"Think It Over"
Single by the Crickets
from the album The Buddy Holly Story
B-side	"Fool's Paradise"
Released	May 27, 1958
Recorded	February 1958
Genre	Rock and roll, rockabilly
Length	1:45
Label	Brunswick
Songwriter(s)	Holly, Petty, Allison[1]
Producer(s)	Norman Petty
The Crickets singles chronology
"Maybe Baby" (1958) "Think It Over" (1958) "It's So Easy!" (1958)

"Think It Over" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty in 1958, originally recorded by the Crickets. Vi Petty, Norman Petty's wife, played piano on this recording.

Chart performance

In the US, "Think It Over" was released by Brunswick Records as a 45-rpm single (9-55072),^[2] reached number 27 on the Billboard pop singles chart,^[3] and number 9 on the Billboard R&B chart. Overseas, the song went to number 11 in the UK.^[4]

Other recordings

The song has been recorded by:

• Bobby Vee
• The Bunch
• The Bobby Fuller Four
• The Hollies
• Skeeter Davis
• Gloria Lynne
• P.J. Proby
• Ringo Starr.^[5]
• Australian band Ol' 55 covered the song on their album, Take It Greasy (1976).

References

Sources

• Amburn, Ellis (1996). Buddy Holly: A Biography. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-14557-6.
• Bustard, Anne (2005). Buddy: The Story of Buddy Holly. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4223-9302-4.
• Dawson, Jim; Leigh, Spencer (1996). Memories of Buddy Holly. Big Nickel Publications. ISBN 978-0-936433-20-2.
• Gerron, Peggy Sue (2008). Whatever Happened to Peggy Sue? Togi Entertainment. ISBN 978-0-9800085-0-0.
• Goldrosen, John (1975). Buddy Holly: His Life and Music. Popular Press. ISBN 0-85947-018-0.
• Goldrosen, John; Beecher, John (1996). Remembering Buddy: The Definitive Biography. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80715-7.
• Gribbin, John (2009). Not Fade Away: The Life and Music of Buddy Holly. London: Icon Books. ISBN 978-1-84831-034-6.