"I Think We're Alone Now" is a song written and composed by Ritchie Cordell that was first recorded by Tommy James and the Shondells.
The Tiffany recording reached number 1 on the charts of various countries including the US, UK, Canada, and New Zealand.
Cordell and his regular songwriting partner Bo Gentry gave the song to Tommy James, who thought it sounded like a hit.
Tommy James recorded the vocal on the Christmas Eve of 1966 so that the song could be released in the new year.
These musicians include Artie Butler playing Ondioline electric keyboard, Al Gorgoni on guitar, Joe Macho on bass, Paul Griffin on piano, and Bobby Gregg on drums.
However, the refrain (performed twice) is almost whispered and indeed followed by a sound effect of crickets chirping, giving an atmosphere of forbidden activities that are being deliberately kept hidden.
"I Think We're Alone Now" was a 1967 hit song for Tommy James and the Shondells, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during a 17-week stay.
It was featured in the horror film Mother's Day (1980), the science-fiction thriller 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and the finale episode of the fantasy web series The Umbrella Academy (2024).
"I Think We're Alone Now" appeared on Lovich's 1978 debut album, Stateless, and she would later record the song in other languages, including German and Japanese.
[25] Max Bell from Number One wrote, "This chestnut is more interesting if only because Tiffany is a 16-year old from Oklahoma who looks like being America's first teenage singing star in years.
"[21] Sue Dando from Smash Hits deemed the song "average" and described it as a "rather wretched thing" with "so slightly raunchy female vocals and insubstantial pop toons that are infuriatingly catchy".
[26] Lawrence Donegan of Record Mirror stated that Tiffany's number-one hit on the US charts "proves you don't need to be beautiful and talented to get on in this world".
In 2019, a new video directed by Marc Trojanowski, featuring the re-recorded 2019 version of the song and filmed in various locations around Los Angeles, was released online.
In 1988, "Weird Al" Yankovic released a parody of Tiffany's version of the song, titled "I Think I'm a Clone Now" on his album Even Worse.
The music video, inspired by heist films, features Girls Aloud robbing a Las Vegas casino.
[citation needed] Until three days before the greatest hits was manufactured, Girls Aloud was set to record a cover of Irene Cara's "What A Feeling", which they had performed on their Chemistry Tour.
[68] The second CD format features a number of remixes, as well as a cover of the Christmas classic "Jingle Bell Rock".
Girls Aloud's cover of "Jingle Bell Rock" was originally featured on the Christmas bonus disc that came with the limited edition of 2005's Chemistry.
An unidentified staff writer at WalesOnline described it as "cheap, obnoxious, totally pointless and, destined to be loved only by people too out of their heads on Christmas spirit to know any better".
Even pop groups as reliably excellent at singles as Girls Aloud toss out pointless, lazy covers in a ruthless attempt to snare that coveted seasonal chart-topper from The X Factor's clutches.
"[71] A BBC Music review of The Sound of Girls Aloud chose to "ignore the Xmas party cover".
[78] The song also peaked at number 11 on the Irish Singles Chart and spent six weeks in Ireland's top 50.
The video, directed by Alex Hemming and Nick Collett, is based, as stated above, on films like Ocean's 11 and Casino.
The first shows the girls getting caught and tied up after opening a box full of money in the casino's safe; the second features Kimberley Walsh (with her back to the camera) removing her clothes in front of casino owners, causing them to faint; and the third features the girls playing with the money.