Turn off the Light

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"Turn off the Light"
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Whoa, Nelly!
Released	August 14, 2001
Recorded	2000
Genre	Folk rock, folk pop
Length	4:36
Label	DreamWorks
Writer(s)	Nelly Furtado
Producer(s)	Gerald Eaton Brian West
Chart positions
#1 (New Zealand) #2 (Switzerland) #2 (Mexico) #3 (United World Chart)[1] #4 (UK) #5 (U.S.) #5 (Ireland) #7 (Australia) #7 (Netherlands) #9 (Sweden) #22 (Austria) #31 (Germany) #46 (France)
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"I'm like a Bird" (2000)	"Turn off the Light" (2001)	"...On the Radio (Remember the Days)" (2001)

"Turn off the Light" is the third single from Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado's first album, Whoa, Nelly! The single peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, her highest chart position until her 2006 single "Promiscuous" reached number one. A remix featuring rappers Ms. Jade and Timbaland was released, and a dance remix reached number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

Furtado, who cited a song by the Canadian band Big Sugar as the inspiration for "Turn off the Light", has described it as "a real song ... Though I may seem so independent and stuff, blah, blah, blah, when I turn out the light at night I can get lonely just like everybody else. Maybe that's why it's such a good song and everyone is responding to it – because it's real. Just a song with a fun, hooky chorus."

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
United World Chart	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	52
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	3
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	4
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	11
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	26
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay	17
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	2
Dutch Top 40	7
Dutch Mega Single Top 100	10
Latvian Airplay Top	14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	4

[edit] See also

• European Hit Radio Top 100 (2001)

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Discography
Albums
Whoa, Nelly! (2000) • Folklore (2003) • Loose (2006)
Singles
"Party's Just Begun (Again)" • "I'm like a Bird" • "Turn off the Light" • "...On the Radio" • "Hey, Man!" • "Powerless (Say What You Want)" • "Try" • "Força" • "Explode" • "The Grass Is Green" • "Promiscuous" • "Maneater" • "Te Busqué" • "No Hay Igual" • "All Good Things (Come to an End)" • "Say It Right" • "In God's Hands"
Guest singles
"Fotografía" • "What's Going On" • "Give It to Me"
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