Turn Your Car Around

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"Turn Your Car Around"
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Single by Lee Ryan
from the album Lee Ryan
B-side
  • "These Words"
  • "Movin' On"
  • "Best of You"
Released10 October 2005 (2005-10-10) [1]
Length3:04
Label Sony BMG
Songwriter(s) Ben Novak
Producer(s) Ash Howes
Lee Ryan singles chronology
"Army of Lovers"
(2005)
"Turn Your Car Around"
(2005)
"When I Think of You"
(2006)

"Turn Your Car Around" is the second single released from Blue member Lee Ryan's debut solo album, Lee Ryan . The track peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart, also reaching the top 20 in several other European countries, including number two in Italy. The song was originally written and recorded by a New Zealand musician, Ben Novak, in 2004.

Contents

The music video features Ryan driving a Mustang in the desert, racing alongside a horse, getting a flat tyre, then walking off with the horse at the end.

Track listings

  1. "Turn Your Car Around" – 3:04
  2. "Best Of You" (Radio 1 Live Lounge Session) – 2:53
  1. "Turn Your Car Around" – 3:04
  2. "These Words (Gold Horizons)" – 3:14
  3. "Movin' On" – 3:30
  4. "Turn Your Car Around" (video) – 3:07

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 41
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 52
Germany (Official German Charts) [6] 52
Ireland (IRMA) [7] 33
Italy (FIMI) [8] 2
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 12

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