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"Think of Me" is a song from the Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera. The song was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Charles Hart, and Richard Stilgoe. It is sung by Elissa in the fictional Hannibal opera. At first, Carlotta Giudicelli is cast as Elissa, but after a backdrop dangerously fell near her in a rehearsal, she quit after having had many similar experiences for several years. Managers Firmin and André almost cancel the show, but ballerina Meg Giry suggests her friend Christine Daaé to sing the part. Tentatively, Christine begins to sing, and soon she gains confidence and amazes the entire company with her voice. She is given the role, and at her performance that night, her childhood friend Raoul de Chagny attends and is particularly impressed when he hears her.

The lyrics of the song itself are asking someone to think of the singer, Elissa, even when they are "far away and free."

The song begins in the key of "D", and modulates to the key of "Eb," and is the third song in the show. It is the first time the audience hears Christine's voice.

Lyrics[]

[CARLOTTA]
Think of me, think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me, once in a while
Please promise me you'll try

When you find that, once again, you long
To take your heart back—

[As CARLOTTA is singing, a backdrop crashes to the floor, cutting her off from half the cast.]

[MEG, BALLET GIRLS & ENSEMBLE]
He's here: the Phantom of the Opera...
He is with us, it's the ghost...
He's here! The Phantom of the Opera...
He is with us, it's the ghost...

[ANDRE]
Heavens! Will you show a little courtesy?

(spoken)

[FIRMIN (to MEG and the OTHERS)]
Mademoiselle, please!

[ANDRE (to CARLOTTA)]
These things do happen

[CARLOTTA]
Si! These things do happen! Well, until you stop these things happening, this thing does not happen!

[MEG]
Christine Daaé could sing it, sir

[FlRMIN]
The chorus girl?

[GIRY]
Let her sing for you, monsieur. She has been well taught

[CHRISTINE, sung]
Think of me, think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me, once in a while
Please, promise me you'll try

When you find that, once again, you long
To take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me

We never said our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea
But if you can still remember
Stop and think of me

Think of all the things
We've shared and seen
Don't think about the things
Which might have been

Think of me, think of me waking
Silent and resigned
Imagine me trying too hard
To put you from my mind

Recall those days, look back on all those times
Think of the things we'll never do
There will never be a day
When I won't think of you

[RAOUL]
Can it be? Can it be Christine?
Bravo!
What a change! You're really not a bit
The gawkish girl that once you were
She may not remember me
But I remember her

[CHRISTINE]
We never said our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea
But please promise me that sometimes
You will think...

[CHRISTINE vocalizing.]

—of me!

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