Pope) - "Think Of You"

[sabre14]

Artist: Chris Young (with Cassadee Pope)
Single: "Think Of You"
Writers: Chris Young, Corey Crowder, Josh Hoge
Album: I'm Comin' Over
Label: RCA Nashville
Add Date: January 25th, 2016
Source: WBEE





It was announced by Scott Borchetta at the CMT event for the next Women of Country that "Think Of You" would be the second single off I'm Comin' Over, and today, WBEE put the song up as their Music Meeting Song of the Day for feedback on the single.

[onebuffalo]

Nice. Will get Cassadee Pope her second top ten following Wasting All These Tears (#10 in early 2014).

[robenglund]

Wow didn't see this one coming. Just kidding.

In all seriousness this will be a smash hit that I think can climb faster than "I'm Comin' Over" did and will lead to back to back BB number 1s for him for the first time since "Tomorrow" and "You". A string of BB number 1s from this album is certainly a big possibility. This will be a huge era for Chris.

[phil1996]

Maybe it's just me but his voice just doesn't sound as country as it once was.

[bigfan101]

This is going to be massive and hopefully will allow Cassadee to get back on radios good graces with her next single, cause I Am Invincible isn't even gonna crack the top 50.

[tvoss20]

Nice! Happy for both their sakes. This should be a mega hit.

[dm2081]

Maybe it's just me, but these duets are getting a little too formula for me. This touches on similar topics as previous duets, and I don't think these 2 add much to make it stand out. I don't hate it but I find it pretty underwhelming. Not the biggest fan of Cassadee's vocals either, they can be nails on a chalkboard sometimes. That being said, this is a pretty safe choice for radio and should at least be a decent hit. Just hoping Chris will release something that blows our mind. I know he has it in him, just waiting to hear it.

[codyj100]

Like many above, I have high hopes that this will be a big hit for both of them. Is it the best song in the world, No? I feel like it fits with the album but both their voices are worthy of something better. I just wish Cassadee would take off already. Her voice is magic to me. So, hopefully this song helps give her a boost.

[.indulgecountry]

Really, really excited for this. This is definitely the strongest 1-2 punch he's given us since his first career #1 ("Gettin' You Home") and its follow-up ("The Man I Want to Be"). I'm sure this will be another monumental hit for Chris Young and I'm glad that it will also allow Cassadee Pope to get some well-deserved spotlight and hopefully boost her career a bit as well. This is certainly a big win-win scenario imo.

[M&TSwiftie]

This is so good! Easily another hit and hopefully can give I am invincible a resurgence on the charts if possible either way excited for this as the next single.

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Why do my stations hate Chris Young so much? He gets literally no recurrent play here at all. I can't even remember what "The Man I Want to Be" or "Tomorrow" sound like, I barely heard "You" when it was even climbing, and I forgot that he even released "Lonely Eyes". And I've liked literally all of his singles except "Aw Naw" (disclaimer: I never heard "You're Gonna Love Me").

[sabre14]

Nov 26, 2015 3:00:21 GMT -5 Ten Pound Hammer said:

(disclaimer: I never heard "You're Gonna Love Me").

And I've heard Chris' former hits all the time on any station I listen to. "Gettin' You Home", "The Man I Want To Be", "Tomorrow" and "Lonely Eyes" are great songs, but all of them have been driven into the ground by country radio.

[stanches2318]

I love this song it's my fav country song this yr. it's the perfect collaboration between two artists. Chris and Cassadee are perfect together. I hope the radio plays the heck out of this. I guess I can say that Chris Young is back with some good music again with "I'm Comin Over" and this one.

[bboat11]

I would love nothing more than for this song to give Cassadee her first #1. What an amazing opportunity it is for her that this song is being released as a single :) Who knows whether it will do anything to help her momentum afterwards, but at this point it certainly can't get any worse than it already is!

[onebuffalo]

Get well, Chris!:

theboot.com/chris-young-strep-throat-duluth-concert-postponed-2015/

[Carriefan1190]

This should easily go top 5, if not make it to #1. Smart move releasing this as a single.

[Music Fan]

This has become one of my favorite country songs of 2015. Really hoping this gets Cassadee back on the good side of radio.

[Kanenrá:ke]

While I'd really prefer "I Know A Guy" as a single to anything else on the album, this is still good and I can see it bringing him new attention from the CMA's come award season next fall.

[.indulgecountry]

They just announced via Facebook live that they're currently (as in literally right now, lol) shooting the music video for this! The director is the same guy (David McClister) who did the "I'm Comin' Over" video, too.

[sabre14]

My contact at WYRK said they have the song in their station (doesn't mean they'll add it right away) and expect this to receive plenty of adds after Christmas/New Year.

[sabre14]

"Think Of You" will be getting a handful of adds today so I'm assuming the official announcement will be coming this week, perhaps tonight in Aircheck and/or Billboard.

[Deleted]

I am honestly bored by this song Chris and Cassadee sound fine actually sound rather solid. But that production is so lifeless and bland. The lyrics are fine but I also feel like they underuse Cassadee Pope talent even if at times I feel like she's a better fit for pop.

[phil1996]

Jan 4, 2016 17:37:00 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

I am honestly bored by this song Chris and Cassadee sound fine actually sound rather solid. But that production is so lifeless and bland. The lyrics are fine but I also feel like they underuse Cassadee Pope talent even if at times I feel like she's a better fit for pop.

Completely agree. There's just nothing in this song that grabs me. It's got a nice beat but I feel like I've heard it 20,000 times before.

[Kari]

Reading it will be released on Jan 25th. Nothing official yet from Chris confirming this date.

[g8erboi]

Single cover

http://instagram.com/p/BAS7DPQAMC0

Hope we get the official adds date soon!

[sabre14]

The impact date is January 25th according to NashvilleGab.

[slowmo]

The “I’m Comin’ Over” singer tells Taste of Country that he and co-writers Corey Crowder and Josh Hoge heard this song as a duet at first, but then dismissed it. “It’s tough to get duets,” Young explains. “Even when you get a duet and you write it correctly it’s tough to get the right duet partner with the other person.”

“There’s not a lot of female voices in country music that you can really pull from, and even those that you could at the time, Miranda (Lambert) and Carrie (Underwood) had just done a duet together, there’s a lot of space taken up there.”

Then, Young played a songwriter round with Pope. She led off, and by the time she got to the first chorus, he was already planning how he’d ask her to join him on the uptempo, lost-love song. Some had suggested he pick a pop artist instead, but he knew The Voice singer was the one.

tasteofcountry.com/chris-young-cassadee-pope-think-of-you-duet/

That last part interests me. Wonder who the "some" were thinking of on the pop side? They sorta ended up doing that anyway with Cassadee. ha

[kirkw]

Looks like this is the biggest single launch of his career. This entire CD is loaded with smash hit material as there's many options to choose from for Radio and he can't go wrong. CY definitely hit the ball out of the park with this effort. If he doesn't burst out of the pack now, he never will.

[Kari]

In today's All Access Spotlight Track:

"This song could potentially be the song of the year." Those are the words of a Country radio programmer, and I completely agree. Chris Young is the hero of this underdog story. He's consistently talented: as a vocalist, a writer, and now, a co-producer. "Think Of You" might just be the song that opens everyone's eyes to the superstar who has been in front of them all along. This duet plays with the idea of contrast and balance; Cassadee Pope's vocals are strong, and she complements Young while still remaining a significant part of the song. The dichotomy between the upbeat and catchy melody and the regretful emotions highlights the lack of a resolution. This is an epic couple with a great love that burned like the sun, "how bright we burned." When the flames went out, it was SUCH a powerful love that everyone's world became dark, "It ain't just us missing all of the times." As we sing along, pretending that we're Cassadee or Chris, their emptiness and regret becomes ours, and thus this epic love story becomes even greater. Yet the song ends without a resolution, so like every truly great story, it lingers with us and leaves us thinking. What am I thinking? That this song is an absolute smash, and you should add it now if you haven't already."

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Republic Nashville (Cassadee's label) has signed on to jointly promote this one to radio, according to both Billboard and Country Aircheck. Smart move, because that can only help Cassadee going forward. She probably won't have another solo single until this one has peaked (or is at least well up the chart), but the fact that Republic will be working alongside RCA on this one will help them when it comes time to promote Cassadee's next single. It'll help radio to view this as a Cassadee Pope single (as well as a Chris Young single, of course).