"Thinkin' Back" is an R&B and

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song by American music group

Color Me Badd Color Me Badd is an American R&B group that was formed in 1985 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, by lead singer Bryan Abrams (born November 16, 1969), tenor Mark Calderon (born September 27, 1970), second tenor Sam Watters (born July 23, 1970) and b ...

from their debut album, '' C.M.B.'' (1991). It was released as the fifth single (fourth in North America) in January 1992. The song is about a deteriorating relationship, and while the protagonist's partner did them wrong, they are still lonely, and want to turn back time to go back to when their relationship was in a good place. "Thinkin' Back" was another successful single, but did not perform as well as its 3 preceding songs (all which were top 2 hits, and performed strongly worldwide). On the US ''

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, the song reached number #16 on April 4, 1992, and lasted 20 weeks on the chart. It also peaked at #31 on

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chart lasting 9 weeks on the chart, and #35 in Canada, while not charting anywhere else internationally.

Music Video

The music video was directed by

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, and was filmed/produced by Portfolio Artists Network. It was shot in black and white, and was edited to coincide with the conceptual theme in the video regarding the passage of time, as each edit aligned with the beats of the music. It received strong recurring play and support on

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, and to a lesser extent

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, which helped the performance of the song.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from ''

'' wrote, "Those Badd boys show no sign of cooling off, thanks to this lush, R&B-powered ballad. Spotlight is on group's tightly woven harmonies and song's romantic lyrics. Another multiformat hit from the "C.M.B." album."

Track listings

* US vinyl, 12, promo" *A1 Thinkin' Back (Radio Edit) 3:49 *A2 Thinkin' Back (XXX Version) 4:39 *B1 Thinkin' Back (Album Version) 5:22 *B2 Thinkin' Back (A Cappella) 5:22 * US vinyl, 7" *1 Thinkin' Back (Album Version) 5:23 *2 Thinkin' Back (XXX Version) 4:39 * US CD, single, promo" *1 Thinkin' Back (Radio Edit) 3:49 *2 Thinkin' Back (XXX Version) 4:39 *3 Thinkin' Back (More Radio Edit) 3:44 * US CD, single, promo" *1 Thinkin' Back (Edited Master) 3:56 *2 Thinkin' Back (A Cappella) 4:08 *3 Thinkin' Back (Album Version) 5:26 *4 Thinkin' Back (Pop Mix With Piano) 6:54 * US cassette, single" *A Thinkin' Back (Album Version) 5:22 *B Thinkin' Back (XXX Version) 4:39

Personnel

*Producer – Hamza Lee, Royal Bayyan *Written-By – Color Me Badd, Hamza Lee, Troy Taylor (9)(10)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Color Me Badd 1992 songs 1992 singles Color Me Badd songs Giant Records (Warner) singles Music videos directed by Marcus Nispel Songs written by Sam Watters