Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out

Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian described the song as "a cynical post-modern shopping anthem with a dash of singalong soul."Sullivan, Caroline (28 June 1998). "Music: This Week's Pop CD Releases". The Guardian. In October 1993, in his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton stated that the song had "the potential to be a major hit".{{cite web|last=Masterton|first=James|title=Week Ending October 23rd 1993|url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1993/week-ending-october-23rd-1993|website=Chart Watch UK|date=17 October 1993|accessdate=12 September 2021|author-link=James Masterton}} Upon the 1995 release, a reviewer from Music Week commented, "Levi's ads have a habit of spawning Top 10 hits and Freak Power's groovy number is set to become the latest."{{cite magazine|first= |last= |title= Reviews: Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 25 February 1995 |page= 16 |access-date= 5 May 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1995/Music-Week-1995-02-25.pdf}} NME{{'}}s review said, "Stuffed with vocals that croakily doff their cap to Sly Stone, wah-wah guitar and a chorus that seems to be fully aware of its '70s-crazed ludicrousness, it's an insidious rare groove drip-feed that'll soon be connected to the veins of thousands."{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53394805607/|title=Singles|magazine=NME|date=4 March 1995|page=57|access-date=16 December 2023}}

Andy Beevers wrote in the Record Mirror Dance Update, "With his excellent Mighty Dub Cats and Pizzaman projects, Norman Cook has been sending out low-key signals that something is stirring down in Brighton. Now comes the real deal. The best starting point is the Radio Mix which emphasises the wonderfully mellow and husky male vocal. The weird trippy lyrics, which are nowhere as corny as the title would suggest, are set against a great bassline and plenty of funky touches. The whole thing has a very Seventies feel but it is done with a great deal more understanding and intelligence than all the current disco pastiches."{{cite magazine|first= Andy |last= Beevers |title= Hot Vinyl |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |date= 25 September 1993 |page= 6 |access-date= 3 April 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-09-25.pdf}} Another Record Mirror editor, James Hamilton, described it as "Norman Cook's Gil Scott Heron-ishly crooking jaunty excellent Donny Hathaway 'The Ghetto' based".{{cite magazine|first= James |last= Hamilton |title= Dj directory |magazine= Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert) |date= 16 October 1993 |page= 7 |access-date= 4 April 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1993/Music-Week-1993-10-16.pdf |author-link= James Hamilton (DJ and journalist)}} Garry Mulholland from Select wrote, "Their 'Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out' provides the low-slung funk backing for that ad's shameless exploitation of shock-horror transexuality."{{cite magazine|first=Garry|last=Mulholland|url=https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/05/albums12.jpg|title=New Albums|work=Select|date=May 1995|page=|access-date=14 December 2024}}

• CD maxi 1, 12-inch maxi 1

1. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (radio mix) – 4:21
2. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Pizzaman mix) – 6:51
3. "Getting Over the Hump" – 4:12
4. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Play-Boys fully loaded vocal) – 7:27

• CD maxi 2

1. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (radio mix) – 4:20
2. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-empo's club mix) – 7:35
3. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Playboys reloaded dub) – 6:22
4. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-empo's piano dub) – 8:25
5. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Pizzaman mix) – 6:50

• 12-inch maxi 2

1. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (album version)
2. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-Empo's club mix)
3. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Play-Boys reloaded dub)
4. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-Empo's piano dub)

• 7-inch single, CD single, cassette

1. "Tune On, Tune In, Cop Out" (radio mix) – 4:19
2. "Getting Over the Hump" – 4:12

• Writer – Norman Cook
• Backing vocals – Lucy the Fly
• Bass – Jesse Graham
• Bongos – Bongo Pete
• Drums – James Carmichael Jr
• Guitar – Norman Cook
• Organ – Eddie Stevens
• Photography – Tynan the Skyman
• Trombone, vocals – Ashley Slater
• Producer – Norman Cook

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