Dolly Parton Think About Love lyrics. I can't forget you Ever since the moment that I met you You've been on my mind And I need to somehow let you know That I think about you all the time Chorus: So when you think about love, think about me I can give you more than you'll ever need Sooner or later every heart needs some company When you think. Dolly Parton Think About Love Download Mp3. All songs and albums from Dolly Parton you can listen and download for free at Mdundo.com. Outta bed And I stumble to the kitchen, Pour myself a cup of ambition And yawn and stretch and try to come to life. It's enough to drive you Crazy if you let it.
Think About Love | ||||
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Released | April 15, 1986 | |||
Recorded | Compilation | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:26 | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
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Singles from Think About Love | ||||
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Think About Love was a 1986 compilation of previously released Dolly Parton tracks, many of which were presented in remixes or alternate takes. RCA Records released the album after Parton had left the label. The project was helmed by Mark Wright, an executive at RCA in Nashville at the time, and it remains unclear to what extent, if any, Parton was involved in the selection of songs or in the remixing process. The album is also unusual in that it only features one Parton original, 'Do I Ever Cross Your Mind'.
Of the eight tracks, only three appear to be unaltered from their original release: 'It's Such a Heartache', 'Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)' and 'Even a Fool Would Let Go'. The other tracks have all been modified in various ways. 'Think About Love' differs dramatically from the version on Real Love with the addition of the lyric 'Think about love' before the bridge, a shortened instrumental section, much louder drum overdubs and a punchier mix overall. This version is actually the single remix and is the version that was played on the radio during its chart run and released on 45, but it has never been re-released on any CD anywhere in the world. 'We Had It All' is a completely different vocal take from the version on The Great Pretender. Instead of the piano being the primary instrument, this time the song is driven by an acoustic guitar. This remixed version of 'We Had It All' was released as a single in the fall of 1986 and would reach number 31 on the country singles chart in the U.S.; it would be Parton's final charting single during her tenure with RCA.
Track listing[edit]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
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1. | 'Think About Love' (Remix) | Richard 'Spady' Brannan, Tom Campbell | Real Love | 3:20 |
2. | 'It's Such a Heartache' | Even Stevens, Hillary Kanter | Real Love | 3:23 |
3. | 'Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)' | Jeff Silbar, John Reid | Real Love | 3:26 |
4. | 'She Don't Love You (Like I Love You)' (Remix) | Jerry Butler, Calvin Carter, Curtis Mayfield | The Great Pretender | 3:55 |
5. | 'We Had It All' (Remix) | Donnie Fritts, Troy Seals | The Great Pretender | 3:55 |
6. | 'Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?' (Remix) | Dolly Parton | Heartbreak Express | 3:52 |
7. | 'I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)' (Remix) | Holland–Dozier–Holland | The Great Pretender | 2:47 |
8. | 'Even a Fool Would Let Go' | Tom Snow, Kerry Chater | Dolly, Dolly, Dolly | 3:17 |
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[1] | 54 |
References[edit]
- ^'Dolly Parton Chart History (Top Country Albums)'. Billboard.
External links[edit]
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'Coat of Many Colors' | ||||
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Single by Dolly Parton | ||||
from the album Coat of Many Colors | ||||
B-side | 'She Never Met a Man (She Didn't Like)' | |||
Released | October 30, 1971 | |||
Recorded | RCA Studio B, Nashville; April 1971 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dolly Parton | |||
Producer(s) | Bob Ferguson | |||
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'Coat of Many Colors' is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dolly Parton, which has been described on a number of occasions as her favorite song she has written. It was released in October 1971 as the second single and title track from the album Coat of Many Colors.
Background[edit]
She composed the song in 1969, while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus. (She explained in her 1994 memoir, My Life and Other Unfinished Business, because she could find no paper, as the song came to her, she wrote it on the back of a dry cleaning receipt from one of Wagoner's suits; when the song became a hit, Wagoner had the receipt framed.) She recorded the song in April 1971, making it the title song for herCoat of Many Colors album. The song reached #4 on the U.S. country singles charts.
Content[edit]
The song tells of how Parton's mother stitched together a coat for her daughter out of rags given to the family. As she sewed, she told her child the biblical story of Joseph and his Coat of Many Colors. The excited child, 'with patches on my britches and holes in both my shoes', rushed to school, 'just to find the others laughing and making fun of me' for wearing a coat made of rags.
And oh I did not understand it, for I felt I was rich
And I told them of the love my momma sewed in every stitch
And I told 'em all the story momma told me while she sewed
And how my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes
And I told them of the love my momma sewed in every stitch
And I told 'em all the story momma told me while she sewed
And how my coat of many colors was worth more than all their clothes
The song concludes with Parton singing the moral of her story:
But they didn't understand it, and I tried to make them see
One is only poor, only if they choose to be
Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors my momma made for me
One is only poor, only if they choose to be
Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be
In my coat of many colors my momma made for me
Missing final verse[edit]
On the original LP release of the 1975 compilation Best of Dolly Parton, the printed lyrics to the song appeared in the inner gatefold of the album, including a final verse that has never been included on any of Parton's recordings of the song:
- Through life I've remained happy and good luck is on my side.
- I have everything that anyone could ever want from life.
- But nothing is as precious as my mama's memory,
- and my coat of many colors that mama made for me.
Original coat[edit]
Dolly says the original coat was used for various other purposes but her mother did make a new one to use on display in her Chasing Rainbows Museum at Dollywood. (Wagoner also donated the framed dry cleaning receipt on which Parton composed the song to the museum, where it now hangs.)
Interpretations by other artists[edit]
Shania Twain recorded a cover version of the song on the 2003 Parton tribute album Just Because I'm a Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton, with accompaniment by Alison Krauss and Union Station. This version peaked at #57 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart based only on unsolicited airplay. Other cover versions include a 1976 recording by Emmylou Harris on her Reprise Records debut Pieces of the Sky; decades later, Harris performed the song live in 2017 for the getTV special A Nashville Christmas. A recording of the song by Eva Cassidy was released on the 2008 posthumous collection Somewhere. Scottish comedian Billy Connolly recorded a version in 1975 on his album Get Right Intae Him (Unicorn Artists). This was a serious version unlike his comical song 'D.I.V.O.R.C.E.' which parodied 'D-I-V-O-R-C-E', made popular by Tammy Wynette and also covered by Parton. Melinda Schneider and Beccy Cole covered the song on their album Great Women of Country (2014).
Legacy[edit]
In 2005, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ranked Coat of Many Colors number 10 on its list of 100 Songs of the South. A 1996 children'spicture book of the song, with illustrations by Judith Sutton, was published by Harpercollins Children's Books. In 2008, Kristy Lee Cook performed this song on American Idol during Dolly Parton Week.
In 2011, Parton's recording was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that 'are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.'[1]
A TV movie was broadcast in December 2015 by NBC, with Alyvia Alyn Lind as young Dolly.[2] Lind reprised her role as young Dolly in the 2016 television movie sequel Christmas of Many Colors.
Chart performance[edit]
Chart (1971) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 4 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 15 |
References[edit]
- ^'The National Recording Registry 2011'. National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. Library of Congress. May 24, 2012.
- ^Warren, Andrew. 'A Tennesse tale: Dolly Parton's most famous story is coming to the screen'. TV Media.
- ^'Dolly Parton Chart History (Hot Country Songs)'. Billboard.
External links[edit]
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