| I Didn't Mean to Turn You On | |
| Cover: | I Didn't Mean to Turn You On.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Cherrelle |
| Album: | Fragile |
| B-Side: | I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (Instrumental) |
| Released: | April 1984 |
| Recorded: | 1983–84 |
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| Length: | 7:03 (album version) 6:21 (12" version) 3:58 (single edit) |
| Label: | Tabu |
| Producer: | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis |
| Next Title: | Fragile… Handle with Care |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" is the debut single written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and originally performed by American singer Cherrelle in 1984. In 1986, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" was covered by English singer Robert Palmer. Palmer's cover fared better on the pop chart while Cherrelle's version was a hit on the R&B chart.
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.[2] On the US dance chart, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" went to number 6.[3] A slightly altered version of the song is featured in the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton.[4]
| Chart (1984-1985) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] | 79 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 6 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | 8 |
| I Didn't Mean to Turn You On | |
| Cover: | It Didn't Mean to Turn You On by Robert Palmer.jpg |
| Caption: | UK vinyl single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Robert Palmer |
| Album: | Riptide |
| B-Side: | Get It Through Your Heart |
| Released: | 7 July 1986[6] |
| Recorded: | 1985; Compass Point Studios (The Bahamas) |
| Genre: | |
| Label: | Island |
| Producer: | Bernard Edwards |
| Prev Title: | Hyperactive |
| Prev Year: | 1986 |
| Next Title: | Discipline of Love (Reissue) |
| Next Year: | 1986 |
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 (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 |