“Thought of You” is a song by Canadian recording artist Justin Bieber, is the ninth track from the album Believe.
Background[]
According to Rechtshaid, he and Diplo received a call from Usher requesting a meeting, so the two of them began working up a chord progression and some drum tracks. When they played the embryonic song for the star, though, everyone agreed that its tone felt slightly too bright. Usher, who is close to Justin Bieber, gave Rechtshaid his blessing to present the track to the Bieber camp. Though Rechtshaid didn’t know much about the Canadian sensation, he reached out to the singer’s team just before jetting off to the Caribbean to record reggae with Snoop Lion. The day he got back, he rushed into his first Bieber meeting with material he hadn’t given much thought to for weeks. But none of that mattered; Justin loved “Thought of You”; Rechtshaid went home the same day and began tightening, polishing and adding effects. A few days later, he recruited Eric Belinger to write the top line (the melody and lyrics), some of which Bieber would alter and riff on during recording. The whole thing came together “remarkably quickly,” Rechtshaid recalls.[2]
Audio[]
Performances[]
- The Cloud (July 19, 2012)
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Girl, I've been fooled by your smile
I was mistaken by the way you love me
We let it stray for a while, yeah
Looks so deceiving, you convinced me, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
So clear to me now
Can't explain what you're doing to me, yeah, aye
I did but I don't know how
It's gon' take some time, but I'll figure it out
Why should we fight the feeling?
Let's just live in the moment
Though it's infatuation
I'm good with that
[Chorus]
Cause I'm in love with the thought of you
With the thought of you, with the thought of you
I'm in love with the thought of you
Not the things you do, but the thought of you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you, you, you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you, you, you
Love with the thought of you
[Verse 2]
I fell victim to your style
It's so amazing, girl, you're in your own league
Rather be stuck in denial, yeah
Then tryna be without you girl, girl, girl, girl
[Pre-Chorus]
So clear to me now
Can't explain what you're doing to me, yeah, aye
I did but I don't know how
It's gon' take some time, but I'll figure it out
Why should we fight the feeling?
Let's just live in the moment
Though it's infatuation
I'm good with that
[Chorus]
Cause I'm in love with the thought of you
With the thought of you, with the thought of you
I'm in love with the thought of you
Not the things you do, but the thought of you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you, you, you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you, you, you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you, you, you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you
[Pre-Chorus]
So clear to me now
Can't explain what you're doing to me, yeah, aye
I did but I don't know how
It's gon' take some time, but I'll figure it out
Why should we fight the feeling?
Let's just live in the moment
Though it's infatuation
I'm good with that
[Chorus]
Cause I'm in love with the thought of you
With the thought of you, with the thought of you
I'm in love with the thought of you
Not the things you do, but the thought of you
You, you, you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you, you, you
I'm in love with the thought of you
Not the things you do, but the thought of you
[Outro]
You, you, you
Girl, I'm in love with the thought of you, you, you
References[]
- ↑ "Justin Bieber records "Believe"". Facebook. March 2012.
- ↑ Waldman, Katy (January 16, 2013). "How To Make a Justin Bieber Song". Slate.
