You Might Think

"You Might Think"
Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side	"Heartbeat City" (US) "I Refuse" (UK) 7", (US) 12"
Released	March 1984 (US) November 1984 (UK)
Format	7", 12"
Recorded	1983-1984
Genre	New wave
Length	3:04
Label	Elektra
Writer(s)	Ric Ocasek
Producer	Robert John "Mutt" Lange The Cars
The Cars singles chronology
"Victim of Love" (1982) "You Might Think'" (1984) "Magic" (1984)

"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). It also peaked at #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US, the first song by the band to do so. In the UK, however, the track only made it to #88 on the pop charts.

Music video

The music video is one of the first videos to ever use computerized effects. The video features band leader Ric Ocasek and model Susan Gallagher in a series of encounters.^[1] Ocasek appears in her bathroom mirror, in her mouth, as a fly, and as the Robot Monster, among other incarnations.

"You Might Think" won the first MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, and was nominated for four more awards. It was directed by Jeff Stein and Alex Weil who worked for the Charlex production company.^[1]

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".

Track listing

• 7"

1. "You Might Think"
2. "Heartbeat City"

• 12"

1. "You Might Think"
2. "Let's Go"
3. "I Refuse"

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=5359

External links

• Music video for "You Might Think" on VH1 Classic website