I Thought About You

I Thought About You

Composer

Jimmy Van Heusen

Lyricist

Johnny Mercer

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Album

Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956)

Artist

Frank Sinatra

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Release

1956

Recording

October, 1955

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"I Thought About You" is a song featured in Frank Sinatra's 1956 album Songs for Swingin' Lovers!.

History

"I Thought About You" is a song that was written in 1939 by Jimmy Van Heusen accompanied by lyricist Johnny Mercer. This song was one of the three songs that the pair worked on under Warner Bros.'s Buddy Morris. The other two were "Blue Rain" and "Make with the Kisses."

Releases

Studio recordings

• Songs for Swingin' Lovers! (1956)

Reissues

• The Capitol Years (1990)
• Concepts (1992)
• Frank Sinatra Sings the Select Johnny Mercer (1995)
• The Capitol Years (1998)
• Classic Sinatra II (2009)

Lyrics

I took a trip on a train
and I thought about you.
We passed a shadowy lane
and I thought about you.

Two or three cars parked under the stars,
a winding stream,
the moon shining down on some little town
and with each beam, the same old dream.

At every stop that we made, oh, I thought about you.
And when I pulled down the shade I really felt blue.
I peeked through that crack and looked at the track
the one goin' back to you.
And what did I do?
I thought about you.

Other artists

Other artists that have recorded "I Thought About You."
Will Bradley Mose Allison Dave Brubeck Quartet with Jerry Bergonzi Ray Brown Kenny Burrell Miles Davis Johnny Hartman Diane Schuur and Johnny Smith Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald Dinah Washington Carmen McRae Shirley Horn Mel Tormé and Cleo Laine Keith Jarrett Susannah McCorkle Jeremy Davenport