Turn Me On (Mark Dinning song)

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"Turn Me On"
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Single by Norah Jones
from the album First Sessions/Come Away with Me
Released2003
Recorded2001
GenrePop
Length2:34
LabelBlue Note
Songwriter(s)John D. Loudermilk
Producer(s)Lee Alexander, Norah Jones
Norah Jones singles chronology
"Come Away with Me"
(2003) 		"Turn Me On"
(2003) 		"Sunrise"
(2004)

"Turn Me On" is a song by John D. Loudermilk that was first recorded and released by Mark Dinning in 1961, as the B-side to his single "Lonely Island". Other notable versions are by and Nina Simone.[1] Norah Jones released her version as the last single from her debut album Come Away with Me. The song was also performed by Shelby Dressel during her American Idol audition.[2] It has been suggested that the song influenced the composition of Leonard Cohen's 1969 song "Bird on the Wire".[3]

Norah Jones version[]

Jones's cover was the seventh track on her debut album. This version also appeared in the movie Love Actually and is on its soundtrack.

Charts[]

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 10
French Singles Chart 92

References[]

  1. ^ "John D. Loudermilk - 1960-1963". Ihesm.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. ^ Pleasant, Rachel "Forging Ahead, Despite Elimination", 'The Ledger', February 22, 2010.
  3. ^ Hickerson, Joe (22 March 2007). "The Songfinder: A Reader-Assisted Song Search Service". Sing Out!: The Folk Song Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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