Turn Me Loose (Loverboy song)

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"Turn Me Loose"
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Single by Loverboy
from the album Loverboy
B-side "Prissy Prissy"
ReleasedFebruary 7, 1981
Recorded1979
Genre Hard rock
Length5:38 (album)
3:30 (single/video)
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Paul Dean, Mike Reno
Producer(s) Bruce Fairbairn
Loverboy singles chronology
"Turn Me Loose"
(1981)
"The Kid Is Hot Tonite"
(1981)

"Turn Me Loose" is a hit song recorded by the 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 Tracks chart in the US.

Contents

Record World attributed the song's success to "Mike Reno's vocal plea, a guitar grind, and marvelous production." [1]

Charts

Chart (1981)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)7
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [3] 5
South Africa (Springbok) [4] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 35
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks6

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance
Chart (1981)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 12

Personnel

Additional musicians

Cover versions

Young Divas version

  1. "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 17 January 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022 via Imgur.
  3. "Loverboy – Turn Me Loose". Top 40 Singles.
  4. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 517.
  6. "Final track listing for Mimicry and Memories" . Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  7. "CD Releases: Turn Me Loose". Sony BMG. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. "Video: Turn Me Loose". Take 40 Australia. MCM Entertainment. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  9. "Turn Me Loose – EP by Young Divas". iTunes Store. Apple . Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  10. "Young Divas – Turn Me Loose". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  11. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2007". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 26 September 2012.
"Turn Me Loose"
Single by Young Divas featuring Savage
from the album New Attitude
B-side "Dear Santa (Bring Me a Man)"
ReleasedNovember 17, 2007
Recorded2007
Genre Dance, pop
Length3:50
Label Sony BMG
Songwriter(s) Paul Dean, Mike Reno
Young Divas singles chronology
"Searchin'"
(2007)
"Turn Me Loose"
(2007)