I Didn't Mean to Turn You On

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"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
I Didn't Mean to Turn You On.jpg
Single by Cherrelle
from the album Fragile
B-side"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (Instrumental)"
ReleasedApril 1984
Recorded1983–84
Genre
Length6:21
4:02 (single edit)
LabelTabu
Songwriter(s)
  • James Harris III
  • Terry Lewis
Producer(s)Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" is a song 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 charts while Cherrelle's version was a hit on the R&B charts.

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) 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"
It Didn't Mean to Turn You On by Robert Palmer.jpg
UK vinyl single
Single by Robert Palmer
from the album Riptide
B-side"Get It Through Your Heart"
ReleasedJuly 14, 1986 (UK)
August 11, 1986 (US)
Recorded1985; Compass Point Studios
(The Bahamas)
Genre
Length3:43
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)
  • James Harris III
  • Terry Lewis
Producer(s)Bernard Edwards
Robert Palmer singles chronology
"Hyperactive"
(1986) 		"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On"
(1986) 		"Discipline of Love (Reissue)"
(1986)

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, and the music video, which was a take on the "making of" a music video which featured women much like those featured in "Addicted to Love", which 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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Leight, Elias; Johnston, Maura (April 22, 2016). "18 Awesome Prince Rip-Offs". Rolling Stone. 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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