music.wikisort.org - Composition"Turn Your Love Around" is a pop/R&B single by George Benson. The song was written by Grammy winners Bill Champlin of Chicago, Steve Lukather of Toto and producer and guitarist Jay Graydon to help fill out Benson's 1981 greatest hits album, The George Benson Collection. The song won a Best R&B Song Grammy Award at the 25th Grammy Awards in 1983 for Champlin, Graydon, and Lukather as its co-writers.
1981 single by George Benson
For the unrelated 1986 Dutch single, see Mai Tai (band).
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B-side | "Nature Boy" |
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Released | October 1981[1] |
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Genre | Pop, R&B, funk, smooth jazz |
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Length | 3:50 |
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Label | Warner Bros. |
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Songwriter(s) | |
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Producer(s) | Jay Graydon |
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"Love All the Hurt Away" (1980) |
"Turn Your Love Around" (1981) |
"What's On Your Mind" (1981) |
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Background
The inspiration for the song came to Graydon in the bathroom. He explained to Songfacts, "'Turn Your Love Around' was a gift, and it's the gift that keeps giving. I was in the bathroom when I came up with the melody, and I was sitting down, if you get my drift. Well, I got off the can as fast as I could and got to a cassette machine so I wouldn't forget it. George Benson was coming in town Tuesday, so I had four days to come up with a song for The George Benson Collection. And I was gettin' nothing. And then bang! I just came up with this melody for the chorus when I was in the bathroom."[2]
The song was one of the first pop hits to use a Linn LM-1 drum machine, programmed by the session drummer Jeff Porcaro.[3]
Personnel
Weekly singles charts
Chart (1981–1982) |
Peak position |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] |
21 |
Canada Top Singles |
10 |
Canada Adult Contemporary[5] |
5 |
New Zealand[6] |
13 |
South Africa (Springbok)[7] |
14 |
UK |
29 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] |
5 |
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] |
9 |
U.S. Billboard R&B |
1 |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 |
5 |
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Year-end charts
Chart (1981) |
Rank |
Australia [10] |
142 |
U.S. Cash Box [11] |
70 |
Chart (1982) |
Rank |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [12] |
27 |
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"Turn Your Love Around" reached number one on the soul singles charts and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in early 1982, as well as the top ten on the jazz chart.[13] It is ranked as the 27th biggest hit of 1982. In Canada, the song spent two weeks at number 10.[14]
Cover versions
- A version of "Turn Your Love Around" by Tony Di Bart was released in 1996.
Samples
References
External links
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На других языках
- [en] Turn Your Love Around
[es] Turn Your Love Around
«Turn Your Love Around» es un sencillo de pop/R&B de George Benson. La canción fue escrita por los ganadores del Grammy Bill Champlin de Chicago, Steve Lukather de Toto y el productor y guitarrista Jay Graydon para ayudar a completar el álbum de grandes éxitos de Benson de 1981, The George Benson Collection. La canción ganó un premio Grammy a la mejor canción de R&B en la 25.ª edición de los Premios Grammy en 1983 para Champlin, Graydon y Lukather como coautores.
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