"Thinking of Me" | ||||
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Single by Olly Murs | ||||
from the album Olly Murs | ||||
B-side | "Sophie" | |||
Released | 21 November 2010 | |||
Format | CD single, digital download | |||
Recorded | 2010 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:26 | |||
Label | Epic, Syco | |||
Songwriter(s) | Olly Murs, Steve Robson, Wayne Hector | |||
Producer(s) | Future Cut, Steve Robson | |||
Olly Murs singles chronology | ||||
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"Thinking of Me" is a song by British singer Olly Murs, taken from his debut studio album, Olly Murs. It is written by Murs, Wayne Hector and Steve Robson, and was released as Murs's second single on 19 November 2010. Murs performed it live on The X Factor on 21 November 2010. It became his second UK top 5 hit after the chart topping success of his debut, "Please Don't Let Me Go".
In 2009 Murs was runner-up in the sixth series of singing competition The X Factor, following which he was offered a joint record deal with Epic Records and Syco Music in February 2010. Work then began on his debut album and "Thinking of Me" was written by Murs, Wayne Hector and Steve Robson. It was reported that Professor Green would feature on the single, however, the duet fell through before it was completed. The single's B-Side, "Sophie", is a track written about one of Murs' ex-girlfriends, with whom he had a messy break-up. The song received its first airplay on BBC Radio 1 on 11 October 2010, following an interview with Murs on The Chris Moyles Show live from Darlington Civic Theatre. British pop group Dodgy claim that the single is similar to their song, "Good Enough".
The video for the song premiered on 21 October 2010, following a snippet of the song being made available on Murs's YouTube account. The video features Murs sitting in an ice cream van, and begins to daydream where he gets out of the ice cream van and starts walking across bollards and tightrope walking along and walking down a bridge whilst imagining every woman who walks by him as an old girlfriend including the traffic warden who wakes him up asking him to move the van and the video ends with Murs driving away. Murs performed "Thinking of Me" live on the seventh series of The X Factor on 21 November.