That's What I Think

"That's What I Think" is a song by American singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper, released in November 1993 as the second single from her fourth album, Hat Full of Stars (1993).[2] Produced by Lauper and Junior Vasquez, the song 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. Upon the release, Lauper performed it at the American Music Awards, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Arsenio Hall Show, and The Tonight Show.

"That's What I Think"
Single by Cyndi Lauper
from the album Hat Full of Stars
B-side"That's What I Think" (Live Version)
ReleasedNovember 1, 1993 (1993-11-01)[1]
GenrePop
Length4:39
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cyndi Lauper singles chronology
"Who Let In the Rain"
(1993)		 "That's What I Think"
(1993)		 "Sally's Pigeons"
(1993)
Music video
"That's What I Think" on YouTube

Tommy Page covered the song on his 1996 album Loving You.[3]

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.[4] 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."[5] In an 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".[6] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton complimented it as a "cleverly constructed track".[7] Holly George Warren of Rolling Stone noted Lauper's "throaty belting".[8]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Cyndi Lauper herself.[9] It features different fans explaining what music meant to them. The video was later published on YouTube in 2009 and had generated more than 700,000 views as of September 2021.[10]

Track listings

Charts
Chart (1993–1994) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) 31
UK Dance (Music Week)[11] 12
UK Club Chart (Music Week)[12] 25
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard)[13] 14
US Hot Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[14] 50

References
  1. "Single Releases". Music Week. October 30, 1993. p. 27.
  2. Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think. Epic Records. October 1993.
  3. "Tommy Page: That's What I Think". secondhandsongs.com.
  4. DeGagne, Mike. "Cyndi Lauper – A Hat Full of Stars". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  5. Flick, Larry (October 30, 1993). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 61. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  6. Millan, Mark (February 24, 2014). "Hat Full Of Stars – Cyndi Lauper". The Daily Vault. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  7. Masterton, James (November 7, 1993). "Week Ending November 13th 1993". Chart Watch UK. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  8. George-Warren, Holly (September 2, 1993). "Cyndi Lauper: Hat Full Of Stars". Rolling Stone. Straight Arrow. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  9. "Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think". IMDb. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  10. "Cyndi Lauper - That's What I Think". YouTube. October 25, 2009. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  11. "Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. November 13, 1993. p. 26. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  12. "The RM Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). November 13, 1993. p. 4. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  13. "Cyndi Lauper: That's What I Think (Hot Dance Club Songs)". billboard.com. Billboard.
  14. Cyndi Lauper | Billboard
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