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"Turn-Down Day" is a song written by Jerry Keller and David Blume and performed by The Cyrkle. The song was produced by John Simon,[1]and was featured on their 1966 album, Red Rubber Ball.[2] It reached #16 on both the Billboard Hot 100[3] and the Canadian pop chart,[4] and also reached #18 on the U.S. Cashbox chart in 1966.

"Turn-Down Day"
Single by The Cyrkle
from the album Red Rubber Ball
B-side	"Big Little Woman"
Released	July 21, 1966
Recorded	May 21, 1966
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:29
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Keller, David Blume
Producer(s)	John Simon
The Cyrkle singles chronology
"Red Rubber Ball" (1966) "Turn-Down Day" (1966) "Please Don't Ever Leave Me" (1966)

Background

According to Candy Leonard, author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World (Arcade, 2014), the song is an excellent example of the emerging hippie ethos of the 1960s.[5]

Other versions

• Dino, Desi & Billy released a version of the song on their 1966 album, Souvenir.[6]
• Bobby Vee released a version of the song on his 1966 album, Look at Me Girl.[7]
• Normie Rowe released a version of the song as a single in 1967 that reached #46 in Australia.[8]
• Gary Lewis & the Playboys released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Close Cover Before Playing.[9]
• Twinn Connexion released a version of the song as a B-side to their 1968 single "I Think I Know Him" and was featured on the album, Twinn Connexion.[10]
• Steve and Eydie released a version of the song on their 1970 album, Man and a Woman.[11]
• Sketch Show released a version of the song on their 2002 album, Audio Sponge.[12]

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