Turn It into Love

"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)"
"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)"
Single by Wink
from the album At Heel Diamonds
Language	Japanese
B-side	"Ding Ding: Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Train"
Released	16 November 1988
Recorded	1988
Genre	J-pop; dance-pop;
Length	3:29
Label	Polystar
Composer(s)	Mike Stock; Matt Aitken; Pete Waterman;
Lyricist(s)	Neko Oikawa
Producer(s)	Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink singles chronology
Music video
	"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" on YouTube

"Turn It into Love"
"Turn It into Love"
Single by Hazell Dean
from the album Always
Released	12 September 1988
Recorded	1988
Length	3:35
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Mike Stock; Matt Aitken; Pete Waterman;
Producer(s)	Stock Aitken Waterman
Hazell Dean singles chronology

"Turn It into Love"
"Turn It into Love"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Kylie
B-side	"Made in Heaven"
Released	21 December 1988
Recorded	February 1988, Melbourne, Australia
Genre	Hi-NRG
Length	3:37
Label	PWL
Songwriter(s)	Mike Stock; Matt Aitken; Pete Waterman;
Producer(s)	Stock Aitken Waterman
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
Music video
	"Turn It into Love" (audio only) on YouTube

"Turn It into Love" is a single released by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was taken from her debut album Kylie. The single was released in December 1988 in Japan only. The B-side was a new song "Made in Heaven", which also served as the B-side to both "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" and "It's No Secret" in other international territories.

"Turn It into Love" was the sixth single to be released from the album Kylie and was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. Considered something of a hidden gem, Kylie performed the song (as part of medleys) during her On a Night Like This Tour and Showgirl Homecoming shows in the 2000s, as well the Mushroom Records 25th birthday concert in Melbourne, Australia in 1998.

Also a favourite track among Stock Aitken Waterman enthusiasts, the song also featured on the 2005 UK compilation album Stock Aitken Waterman Gold, one of just two tracks included that were not released as a single in the UK.

Format and track listing[]

This is the format and track listing of major single release of "Turn It into Love".

Japanese 7" single and 3" CD

"Turn It into Love" – 3:35
"Made in Heaven" – 3:24

Official versions[]

"Turn It into Love"

Album version / single version
Instrumental: Initially used on a very rare Turkish bootleg 7" in 1988 and then as the theme music to the 'gallery' section of the 2002 Greatest Hits 1987–1992 DVD. Also made available as part of PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
Extended instrumental: included exclusively on the Japanese Greatest Hits 1987–1997 CD in 2003
Backing Track: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.

No official vocal extended version of "Turn It into Love" was ever produced at PWL.

"Made in Heaven"

Album version / single version
Maid in England Mix, aka Made in Australia Mix or Made in Sweden Mix
Heaven Scent Mix (edit): shorter version included on the Australian "Never Too Late" single and the UK Greatest Hits 87–92 (2002 release)
Heaven Scent 12" Mix (extended): included exclusively on Greatest Remix Hits Volume 4 in Australia in August 1998
Original 12" Mix: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
Instrumental: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
Backing Track: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.

Live performances[]

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:

On a Night Like This Tour (as part of the Hits Medley)
Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour (as a medley with "Light Years")

Charts and certifications[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)^[1]	34

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[2]		46,320^[1]

Hazell Dean version[]

In September 1988, just prior to Kylie's "Turn It into Love" being released in Japan, British Hi-NRG singer Hazell Dean released her version which was also produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, however, the arrangement was noticeably different from that of Kylie's version.

As explained in notes contained on her 2012 greatest hits compilation, Evergreen, Hazell was at PWL studios recording "Maybe" when she was played a selection of songs being recorded for Kylie's debut album. "Turn it into Love" stood out, and she liked the song so much, she asked Pete Waterman to let her record her own version of the song. Waterman obliged and it was eventually released as the lead into the release of Dean's second Stock Aitken Waterman-produced album Always in October 1988.

Dean's version of "Turn It into Love" peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 8 October 1988^[3] and number 30 in Swiss singles chart for the week ending 30 October 1988.^[4] Hazell believed it should have been released as the follow-up to "Who's Leaving Who" and felt it would have been a bigger hit. She also stated recently in an interview published on her website that it is her least favourite song to perform live^{[citation needed]}.

Same Difference version[]

Brother-sister duo Same Difference recorded "Turn It into Love" and included it on their debut album which was released on 1 December 2008.^[5] It was intended to have been the second single from the duo (and from the album), and was due for release in 2009 but was cancelled^{[citation needed]}. In 1990, Hong Kong band Echo covered this song in Cantonese^{[citation needed]}.

Wink version[]

"Turn It into Love" was covered by Japanese idol duo Wink as "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" (愛が止まらない〜Turn it into love〜, lit. "Love Doesn't Stop (Turn It into Love)"). Released by Polystar Records on 16 November 1988, it was their third single, with Japanese lyrics written by Neko Oikawa. The song was used as the theme of the Fuji TV drama series Oikaketaino! (I Want to Chase!). The B-side is a Japanese-language cover of Annica Burman's "I en ding ding värld".

The single became Wink's first No. 1 on Oricon's singles chart.^[6] It sold over 645,000 copies, making it the duo's biggest-selling single.^[7]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa; all music is arranged by Motoki Funayama.

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" ((愛が止まらない〜Turn it into love〜, "Love Doesn't Stop (Turn It into Love)"))	Mike Stock Matt Aitken Pete Waterman	3:29
2.	"Ding Ding: Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Train" (Din Din ~Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Torein~ (DING DING 〜恋から始まるふたりのトレイン〜, "Ding Ding ~Two Trains Starting from Love~"))	Lasse Andersson Bruno Glenmark	2:59

Chart positions[]

Weekly charts

Charts (1988)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart^[6]	1
Japanese The Best Ten Chart^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Charts (1988)	Peak position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart^[6]	5

Cover versions[]

Year	Artist	Album
1995	Hideki Saijo	Ai ga Tomaranai (愛が止まらない) (Single)
2001	Puffy AmiYumi	The Hit Parade
2003	Yuki Koyanagi	Koyanagi the Covers Product 2
2003	Dream	Dream World
2008	Demon Kogure	Girls' Rock √Hakurai
2009	ManaKana	Two Sing 2 (ふたりうた2 Futari Uta 2)
2010	Junichi Inagaki (duet with Nanase Aikawa)	A Man and a Woman 3 (男と女3 Otoko to Onna 3)
2011	Serial TV Drama	Power Spot (パワースポット Pawāsupotto )
2020	Lovers Wanted	Lovers Wanted

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-076-0.
^ "Japanese single certifications – Kylie Minogue – Turn It into Love" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100: 02 October 1988 – 08 October 1988". Official Charts.
^ "Hazell Dean – Turn It into Love". hitparade.ch.
^ "Song of the Day; Turn it into Love". Popjustice.com. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "愛が止まらない～TURN IT INTO LOVE～ | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
^ "Wink(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2021.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Kylie Minogue version

"Turn It into Love" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
"Turn It into Love" at Discogs (list of releases)

Wink version

"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" at Discogs (list of releases)

[oricon-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-076-0.

[JapanKylie_MinogueTurn_It_into_LovesingleCertRef-2] "Japanese single certifications – Kylie Minogue – Turn It into Love" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

[3] "Official Singles Chart Top 100: 02 October 1988 – 08 October 1988". Official Charts.

[4] "Hazell Dean – Turn It into Love". hitparade.ch.

[5] "Song of the Day; Turn it into Love". Popjustice.com. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[Oricon-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d "愛が止まらない～TURN IT INTO LOVE～ | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

[Yamachan-7] "Wink(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 July 2021.

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Singles discography Songs recorded
1980s singles	"The Loco-Motion" "I Should Be So Lucky" "Got to Be Certain" "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" "Especially for You" "It's No Secret" "Turn It into Love" "Hand on Your Heart" "Wouldn't Change a Thing" "Never Too Late"
1990s singles	"Tears on My Pillow" "Better the Devil You Know" "Step Back in Time" "What Do I Have to Do" "Shocked" "Word Is Out" "If You Were with Me Now" "Give Me Just a Little More Time" "Finer Feelings" "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" "Celebration" "Confide in Me" "Put Yourself in My Place" "Where Is the Feeling?" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Some Kind of Bliss" "Did It Again" "Breathe" "Cowboy Style"
2000s singles	"Spinning Around" "On a Night Like This" "Kids" "Please Stay" "Your Disco Needs You" "Can't Get You Out of My Head" "In Your Eyes" "Love at First Sight" "Come into My World" "Slow" "Red Blooded Woman" "Chocolate" "I Believe in You" "Giving You Up" "2 Hearts" "Wow" "In My Arms" "All I See" "The One" "Lhuna"
2010s singles	"All the Lovers" "Get Outta My Way" "Better than Today" "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" "Timebomb" "Flower" "Limpido" "Into the Blue" "I Was Gonna Cancel" "Crystallize" "Only You" "100 Degrees" "Every Day's Like Christmas" "At Christmas" "Wonderful Christmastime" "Dancing" "Stop Me from Falling" "Golden" "A Lifetime to Repair" "Music's Too Sad Without You" "Sincerely Yours" "New York City"
2020s singles	"Say Something" "Magic" "Real Groove" "Starstruck (Kylie Minogue Remix)"
Featured singles	"Keep On Pumpin' It" "GBI (German Bold Italic)" "Higher" "Right Here, Right Now" "The Other Boys" "Really Don't Like U" "On oublie le reste"
Promotional singles	"I Guess I Like It Like That" "Too Far" "Butterfly" "Sometime Samurai" "Whistle" "Skirt" "Sexercize" "Golden Boy" "Beautiful" "This Wheel's on Fire" "I Love It"
Other songs	"Speakerphone" "Any Which Way" "Aphrodite" "Black and White" "Boys & Girls" "Love Made Me Do It" "Marry the Night"

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Studio albums	Heart First (1984) Always (1988)
Songs	"Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)" "Evergreen" "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" "They Say It's Gonna Rain" "Who's Leaving Who" "Turn It into Love" "Love Pains" "The Winner Takes It All"

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Studio albums	Moonlight Serenade Especially for You: Yasashisa ni Tsutsumarete Twin Memories Velvet Crescent Queen of Love Sapphire Each Side of Screen Nocturne (Yasōkyoku) Aphrodite Brunch Overture! Voce Flyin' High
Extended plays	At Heel Diamonds
Live albums	Wink First Live Shining Star
Compilations	Wink Hot Singles Raisonné Diary Back to Front Reminiscence Wink Memories 1988–1996 Selection: 25th Anniversary Self Selection
Remix albums	Diamond Box
Singles	"Sugar Baby Love" "Amaryllis" "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" "Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)" "Samishii Nettaigyo" "One Night in Heaven (Mayonaka no Angel)" "Sexy Music" "Yoru ni Hagurete (Where Were You Last Night)" "New Moon ni Aimashou" "Kitto Atsui Kuchibiru (Remain)" "Manatsu no Tremolo" "Haitoku no Scenario" "Tsuioku no Heroine" "Matenrō Museum" "Furimukanaide" "Real na Yume no Jōken" "Eien no Ladydoll (Voyage, voyage)" "Kekkon Shiyoune" "Sakihokore Itoshisa yo" "Itsumademo Suki de Itakute" "Twinkle Twinkle" "Cherie Mon Cherie" "Watashitachi Rashii Rule" "Jive Into the Night (Yaban na Yoru ni)" [Hyper Euro Mix] "Angel Love Story (Akiiro no Tenshi)" "Special to Me"
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