- You Might Think
Infobox Single
Name = You Might Think
Caption =
Artist =The Cars
from Album =Heartbeat City
A-side =
B-side = "Heartbeat City" (U.S.)"I Refuse" (UK ) 7", (US) 12"
Released = March, 1984 (US)November, 1984 (UK)
Format = 7", 12",CD
Recorded =
Genre = New Wave
Length = 3:04
Label = Elektra
Writer =Ric Ocasek
Producer =Mutt Lange , The Cars
Certification =
Last single = "Victim of Love" (1982)
This single = "You Might Think'" (1984)
Next single = "Magic" (1984)
Misc ="You Might Think" is a single by The Cars from their fifth studio album, "
Heartbeat City ", which came out in 1984. The track was written by Ric Ocasek, and produced by Mutt Lange and The Cars. Ocasek sang lead vocals.The track was the first single to be released off "Heartbeat City". Thanks in part to a striking video, "You Might Think" became a substantial hit in the US (peaking at #7) and in Canada (peaking at #8). In the UK, however, where there was no 24-hour TV station playing videos (a la
MTV in the US orMuchMusic in Canada), the track only made it to #88 on the pop charts.Music Video
The music video is one of the first music videos to ever use computerized effects. The video features band leader Ric Ocasek and model
Susan Gallagher in a series of encounters. Ocasek appears in her bathroom mirror, in her mouth, as a fly, and as theRobot Monster , among other incarnations, thanks to computer imagery.The model in the video is often mistaken with Ocasek's future wife,
Paulina Porizkova , although there is little resemblance. Porizkova appears in the video of "Drive"."You Might Think" won the first
MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, the only VMA garnered by The Cars. It was directed byAlex Weil .Track listing
* 7"
# "You Might Think"
# "Heartbeat City"
* 12"
# "You Might Think"
# "Let's Go"
# "I Refuse"External links
* [http://www.vh1classic.com/view/artist/4096/12141/The_Cars/You_Might_Think/index.jhtml Music video for "You Might Think"] on
VH1 Classic website
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