I Think I Love You

Album

Partridge Family Album, The

Label

Bell Records

Genre

Baroque pop

Composer(s)

Tony Romeo

Entered Chart

Oct 10, 1970

Peak Date

Nov 21, 1970

Released

August 22, 1970

Recorded

1970 Studio United Western (Hollywood)

Catalog #

Bell 910

B-Side

Somebody Wants To Love You

The Partridge Family was a TV show that ran from 1970-1974. It was about a musical family, starring David Cassidy and his real-life stepmother Shirley Jones along with future L.A. Law actress Susan Dey and a young Danny Bonaduce. The show was marketed around Cassidy, who is the son of the actor Jack Cassidy. He quickly became a teen idol. Jones and Cassidy were the only members of The Partridge Family to perform on their recordings, as Cassidy sang lead and Jones, a veteran of movie musicals Oklahoma and The Music Man, sang backup. Unlike The Monkees, the actors who were not hired to sing didn't have musical aspirations. Top-tier session musicians played on The Partridge Family's songs, including Hal Blaine, Larry Knechtel, Joe Osborn, Louie Shelton and Tommy Tedesco. On their singles and albums, the group was credited as "The Partridge Family starring Shirley Jones featuring David Cassidy. This was released the same day the TV show went on the air, and 2 months and 4 days later, it was a #1 hit. Over the next few years The Partridge Family scored 6 more Top 40 hits, each release declining in chart position. They were: "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted" (#6) "I'll Meet You Halfway" (#9) "I Woke Up In Love This Morning" (#13) "It's One Of Those Nights (Yes Love)" (#20) "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" (#28) "Looking Through The Eyes Of Love" (#39) This was written by Tony Romeo, who also wrote songs for The Seekers, The Everly Brothers and Richard Harris. It's a very unusual song with a vocal intro (ba, ba ba ba...) that made it challenging for disk jockeys to talk over the song. The harpsichord sound and cathartic chorus helped the song endure long after the TV show went off the air. While The Partridge Family was still on the air, Cassidy nurtured his solo career, releasing hit singles including "Cherish" and "Daydreamer." His half-brother Shaun Cassidy also had some hits, scoring in 1977 with "Hey Deanie" and "Da Doo Ron Ron." This was used twice in the first season of the TV show, with producers taking care not to show too much footage of the band "playing" this song. The group Voice of the Beehive took this song to #25 UK in 1991. Other artists to cover it include Less Than Jake, Paul Westerberg and Declan Galbraith. The Hip-Hop duo Nice And Smooth sampled it for their song "Hip Hop Junkies." In 2002, the American teenage singer Kaci recorded a cover, which reached #10 in the UK. Kaci Lynn Battaglia was a child star who by the age of 10 had sung the national anthem at a New York Yankees baseball game and presented a Disney Christmas TV special. In 1977, a young couple was ambushed by serial killer David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, while sitting in a parked car listening to this song. The scene is recreated and discussed in the 1994 thriller Copycat, starring Sigourney Weaver and Holly Hunter.

I was sleeping and right in the middle of a good dream
Like all at once I wake up from something that keeps knocking at my brain
Before I go insane I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed screaming out the words I dread
I think I love you (I think I love you)

This morning I woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with and so I just decided to myself
I'd hide it to myself and never talk about it
And did not go and shout it when you walked into the room
I think I love you (I think I love you)

I think I love you so what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of a love there is no cure for

I think I love you isn't that what life is made of
Though it worries me to say that I never felt this way

I don't know what I'm up against
I don't know what it's all about
I got so much to think about

Hey, I think I love you so what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of a love there is no cure for

I think I love you isn't that what life is made of
Though it worries me to say I never felt this way

Believe me you really don't have to worry
I only wanna make you happy and if you say "hey go away" I will
But I think better still I'd better stay around and love you
Do you think I have a case let me ask you to your face
Do you think you love me?

I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you