Don't Turn Around

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"Don't Turn Around"
"Don't Turn Around" cover
Single by Ace of Base
Released 1994
Format CD single
Digital download
Recorded mid-1992
Genre Pop
Label Mega
Writer(s) Diane Warren, Albert Hammond
Producer(s) Denniz Pop
Certification Gold (USA)
Chart positions
  • UK - #5
  • US Pop - #4
  • US Adult Contemporary - #7
Ace of Base singles chronology
The Sign
(1994)
Don't Turn Around
(1994)
Living in Danger
(1994)
Aswad single.
Aswad single.

Don't Turn Around is a popular song written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond. It was originally recorded by Tina Turner as a B-side to the single Typical Male in 1986. Warren is said to have been disappointed that Turner's record company treated the song as a B-side and never included it on one of her albums.

It has been covered by a number of artists. Bonnie Tyler released a version in 1988 on her album Notes from America. Soul singer Luther Ingram had a US #55 R&B hit with "Don't Turn Around." Aswad heard Ingram's version and covered it, taking the song to #1 on the UK singles chart in March 1988; their version also reached #45 on the Billboard R&B singles chart that same year. Neil Diamond's 1992 version made the top 20 on the US Adult Contemporary chart. In 1994 Ace of Base took the song to #4 on the Billboard hot 100 singles chart and to #5 in the UK. The song was also covered by Jeff Scott Soto, lead vocalist from the band 'Eyes' in 1990.

Preceded by
"I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue
UK number one single (Aswad version)
March 20, 1988
Succeeded by
"Heart" by Pet Shop Boys