I Didn't Mean to Turn You On
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| Single by Cherrelle | |
| from the album Fragile | |
| B-side | "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On (Instrumental)" |
| Released | April 1984 |
| Recorded | 1983–84 |
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| Length | 6:21 |
| Label | Tabu |
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| Producer(s) | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis |
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| Single by Robert Palmer | ||||
| from the album Riptide | ||||
| B-side | "Get It Through Your Heart" | |||
| Released | July 14, 1986 (UK) August 11, 1986 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1985; Compass Point Studios (The Bahamas) |
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| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
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| Producer(s) | Bernard Edwards | |||
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"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; that cover fared better in the charts than the original song.
The single was Cherrelle's first hit, peaking at number eight on the soul chart and number seventy-nine on the Hot 100. On the US dance chart, "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" went to number six. A slightly altered version of the song is featured in the 2015 N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton.
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, only behind "Amanda" by Boston, and the music video, which featured women much like the ones from "Addicted to Love", hit No. 1 on MTV on October 17, 1986.
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