Think About Love (song)

1985 single by Dolly Parton

"Think About Love"

Single by Dolly Parton
from the album  Real Love
B-side| "Come Back to Me"
Released| November 11, 1985
Recorded| January 1985
Genre| Country
Length| 3:27
Label| RCA
Songwriter(s)| Richard "Spady" Brannan
Tom Campbell
Producer(s)| David Malloy
Dolly Parton singles chronology
| "Real Love"
(1985)  | "Think About Love"
(1985)  | "Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)"
(1986)

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"Think About Love" is a song recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton, first released on her 1985 Real Love album. The song, written by Richard "Spady" Brannan and Tom Campbell, was an uptempo pop tune, employing (as did most of the other songs on Real Love) synthesizers and other distinctive pop flourishes. It was released as the album's third single in November 1985 and, despite its polished pop production, reached No. 1 on the U.S. country singles charts in March 1986; the single spent a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. The song was Parton's sixteenth number one country single as a solo artist and twentieth overall.[1]

The song was remixed for its single version. The remixed version of the song also served as the title track on Parton's 1986 Think About Love album, which was composed of previously released tracks, many of which had been remixed. The single mix (the version played on the radio and available on 45) has never been released on any CD in the US or abroad. It would turn out to be Parton's last chart-topper on RCA, her label of the previous nineteen years. (She would switch to Columbia Records in 1987).

## Chart positions

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Weekly

Chart (1985–1986)  | Peak
position

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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] | 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks  | 1

Year-End

Chart (1986)  | Peak
Position

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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 35

## References

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1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 262.
2. ^ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
3. ^ "Billboard Hot Country Songs - Year-End Charts (1986)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

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Dolly Parton

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Studio albums|

| 1960s|

* Hello, I'm Dolly
* Just Because I'm a Woman
* In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
* My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

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1970s|

* The Fairest of Them All
* The Golden Streets of Glory
* Joshua
* Coat of Many Colors
* Touch Your Woman
* My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner
* My Tennessee Mountain Home
* Bubbling Over
* Jolene
* Love Is Like a Butterfly
* The Bargain Store
* Dolly
* All I Can Do
* New Harvest...First Gathering
* Here You Come Again
* Heartbreaker
* Great Balls of Fire

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1980s|

* Dolly, Dolly, Dolly
* 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
* Heartbreak Express
* Burlap & Satin
* The Great Pretender
* Once Upon a Christmas
* Real Love
* Trio
* Rainbow
* White Limozeen

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1990s|

* Home for Christmas
* Eagle When She Flies
* Slow Dancing with the Moon
* Honky Tonk Angels
* Something Special
* Treasures
* Hungry Again
* Trio II
* Precious Memories
* The Grass Is Blue

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2000s|

* Little Sparrow
* Halos & Horns
* For God and Country
* Those Were the Days
* Backwoods Barbie

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2010s|

* Better Day
* Blue Smoke
* Pure & Simple
* I Believe in You

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2020s|

* A Holly Dolly Christmas
* Run, Rose, Run
* Rockstar

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Live albums|

* A Real Live Dolly
* Heartsongs: Live from Home
* Live and Well

Soundtrack albums|

* 9 to 5
* The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
* Rhinestone
* Straight Talk
* Joyful Noise
* Dumplin'

Compilation albums|

* Hits Made Famous by Country Queens
* As Long as I Love
* The Best of Dolly Parton
* Just the Way I Am
* Mine
* Best of Dolly Parton
* Greatest Hits
* The Winning Hand
* Collector's Series
* Think About Love
* The Best There Is
* Best of Dolly Parton, Vol. 3
* I Will Always Love You and Other Greatest Hits
* Ultimate Dolly Parton
* The Very Best of Dolly Parton
* Playlist: The Very Best of Dolly Parton
* Diamonds & Rhinestones: The Greatest Hits Collection

Singles|

| 1960s|

* "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby"
* "Dumb Blonde"
* "Something Fishy"
* "In the Ghetto"

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1970s|

* "Mule Skinner Blues"
* "Joshua"
* "Comin' for to Carry Me Home"
* "Coat of Many Colors"
* "Touch Your Woman"
* "My Tennessee Mountain Home"
* "Jolene"
* "I Will Always Love You"
* "Love is Like a Butterfly
* "The Bargain Store"
* "The Seeker"
* "We Used To"
* "All I Can Do"
* "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"
* "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
* "Here You Come Again"
* "Two Doors Down"
* "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right"
* "Heartbreaker"
* "It's Too Late to Love Me Now"
* "Baby I'm Burnin'"
* "I Really Got the Feeling"
* "You're the Only One"
* "Great Balls of Fire"
* "Sweet Summer Lovin'"

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1980s|

* "Starting Over Again"
* "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"
* "9 to 5"
* "But You Know I Love You"
* "The House of the Rising Sun"
* "Single Women"
* "Heartbreak Express"
* "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"
* "Hard Candy Christmas"
* "Potential New Boyfriend"
* "Save the Last Dance for Me"
* "Downtown"
* "He Will Break Your Heart"
* "Tennessee Homesick Blues"
* "Medley: Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride"
* "Don't Call It Love"
* "Real Love"
* "Think About Love"
* "Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)"
* "We Had It All"
* "To Know Him Is to Love Him"
* "Telling Me Lies"
* "Those Memories of You"
* "The River Unbroken"
* "Wildflowers"
* "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That"
* "Yellow Roses"

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1990s|

* "Time for Me to Fly"
* "White Limozeen"
* "Love Is Strange"
* "Rockin' Years"
* "Silver and Gold"
* "Eagle When She Flies"
* "Light of a Clear Blue Morning"
* "Romeo"
* "Silver Threads and Golden Needles"
* "To Daddy"
* "Just When I Needed You Most"
* "Peace Train"
* "After the Gold Rush"
* "Feels Like Home"
* "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"
* "Walking on Sunshine"

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2000s|

* "Seven Bridges Road"
* "Shine"
* "Imagine"
* "Both Sides, Now"
* "Twelfth of Never"
* "Travelin' Thru"
* "Where Do the Children Play"
* "Better Get to Livin'"
* "Drives Me Crazy"

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2010s|

* "Together You and I"
* "Calling My Children Home"
* "The Story"
* "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me"
* "Here I Am"
* "Girl in the Movies"
* "God Only Knows"
* "There Was Jesus"
* "Faith"

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2020s|

* "When Life Is Good Again"
* "Mary, Did You Know?"
* "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
* "Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas"
* "In the Sweet By and By"
* "Magic Man"
* "We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You"
* "Step by Step"
* "Let It Be"
* "What's Up?"
* "Wrecking Ball"
* "Southern Accents"

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Features|

* "Islands in the Stream"
* "Love Is Strange"
* "When You Tell Me That You Love Me"
* "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
* "Sleepless Nights"
* "Viva Las Vegas"
* "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
* "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me"
* "When I Get Where I'm Going"
* "I Still Miss Someone"
* "You Can't Make Old Friends"
* "Forever Country"
* "Smoky Mountain Rain"
* "Words"
* "Eagle When She Flies"
* "Does He Love You (Revisited)"
* "Forever Young"
* "Please Please Please"

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Film and TV|

* Dolly (1976)
* Dolly (1987)
* Dolly & Carol in Nashville
* Hollywood to Dollywood
* The Book Lady
* For the Love of Dolly
* Coat of Many Colors
* Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
* Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
* Christmas on the Square

Tours|

* Halos & Horns Tour
* Hello, I'm Dolly Tour
* The Vintage Tour
* An Evening with Dolly Parton
* Backwoods Barbie Tour
* Better Day World Tour
* Blue Smoke World Tour
* Pure & Simple Tour

Theme parks|

* Dollywood
* Dollywood's Splash Country

Related articles|

* Stella Parton
* Rachel Parton George
* Dollywood Foundation
* Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton discography
* Dolly Parton's America
* Mural of Dolly Parton and RuPaul

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