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I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = Cherrelle
| album = Fragile
| B-side = I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (Instrumental)
| released = April 1984
| recorded = 198384
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| length = 7:03 (album version)
6:21 (12" Version)
3:58 (Single Edit)
| label = Tabu
| writer =
| producer = Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
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"'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
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. On the US dance chart, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" went to number 6. A slightly altered version of the song is featured in the 2015 N.W.A biopic 'Straight Outta Compton'.
Chart positions
Robert Palmer version
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.Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 23. .
Chart positions
Weekly chartsYear end charts
Other cover versions
*Queen Latifah sampled Cherrelle's version on her song "Turn You On" from her 1998 album 'Order in the Court'.
*Mariah Carey covered the song in 2001 for the soundtrack to the film, 'Glitter'. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis also produced Mariah Carey's cover and she sang over the original instrumental.
* DJ Colette covered the song in 2005 for the album 'Hypnotized'.
References
Category:1984 debut singles
Category:1986 singles
Category:Songs written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Category:Cherrelle songs
Category:Robert Palmer (singer) songs
Category:1984 songs
Category:Tabu Records singles
Category:Island Records singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Bernard Edwards
Category:Mariah Carey songs
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