"I Think We're Alone Now" is a song written and composed by

Ritchie Cordell Ritchie Cordell (born Richard Joel Rosenblatt; March 10, 1943 – April 13, 2004) was an American songwriter, singer and record producer. He wrote and produced several hits for Tommy James and The Shondells, including "I Think We're Alone No ...

that was first recorded by

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. It was a major hit for group, reaching number 4 on the US

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in April 1967. It finished at No. 12 on ''

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'' magazine's year-end singles chart for 1967. The song has been

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several times by other artists, most notably by

Tiffany Darwish Tiffany Renee Darwish (born October 2, 1971), known Mononym, mononymously as Tiffany, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and former Teen idol, teen icon. Her 1987 Cover version, cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells song "I Think W ...

in 1987. The Tiffany recording reached number 1 on the charts of various countries including the US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand. Other cover versions have also charted, including those by

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(number 45 US, 1977) and

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(number 4 UK, 2006).

Composition

The writing of the song was credited to Ritchie Cordell, who wrote or co-wrote many songs for

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, including the follow-up single to "I Think We're Alone Now", "

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" and its B-side "Run, Run, Baby, Run", and 1968's "

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". Cordell and his regular songwriting partner

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gave the song to Tommy James, who thought it sounded like a hit. According to Tommy James, "I Think We're Alone Now" was written by Cordell and Gentry, but as Gentry was still under contract to

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, the head of

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, agreed to a deal naming Cordell as sole writer but splitting the

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with Gentry. The song was originally written as a slow ballad, but when James, Cordell and Gentry recorded a quick demo, they made the song faster. Tommy James later wrote: "Ritchie and Bo originally wrote the song as a mid-tempo ballad. I said no way and started speeding it up.... I.. put on a nasally, almost juvenile-sounding lead vocal, and without realizing it, we invented "

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" music." They played the song to Levy, who approved of it, and it was then given a proper recording.

Recording

The recording was produced by Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry. Tommy James recorded the vocal on the Christmas Eve of 1966 so that the song could be released in the new year. Like many early Tommy James and the Shondells releases, only band members Tommy James and Eddie Gray were featured on the record, with the rest of the band providing background vocals. Studio musicians were used as the rest of the rhythm section to back up the Shondells. These musicians include

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playing

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electric keyboard,

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on guitar, Joe Macho on bass, Paul Griffin on piano, and

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on drums. They recorded the bass and drums first, and the rest then layered onto the recording. They also made the choruses quieter so that the verses became much more prominent. This was the first time that they recorded this way, a process they would replicate in many other later records to produce their signature sound. The version that James and the Shondells originally performed uses hard-driving arrangements for its two verses, both fiercely performed so as to convey a sense of urgency. However, the refrain (performed twice) is almost whispered and indeed followed by a sound effect of crickets chirping, giving an atmosphere of forbidden activities that are being deliberately kept hidden. The fade-out uses the lyrics of the refrain, but this time, the hard-driving arrangements are resumed.

Commercial performance

"I Think We're Alone Now" was a 1967 hit song for

, reaching number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart during a 17-week stay. Rock critic

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called the single "the

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". "I Think We're Alone Now" stands out as one of James's most successful recordings. It was featured in the horror film ''

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'' (1980) and the science-fiction thriller '' 10 Cloverfield Lane'' (2016).

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Lene Lovich version

In 1978, the American singer

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recorded a cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now". Her version was originally released with her hit song "

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" as a

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. Lovich recorded the song after contacting the radio presenter

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, who helped her get signed by Dave Robinson of

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. Robinson liked the record and immediately proposed it to be released as a single. However, her song "Lucky Number" gained so much more attention that it was later re-released as a lead single, at which it peaked at number 3 on the

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. "I Think We're Alone Now" appeared on Lovich's 1978 debut album, '' Stateless'', and she would later record the song in other languages, including German and Japanese.

Track listings and formats

*7" single (UK) #"I Think We're Alone Now" – 2:45 #"Lucky Number" – 2:20 *7" single (UK) (Version 2) #"I Think We're Alone Now" (Japanese Version) - 2:45 #"Lucky Number" - 2:20

Tiffany version

Background

"I Think We’re Alone Now″ was re-popularized when American pop singer Tiffany

the song when she was 15 for her debut album, ''Tiffany'', which was released in 1987 on the

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label. When

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, Tiffany's manager and producer, gave her the

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of the original version by

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, Tiffany hated the idea of recording a version of her own for her album, mostly because she thought the song was neither modern enough nor hip enough. According to Tiffany, she also did not know that the song is about the prohibition of teenage sex. The producers then remade the song as a dance track, and when Tiffany played this to her friends, they started to dance to it. Tiffany returned the next day to record the song in around four takes. Tiffany also recorded "I Think We're Alone Now", but in a different arrangement, for her sixth album and her second as an indie artist, '' Dust Off and Dance'', which became her only album in the electronica genre. It was released in 2005. For the 2007 compilation album ''I Think We're Alone Now: 80s Hits and More'', her vocals were re-recorded, using the remixed 1987 backing track as a guide. Her earlier version is referenced in the alternative group

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's song "Heart Songs" on the band's 2008 '' Red Album''. In 2019, Tiffany re-recorded the song with a heavier, more guitar-driven sound and released it online.

Reception

"I Think We're Alone Now" was Tiffany's biggest hit. Her version of the song spent two weeks at number one on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and three weeks at number one on the

. "I Think We're Alone Now" was not the first single from Tiffany's debut album. The first single was "Danny", but radio started picking up "I Think We're Alone Now", another selection on the album. It became a runaway number-one hit and was the 18th-highest-selling single for 1987"The Top 100 Pop Singles of 1987"
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Music video

The accompanying

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for "I Think We're Alone Now" was directed entirely by Tobin and shot in numerous shopping malls in Utah, which echoed the way her early career had been promoted. Fashion Place Mall (Murray, Utah), Crossroads Mall (Salt Lake City, Utah), 49th Street Galleria (Murray, Utah) and Ogden City Mall (Ogden, Utah). Elements of the video were filmed in the now demolished Bull Ring Centre in

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, UK. The video was featured in the 2012 film ''

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'' and the song was also on the soundtrack and appears in its sequel. In 2019, a new video directed by Marc Trojanowski, featuring the re-recorded 2019 version of the song and filmed in various locations around Los Angeles, was released online.

Parody

In 1988,

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released a parody of Tiffany's version of the song, titled "I Think I'm a Clone Now" on his album

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. "Parodies & Polkas - "Weird Al" Yankovic"

Track listings and formats

* 7-inch/CD single # "I Think We're Alone Now" – 3:47 # "No Rules" – 4:05 * 12-inch vinyl single # "I Think We're Alone Now" (extended version) – 6:35 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (single version) – 4:25 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (dub version) – 6:35

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Certifications

Girls Aloud version

Background

In 2006, the British-Irish all-female pop group

recorded a cover version of "I Think We're Alone Now" for their

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'' and the

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of ''

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''. Girls Aloud's version was produced by

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and his production team

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. The song was recorded just days before the group's greatest hits was sent to be manufactured. Following a single remix, "I Think We're Alone Now" was released as a contender for the

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. It reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart. The music video, inspired by

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s, features Girls Aloud robbing a

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casino. "I Think We're Alone Now" was promoted through various live appearances and was featured on 2007's The Greatest Hits Tour. The track was criticised and labelled "pointless" by contemporary music critics.

Release

Until three days before the greatest hits was manufactured, Girls Aloud was set to record a cover of

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's " What A Feeling", which they had performed on their

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. But members of Girls Aloud had called their record label on a Friday afternoon to say that they would rather record "I Think We're Alone Now"; the group recorded the song the following morning, and the album was mastered on Monday, three days afterwards. The album version was drastically reworked for the single release, due to the initial version having been so hastily recorded. Higgins said that "Xenomania used the only idea they could think of, which was to make the song sound like '

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.'" The single features an alternative vocal arrangement and an entirely new backing track. Later pressings of the greatest hits include the single version of "I Think We're Alone Now". The song was released on December 18, 2006. It was available on two

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formats and as a digital download. The first disc included a previously unreleased track entitled "Why Do It?", co-written by Girls Aloud. The second CD format features a number of remixes, as well as a cover of the

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classic "

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". Girls Aloud's cover of "Jingle Bell Rock" was originally featured on the Christmas bonus disc that came with the limited edition of 2005's ''

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''. The artwork for the second disc features Girls Aloud draped over a Fender

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. Girls Aloud's version of "I Think We're Alone Now" appears on the soundtrack to the film ''

'' (2006), starring

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and

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Critical response

Girls Aloud's cover of the song was widely slated by music critics. An unidentified staff writer at ''

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'' described it as "cheap, obnoxious, totally pointless and, destined to be loved only by people too out of their heads on Christmas spirit to know any better". Adam Burling of

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exclaimed, "Christmas does funny things to people. Even pop groups as reliably excellent at singles as Girls Aloud toss out pointless, lazy covers in a ruthless attempt to snare that coveted seasonal chart-topper from ''

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s clutches." A

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review of ''The Sound of Girls Aloud'' chose to "ignore the Xmas party cover".

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stated "the karaoke rendition of ..Tiffany's 'I Think We're Alone Now' really drag this collection down". On the other hand, John Murphy of musicOMH said the cover "actually does the impossible by making Tiffany's version sound good".

Chart performance

The single debuted at number 50 on the

a week prior to its physical release, due to download sales. The following week, "I Think We're Alone Now" peaked at number 4 on the Christmas chart, being beaten by

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' "

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". The song slipped to number 7 in its second week. It spent a total of seven weeks in the top 75. The song also peaked at number 11 on the

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and spent six weeks in Ireland's top 50. As their 17th best selling single it has sold a total of 85,000 copies.

Music video

The video, directed by Alex Hemming and Nick Collett, is based, as stated above, on films like ''

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'' and ''

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''. During the video, the group attempt to rob a Las Vegas casino. Three different endings to the video were shot. The first shows the girls getting caught and tied up after opening a box full of money in the casino's

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; the second features

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(with her back to the camera) removing her clothes in front of casino owners, causing them to faint; and the third features the girls playing with the money. 3 customers were allowed to vote on their favourite ending from November 8 to November 15, 2006. This last ending won the vote, despite the version with Kimberley stripping being uploaded to the internet. In March 2007, all versions of the video were made available to download on iTunes, though in the UK Store only.

Track listings and formats

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I Think We're Alone Now". UK CD1 (1714586) # "I Think We're Alone Now" (single mix) – 3:42 # "Why Do It?" (

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, Nick Coler) – 2:53 UK CD2 (1714587) # "I Think We're Alone Now" (single mix) – 3:42 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (Uniting Nations Remix) – 6:18 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (Tony Lamezma Baubletastic Remix) – 5:32 # "

" (Joe Beal, Jim Boothe) – 1:59 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (video) – 3:37 ''The Singles Boxset'' (CD14) # "I Think We're Alone Now" (single mix) – 3:42 # "Why Do It?" – 2:53 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (Uniting Nations Remix) – 6:18 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (Tony Lamezma Baubletastic Remix) – 5:32 # "Jingle Bell Rock" – 1:59 # "I Think We're Alone Now" (Alternative Mix) # "I Think We're Alone Now" (Co-Stars Epic Club Mix) # "I Think We're Alone Now" (Flip & Fill Remix) # "I Think We're Alone Now" (video) – 3:37

Credits and personnel

* Guitar: Nick Coler * Keyboards:

, Tim Powell, Toby Scott * Mastering: Dick Beetham for 360 Mastering * Mixing: Brian Higgins, Tim Powell * Production: Brian Higgins,

* Programming:

, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Paul Woods * Vocals:

* Published by

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and Xenomania Music

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Billie Joe Armstrong version

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frontman

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released a cover of "I Think We're Alone Now" on March 23, 2020, to the official Green Day

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channel. In April the performance was also shared on ''

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The cover featured Armstrong's sons on bass and drums.

Track listings and formats

7" # "I Think We're Alone Now" – 2:14 # "War Stories" – 2:42 Digital download # "I Think We're Alone Now" – 2:14

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