Don't Turn Around (Amy Shark song)

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"Don't Turn Around"
Single by Amy Shark
from the album Love Monster
Released8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)
Genre [1]
Length3:05
Label Wonderlick Entertainment/Sony Music Australia
Songwriter(s) Amy Shark
Producer(s) Dann Hume
Amy Shark singles chronology
"I Said Hi"
(2018)
"Don't Turn Around"
(2018)
"Psycho"
(2018)

"Don't Turn Around" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Amy Shark. It was released on 8 June 2018 initially as a pre-order album track, [2] and was later confirmed as the album's second single from her debut studio album Love Monster . [3] In a statement, Shark said: "It's a song that talks about the desire to run into someone you have feelings for, a history with who knows you too well." [4]

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Reception

Madelyn Tait from The Music Au, in an album review, called the song "infectious" saying "Shark expresses a desire to run into someone she has feelings for, almost rapping with the vocal rhythms she delivers over strummed guitar during the song's bridge." [5] Cameron Adams from Herald Sun, in an album review said the song was "catchy mellow radio-ready pop." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Turn Around" - 3:05

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Artist (ARIA) [7] 16

Release history

CountryDateFormatVersionLabelCatalogue
Australia8 June 2018 Digital download OriginalWonderlick /Sony Music Australia

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