| If That's What You're Thinking | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Karen Brooks |
| Album: | Walk On |
| B-Side: | "Every Beat of My Heart"[1] |
| Released: | February 1983 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:25 |
| Label: | Warner |
| Producer: | Brian Ahern |
| Prev Title: | Faking Love |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Walk On |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
"If That's What You're Thinking" is a song by American country music singer Karen Brooks. It is the second single from her 1982 album Walk On, and it was written by Randy Sharp.
Karen Brooks recorded "If That's What You're Thinking" on her 1982 album Walk On. The song features two verses, a refrain, a bridge sung in Spanish, followed by a repeat of the chorus and first verse. Erin E. Bauer, in the book Flaco's Legacy: The Globalization of Conjunto describes the song as being about "fear on the part of the vocalist to express vulnerability in the face of a loving relationship."[2] John Lomax III of United Feature Syndicate described the song as having a "Spanish touch".[3] Brian Ahern produced the track, which was written by Randy Sharp.[4]
Texas Tornados covered the song on their 1990 Reprise Records album Texas Tornados. Their rendition adds a verse not present in the original by Brooks, while also altering the words of the Spanish-language bridge. Bauer thought this rendition combined elements of country and conjunto.[2]