Thinking It Over (song)

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"Thinking It Over"
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Single by Liberty
from the album Thinking It Over
B-side
  • "No Clouds"
  • "Greed"
  • "Let's Get Working"
Released24 September 2001 (2001-09-24)
Recorded2001
Genre UK garage [1]
Length4:02
Label V2
Songwriter(s) Tony Lundon, Kelli Young, Stephen Hart, Mary Applegate, Christopher Applegate, Jim Sullivan, Eddie Craig, Pete Devereux
Producer(s) Pete Devereux, the Wideboys
Liberty singles chronology
"Thinking It Over"
(2001)		"Doin' It"
(2001)

"Thinking It Over" is the debut single of English-Irish pop group Liberty, before they became Liberty X. The garage song was produced by Pete Devereux (of Artful Dodger) and the Wideboys. It was co-written by band members Kelli Young and Tony Lundon. In the United Kingdom, the single was a hit, reaching number five, but was not as successful internationally, peaking at number 29 in Ireland and number 81 in Australia.

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Background

While the five winning contestants of Popstars formed Hear'Say, the five runner-up contestants formed the group Liberty. The name Liberty was chosen to reflect the freedom the members experienced following their participation in Popstars. Amidst pejorative media commentary, including the term "Flopstars", the band proceeded to sign a multimillion-pound record contract with Richard Branson's independent record label, V2 Records.

In response to the media backlash and push-back from the record label, the band initially released the song as a white label promo. In an interview with The Vault in 2013, Kelli said "We knew that we wanted to do an R&B/pop sound and everyone was telling us that was not an achievable thing [..] and no one was going to play it. So, we had to trick people. We released Thinking It Over on white label and we didn't put our name on it [...] We got lots of spot plays on the radio and all the clubs started playing it." [2]

Thus, their debut single, "Thinking It Over", was released on 24 September 2001. [3] [4] It came backed with three B-sides: "No Clouds", "Greed" and "Let's Get Working", the latter of which has never been released on CD in the United Kingdom.

Music video

The video for the track was filmed in a studio using green screen. [5] It is set inside a skyline apartment in Manhattan, with the band performing in and around the lounge area. Despite the fact the video was filmed on a very low budget, it uses special effects to show and remove holographic images of the band from the apartment, to allow for different vocal sections of the song. It was the band's only video to be included on the physical single from the "Thinking It Over" era. [6]

Track listings

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref(s).
United Kingdom24 September 2001 V2 [3] [4]
Australia28 January 2002CD [18]

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  2. ↑ "LIBERTY X - THE VAULT CHAT". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021 – via YouTube.
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  7. ↑ Thinking It Over (UK CD1 liner notes). Liberty. V2 Records. 2001. VVR5017773.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ↑ Thinking It Over (UK CD2 liner notes). Liberty. V2 Records. 2001. VVR5017778.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ Thinking It Over (UK cassette single sleeve). Liberty. V2 Records. 2001. VVR5017775.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ↑ Thinking It Over (Australian & New Zealand CD single liner notes). Liberty. V2 Records. 2001. V2A0007.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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