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Turn Me Loose (Loverboy song)#Young Divas version

{{Short description|1981 single by Loverboy}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Turn Me Loose

| cover = Loverboy+-+Turn+Me+Loose+-+7'+RECORD-558784.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist =

Loverboy

| album = Loverboy

| B-side = "Prissy Prissy"

| released = February 7, 1981

| recorded = 1979

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = *Hard rock{{cite book|title=All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul|date=November 27, 2002|publisher=Backbeat Books|access-date=January 10, 2025|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/All_Music_Guide_to_Rock/1-pH4i3jXvAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&safe=strict|first1=Vladimir|last1=Bogdanov|first2=Chris|last2=Woodstra|first3=Stephen|last3=Erlewine}}

  • pop rock{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/loverboy-keeps-them-young/article782912/|title=Loverboy keeps them young|date=January 19, 2009|access-date=January 9, 2025|publisher=The Globe and Mail|last=Morrow|first=Fiona}}
  • disco

| length = 5:38 (album)
3:30 (single/video)

| label = Columbia

| writer = Paul Dean, Mike Reno

| producer = Bruce Fairbairn

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = The Kid Is Hot Tonite

| next_year = 1981

}}

"Turn Me Loose" is a hit song recorded by Canadian rock band Loverboy. It was released on their eponymous debut album in 1980, and as a single in 1981. With a strong rock synthesizer start to the song, followed by a steady build on the guitars, it peaked at #7 on the RPM singles chart in 1981 and #6 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart in the US.

Record World attributed the song's success to "Mike Reno's vocal plea, a guitar grind, and marvelous production."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=January 17, 1981|page=1|accessdate=2023-02-23|title=Hits of the Week|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/80s/81/RW-1981-01-17.pdf}}

Charts

class="wikitable sortable"
scope="col"|Chart (1981)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

Australia (Kent Music Report)

| align="center" | 3

Canada Top Singles (RPM)

| align="center" | 7

{{singlechart|New Zealand|5|artist=Loverboy|song=Turn Me Loose}}
South Africa (Springbok){{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}}

|align="center"|4

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=517}}

| align="center" | 35

US Billboard Top Rock Tracks

| align="center" | 6

=Year-end charts=

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|+Year-end chart performance

! Chart (1981)

! Position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 |publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 393 |page= 7 |via= Imgur |date= 4 January 1982 |access-date=January 11, 2022 |url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}}

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Loverboy|title=Turn Me Loose|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1980|certyear=1981}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

Personnel

Additional musicians

Cover versions

  • Eminem, Limp Bizkit and Fahrenheit (Austrian Band) collaborated to "cover" the song, albeit with significantly altered lyrics, around 1999.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
  • Tim Rogers and Tex Perkins covered it on their 2006 album My Better Half, under their recording alias T'N'T
  • Electric Six covered the song on their cover album Mimicry and Memories (2015).{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/e6absolutetreasure/mimicry-and-memories/posts/937386|title=Final track listing for Mimicry and Memories|accessdate=29 March 2015}}

= Young Divas version =

{{Infobox song

| name = Turn Me Loose

| cover =

| alt =

| caption =

| type = single

| artist = Young Divas featuring Savage

| album = New Attitude

| B-side = Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man)

| released = November 17, 2007

| recorded = 2007

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Dance, pop

| length = 3:50

| label = Sony BMG

| writer = Paul Dean, Mike Reno

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Young Divas

| type = singles

| prev_title = Searchin{{'-}}

| prev_year = 2007

| title = Turn Me Loose

| year = 2007

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Extra chronology

| artist = Savage

| type = singles

| prev_title = They Don't Know

| prev_year = 2005

| title = Turn Me Loose

| year = 2007

| next_title = Swing

| next_version = Remix

| next_year = 2008

}}

{{External music video|{{YouTube|gkeG4uPG-Lo|"Turn Me Loose"}}}}

}}

"Turn Me Loose" was covered by Australian girl group Young Divas for their second studio album New Attitude. It was released physically and digitally as the lead single from the album on November 17, 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005085 |title=CD Releases: Turn Me Loose |publisher=Sony BMG |accessdate=26 September 2012 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030050823/http://www.sonybmg.com.au/news/details.do?newsId=20030829005085 |archivedate=October 30, 2007 }} "Turn Me Loose" also features New Zealand rapper Savage and is the final single released by the Young Divas. The song peaked at number 15 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The music video for "Turn Me Loose" features the Young Divas singing and dancing in front of a white backdrop.{{cite web|url=http://www.take40.com/music/music-library/artists/Y/2137/?movideo_m=3147.3|title=Video: Turn Me Loose|publisher=Take 40 Australia. MCM Entertainment|accessdate=26 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307121433/http://www.take40.com/music/music-library/artists/Y/2137/?movideo_m=3147.3|archivedate=7 March 2014}}

==Track listing==

;CD single

  1. "Turn Me Loose" – 3:50
  2. "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)" – 3:40

;Digital EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/turn-me-loose-ep/267774902|title=Turn Me Loose – EP by Young Divas|publisher=iTunes Store. Apple|access-date=26 September 2012}}

  1. "Turn Me Loose" – 3:50
  2. "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man This Christmas)" – 3:40
  3. "Turn Me Loose" (Divas Only Version) – 3:18

==Weekly chart==

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! scope="col"|Chart (2007)

! scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|15|artist=Young Divas|song=Turn Me Loose|rowheader=true|access-date=October 29, 2022}}

==Year-end chart==

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! scope="col"|Chart (2007)

! scope="col"|Rank

scope="row"| Australian Artists Singles (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2007.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2007|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=26 September 2012}}

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References

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Category:2007 singles

Category:Loverboy songs

Category:Young Divas songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Bruce Fairbairn

Category:Songs written by Paul Dean (guitarist)

Category:Songs written by Mike Reno

Category:1980 songs

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Sony Music Australia singles

Category:Sony BMG singles

Category:1980 debut singles

Category:1981 singles

Category:Juno Award for Single of the Year singles