 Released as the lead single from the "Head First" album in January 1979, "Every Time I Think of You" ascended to a "Billboard" Hot 100 peak of number 13 that April.The Babys' previous Top 40 hit "Isn't It Time" had also peaked at number 13; like "Isn't It Time" – which was also a Jack Conrad/Ray Kennedy composition – "Every Time I Think of You" augmented the vocal of Babys' frontman John Waite with prominent female vocals, with "Every Time I Think of You" featuring Myrna Matthews, Pat Henderson and Marti McCall although Annie Bertucci features on video clips as the sole backup vocalist.Jimmie Haskell arranged and conducted the string section heard on the track.