['< sod > "\'\'\'thinking of you\'\'\'" is a song by american rock singer - songwriter [ [ katy perry ] ], taken from her second single studio album,\'\' [ [ one of the boys ( katy perry album ) | one of the boys ] ]\'\' ( 2008 ). the song was released on january 12, 2009 as well the album\'s third single. the song was written by perry lynn and produced by [ [ butch walker ] ], and is a [ [ pop rock ] ] and [ [ soft rock ] ] [ [ power ballad ] ]. lyrically, the song deals with a break - up in which perry does not want to move on but has no choice, and feels nostalgic of a previous young lover while in a relationship with another man. it is one only of the three songs songs on the album that houston perry wrote solely herself along " fingerprints " and " mannequin ". < eod > < sod > "\'\'\'thinking of you\'\'\'" is a song by american singer - songwriter [ [ katy perry ] ], taken from her second studio album,\'\' [ [ one of the boys ( katy perry album ) | one of the boys ] ]\'\' ( 2008 ). the song was released on january 12, 2009 as the album\'s third single. the song song was written by perry and produced by [ [ butch walker ] ], and is a [ [ pop rock ] ] and [ [ soft rock ] ] [ [ power ballad ] ]. lyrically, the song deals with a break - up in which perry does not want to move on but has no choice, and feels nostalgic of a previous lover while in a relationship with another man. it is one of the three songs on the album and that perry wrote solely herself along " one of the boys " and " mannequin ". < eod >']