Turn Around (Dick and Dee Dee song)

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"Turn Around"
Single by Dick and Dee Dee
from the album Turn Around
B-side "Don't Leave Me"
Released November 1963 (US)
November 13, 1963 (UK)
Genre Folk
Length2:38
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene, Harry Belafonte
Producer(s) Don Ralke, The Wilder Brothers
Dick and Dee Dee singles chronology
"Where Did the Good Times Go"
(1963)
"Turn Around"
(1963)
"All My Trials"
(1964)

"Turn Around" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene, and Harry Belafonte and made popular by Dick and Dee Dee. The song was produced by Don Ralke and The Wilder Brothers. [1]

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Chart performance

It reached number 15 on the adult contemporary chart and number 27 on the Billboard chart in 1963. [2] In Canada it reached number 23. [3] The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart. [4] The song was featured on their 1964 album, Turn Around. [5]

Other versions

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