music.wikisort.org - Composition"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" is the debut single written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and originally performed by Cherrelle in 1984. In 1986, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" was covered by Robert Palmer. Palmer's cover fared better on the pop chart while Cherrelle's version was a hit on the R&B chart.
1984 single by Cherrelle
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B-side | "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (Instrumental)" |
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Released | April 1984 |
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Recorded | 1983–84 |
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Genre | - Minneapolis sound[1][2]
- funk
- R&B
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Length | 7:03 (album version) 6:21 (12" version) 3:58 (single edit) |
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Label | Tabu |
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Songwriter(s) | - James Harris III
- Terry Lewis
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Producer(s) | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis |
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Original Cherrelle version
The song was released as Cherrelle's debut single and was her first hit, peaking at number 8 on the soul chart and number 79 on the Hot 100.[3] On the US dance chart, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" went to number 6.[4] A slightly altered version of the song is featured in the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton.[5]
Chart positions
Chart (1984-1985) |
Peak position |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] |
79 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play |
6 |
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles |
8 |
Robert Palmer version
"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" |
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 UK vinyl single |
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B-side | "Get It Through Your Heart" |
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Released | July 14, 1986 (UK) August 11, 1986 (US) |
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Recorded | 1985; Compass Point Studios (The Bahamas) |
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Genre | - New wave
- dance-rock
- funk rock
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Length | 3:43 |
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Label | Island |
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Songwriter(s) | - James Harris III
- Terry Lewis
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Producer(s) | Bernard Edwards |
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"Hyperactive" (1986) |
"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" (1986) |
"Discipline of Love (Reissue)" (1986) |
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Robert Palmer recorded a cover one year later and it was released as the fifth single from his 1985 album Riptide. The single hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986, behind "Amanda" by Boston. The music video, which was a take on the making of a music video, featured women like the ones featured in "Addicted to Love"; it hit No. 1 on MTV on October 17, 1986.[7]
Chart positions
Weekly charts
Chart (1986) |
Peak position |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] |
9 |
US Billboard Hot 100[9] |
2 |
US Billboard Dance Club Songs (Remix)[10] |
26 |
US Cash Box[11] |
4 |
Year end charts
Chart (1986) |
Peak position |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] |
46 |
Other cover versions
References
- Leight, Elias; Johnston, Maura (April 22, 2016). "18 Awesome Prince Rip-Offs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- DeMain, Bill (September 30, 2004). In Their Own Words: Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-0275984021.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 115.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 56.
- Roberts, Randall (August 13, 2015). "'Straight Outta Compton's' music tracks sample culture's infancy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- "Music: Top 100 Songs". Billboard. August 4, 1984. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 2–3. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
- "Official Charts". July 19, 1986. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- "Robert Palmer - Chart history". www.billboard.com. November 8, 1986. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- "Robert Palmer". www.billboard.com. November 22, 1986. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
- "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending November 1, 1986". February 4, 2017. Cash Box magazine
- Top Pop Singles. Billboard. December 27, 1986. p. Y-21.
- "Brandy matures; Queen Latifah full of filler". Newspapers.com. June 26, 1998. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- Mason, Kerri (August 11, 2007). "Dance-Pop Divas". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
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