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Latest revision as of 13:50, 26 December 2023

1984 single by Cherrelle

“I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On”
B-side “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On (Instrumental)”
Released April 1984
Recorded 1983–84
Genre
Length 7:03 (album version)
6:21 (12″ version)
3:58 (single edit)
Label Tabu
Songwriter(s)
  • James Harris III
  • Terry Lewis
Producer(s) Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On
(1984)
“Fragile… Handle with Care”
(1984)

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.

Original Cherrelle version[edit]

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[edit]

Robert Palmer version[edit]

English rock singer Robert Palmer recorded a cover version one year later and it was released as the fifth single from his eighth studio album Riptide (1985). 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[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Year end charts[edit]

Other cover versions[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Leight, Elias; Johnston, Maura (April 22, 2016). “18 Awesome Prince Rip-Offs”. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  2. ^ DeMain, Bill (September 30, 2004). In Their Own Words: Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-0275984021.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 115.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 56.
  5. ^ Roberts, Randall (August 13, 2015). ‘Straight Outta Compton’s’ music tracks sample culture’s infancy”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  6. ^ “Music: Top 100 Songs”. Billboard. August 4, 1984. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  7. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 2–3. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
  8. ^ “Official Charts”. July 19, 1986. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  9. ^ “Robert Palmer – Chart history”. www.billboard.com. November 8, 1986. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  10. ^ “Robert Palmer”. www.billboard.com. November 22, 1986. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
  11. ^ “CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending November 1, 1986”. February 4, 2017. Cash Box magazine
  12. ^ Top Pop Singles. Billboard. December 27, 1986. p. Y-21.
  13. ^ “Brandy matures; Queen Latifah full of filler”. Newspapers.com. June 26, 1998. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  14. ^ Mason, Kerri (August 11, 2007). “Dance-Pop Divas”. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved February 24, 2017.



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