You Might Think

"You Might Think"
"You Might Think"
Single by the Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side	"Heartbeat City"; "Let's Go"; "I Refuse";
Released	February 1984
Recorded	1983–1984
Studio	Battery, London
Genre	Synth-rock; new wave; rock;
Length	3:04
Label	Elektra
Songwriter(s)	Ric Ocasek
Producer(s)	Robert John "Mutt" Lange; the Cars;
The Cars singles chronology
Music video
	"You Might Think" on YouTube

"You Might Think" is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fifth studio album, Heartbeat City (1984). The track was written by Ric Ocasek and produced by Mutt Lange and the Cars, with Ocasek also providing the lead vocals.

The song was released in February 1984, as the first single from Heartbeat City. "You Might Think" peaked at number seven in the United States and number eight in Canada. It also reached number one on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the US, the band's first song to do so. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 88. It was featured heavily, and served as a plot device, in the 2016 American television series BrainDead and the Season 4 episode "Do or Diaper" from Regular Show.

^ ^a ^b Molanphy, Chris (June 16, 2023). "Yes We Can Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
^ Gerard, Chris (August 12, 2014). "Classic Album Revisited: The Cars, "Heartbeat City"". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2021.

[Molanphy_2023-1] Molanphy, Chris (June 16, 2023). "Yes We Can Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.

[2] Gerard, Chris (August 12, 2014). "Classic Album Revisited: The Cars, "Heartbeat City"". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved February 13, 2021.

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