Song · Frank Ocean
“Thinkin Bout You” by Frank Ocean
From the album channel ORANGE (2012)
“Thinkin Bout You” by Frank Ocean appears on 13 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2012 and 2025. It was first released in 2012 on the album channel ORANGE. Its best result is #43 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #321 alternative song of 2012.
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"Thinkin Bout You" was the lead single from Channel Orange, Frank Ocean's 2012 debut studio album, but it had been drifting around for a while by then. Ocean wrote it with producer Shea Taylor with Bridget Kelly's debut in mind, then gave his own demo away for free on Tumblr in 2011; Kelly's take surfaced that October as "Thinking About Forever", and his version finally went to radio and iTunes the following year.
It's a song about someone just beyond reach and all the regret and heartache that comes with that, and Taylor's production leaves plenty of air around Ocean's falsetto, which is where the song really lives. Critics swooned over the atmosphere and the writing, and some heard bisexual undertones. It climbed to 32 on the Hot 100, went platinum, and earned a Record of the Year nomination at the 2013 Grammys.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 43 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
| 2012 | 115 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 200 Songs of 2012 | 200 |
| 2012 | 56 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 149 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2020 | 62 | Triple J | Triple J Hottest 100 of the 2010s (2020) | 100 |
| 2022 | 1321 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 189 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 761 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 149 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 290 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 97 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 190 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 532 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
Also listed as: Thinking About You; Thinkin' 'Bout You.
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