Turn It Down (Sweet song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Turn It Down

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Sweet

| album = Desolation Boulevard

| released = 1 November 1974

| format =

| B-side = Someone Else Will

| recorded = 1973

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Hard rock
• glam rock

}}

| length = 3:30

| label = RCA

| writer = Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn

| producer = Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn

| prev_title = The Six Teens

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Peppermint Twist

| next_year = 1974

}}

"Turn It Down" is a song by English glam rock band the Sweet released in 1974 as the second single from their third album Desolation Boulevard. The song was removed from the US version of Desolation Boulevard, along with two other songs, "Breakdown," and "Medussa.{{cite web |last=Swanson |first=Dave |title=40 Years Ago: Sweet Release 'Desolation Boulevard' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/sweet-desolation-boulevard/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=30 November 2014 |accessdate=5 July 2019}} In the UK, the single reached No. 41 on the charts, but fared better in Europe, reaching the top five in Norway and Germany.

== Composition ==

"Turn It Down" is a hard rock, glam rock and proto-glam metal song,{{cite book |last1=Philio |first1=Simon |title=Glam Rock: Music in Sound and Vision |date=15 October 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9781442271487 |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFdnDwAAQBAJ |accessdate=30 June 2020}} more in-line with what the band sounded like live.{{cite web|url=https://floodmagazine.com/78452/hellraiser-10-reasons-why-steve-priest-of-the-sweet-totally-ruled/|title=Hellraiser: 10 Reasons Why Steve Priest of The Sweet Totally Ruled

|access-date=March 29, 2025|publisher=Flood Magazine|date=June 5, 2020}}