Turn the Beat Around - wikipedia Turn the Beat Around For the MTV television film, see Turn the Beat Around ( film ). `` Turn the Beat Around '' Single by Vicki Sue Robinson from the album Never Gonna Let You Go B - side `` Lack of Respect '' Released April 1976 Format 7 '' 45 RPM Genre Disco Length 5 : 35 Label RCA Victor Songwriter ( s ) Gerald Jackson, Peter Jackson Vicki Sue Robinson singles chronology `` Baby Now That I Found You '' ( 1975 ) `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( 1976 ) `` Never Gonna Let You Go '' ( 1976 ) `` Baby Now That I Found You '' ( 1975 ) `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( 1976 ) `` Never Gonna Let You Go '' ( 1976 ) `` Turn the Beat Around '' is a disco song written by Gerald Jackson and Peter Jackson and performed by Vicki Sue Robinson in 1976 ( see 1976 in music ), originally appearing on her debut album, Never Gonna Let You Go. Released as a single, the song went to # 10 on the Billboard pop charts, and # 73 on the soul chart. Robinson received a grammy nomination for best female pop vocal. The track went to number one on the disco chart for four weeks. `` Turn the Beat Around '' is considered a disco classic and is featured on many compilation albums. Contents 1 Background 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Laura Branigan version 3.1 Track listings 4 Gloria Estefan version 4.1 Certifications 4.2 Chart performance 4.2. 1 Weekly charts 4.2. 2 Year - end charts 5 Other versions 6 References 7 External links Background `` Turn the Beat Around '' was written by brothers Gerald and Peter Jackson of the R&B outfit Touch of Class. Peter Jackson knew Al Garrison, an engineer at Associated Studios in New York, via his ( i.e. Peter Jackson 's ) work as a session drummer, and it was at Associated Studios that Touch of Class cut its own demos. Peter Jackson recalls that one Sunday at noontime `` I called Al and said... we want to come in and ( cut a ) demo... He was leaving at four... He said : ' My girl ( friend ) 's coming to pick me up for dinner. You have to be done ( by then ). '' Garrison 's girlfriend turned out to be singer Vicki Sue Robinson whose debut album was nearing completion requiring one additional track. On arriving at Associated Studios that Sunday, Robinson overheard the playback of the `` Turn the Beat Around '' demo which Touch of Class had just recorded and according to Peter Jackson said : `` Oh, man, I 've got ta have that song. '' Gerald and Peter Jackson initially demurred, wishing to submit `` Turn the Beat Around '' along with four earlier demos to be green - lighted for the Touch of Class debut album. Peter Jackson - `` Monday ( the next day ), Gerald and I go up to Midland ( Touch of Class ' label ). We 're excited because we know this song ( '' Turn the Beat Around `` ) is slammin '... ( Midland ) took the other four songs and they passed on that one. They said : ' We do n't like that one. The lyrics move too fast. You have that jungle beat in there. It 's not what 's happening '. '' Peter Jackson resultantly called Vicki Sue Robinson to give her the song for her album. When Jackson told Robinson : `` ' I 'll meet you down on Thirty - Fourth Street ( with the demo ) ' she said : ' I ( already ) made Al give me a copy. ' '' Robinson recorded `` Turn the Beat Around '' on September 26, 1975, cutting her lead vocal in a single take after recording her own multi-tracked chorale vocals. Like the other cuts on Robinson 's debut album Never Gonna Let You Go, `` Turn the Beat Around '' was recorded at RCA Studios with producer Warren Schatz who recalls the basic master of the song was recorded `` on a Friday after a very depressing week of rain ( and ) I hated ( the track ) ! I listened to it in my office and I just could n't get it. It had been such a bad week that I just could n't hear anything with an open mind. Then David Todd, the head of disco promotion at RCA, came into my office and he went crazy over the track ! He convinced me to finish it as soon as possible. '' Issued as a single in February 1976 `` Turn the Beat Around '' became a club smash subsequently breaking on Top 40 radio in Boston - where it would reach # 1 that June - to make a gradual ascent on the national Pop chart : the Billboard Hot 100 to reach a # 10 peak in August 1976. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1976 ) Peak position Australia Kent Music Report 28 Belgium 17 Canada RPM Top Singles 14 France 44 Netherlands 11 UK Singles Chart 51 US Billboard Hot 100 10 US Billboard Easy Listening 43 US Billboard Dance US Billboard Soul Singles 73 US Cash Box Top 100 15 Year - end charts Chart ( 1976 ) Rank Canada 129 US Billboard Hot 100 38 US Cash Box 67 Laura Branigan version `` Turn the Beat Around '' Single by Laura Branigan from the album Laura Branigan Released 1990 ( 1990 ) Format 7 '' 12 '' Genre Dance - pop Hi - NRG Length 4 : 22 Label Atlantic Producer ( s ) Laura Branigan Steve Lindsey Laura Branigan singles chronology `` Never in a Million Years '' ( 1990 ) `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( 1990 ) `` Did n't We Almost Win It All '' ( 1993 ) `` Never in a Million Years '' ( 1990 ) `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( 1990 ) `` Did n't We Almost Win It All '' ( 1993 ) Laura Branigan covered the song in 1990 becoming the first major artist to do so. It was released as the third and final single from her self - titled sixth studio album, however only to radio and clubs. The song was co-produced by Branigan and Steve Lindsey for the album, with several remix versions following garnering significant play in Hi - NRG clubs. Track listings 7 '' single No. Title Length 1. `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( Popcussion mix ) 7 : 42 2. `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( Don & Vic mix ) 6 : 25 12 '' single No. Title Length 1. `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( Popcussion mix ) 7 : 42 2. `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( Don & Vic mix ) 6 : 25 3. `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( Club House mix ) 6 : 35 4. `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( The Branipella mix ) 3 : 53 5. `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( Radio edit ) 4 : 05 Gloria Estefan version `` Turn the Beat Around '' Single by Gloria Estefan from the album Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me Released September 23, 1994 ( 1994 - 09 - 23 ) Format CD, cassette, 7 ``, 12 '' Recorded 1993 -- 1994 Genre Disco, Hi - NRG, Dance - pop Length 3 : 52 Label Epic Gloria Estefan singles chronology `` Mi Tierra de Tradición '' ( 1994 ) `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( 1994 ) `` Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me '' ( 1994 ) `` Mi Tierra de Tradición '' ( 1994 ) `` Turn the Beat Around '' ( 1994 ) `` Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me '' ( 1994 ) In 1994 ( see 1994 in music ), the song was recorded by Gloria Estefan for the soundtrack to the film The Specialist. Released as a single, it became a hit reaching # 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is also featured on Estefan 's fourth solo album Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me. She also sang the song as her opening performance in VH1 's first ever Divas Live. She also took the song to the top spot on Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart, making it her first number - one song on that chart in English. In 2003, the song was featured in a Mitsubishi Kuda Grandia TV commercial in Indonesia substituting for Bon Jovi songs. Certifications Country Certification Sales Australia ( ARIA ) Gold 35,000 United States Gold 500,000 Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1994 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 13 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40 20 UK Singles Chart 21 Australia ( ARIA Chart ) 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1995 ) Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100 87 Preceded by `` Movin ' '' by Brass Construction Disco File Top 20 number - one single ( Vicki Sue Robinson version ) March 20, 1976 - April 10, 1976 Succeeded by `` Love Hangover '' by Diana Ross Preceded by `` What I Need '' by Crystal Waters Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number - one single ( Gloria Estefan version ) November 12, 1994 Succeeded by `` Dreamer '' by Livin ' Joy Other versions The chorus is used in the lead out of the 1982 Soft Cell song `` Memorabilia ''. Lil Suzy covered the song for her 1993 album Back to Dance. It was released as the lead single. The Chipettes covered the Gloria Estefan version for the 1996 album Club Chipmunk : The Dance Mixes. Cobra Starship covered the song for the MTV movie of the same name. A television advertisement for `` I Ca n't Believe It 's Not Butter '' featuring Megan Mullally contains the parody `` Turn the Tub Around '' In the second Star Wars Family Guy episode, the song is parodied as `` Turn the Ship Around ''. The 2005 song `` Perfection '' by Dannii Minogue and the Soul Seekerz samples `` Turn the Beat Around ''. This song was covered many times on American Idol. Both Carmen Rasmusen and Diana DeGarmo performed this song at the Top 6 of American Idol Season 2 and Season 3, respectively. Haley Scarnato also covered this on the sixth season of American Idol. Jessica Sanchez performed the song on the Top 12 of American Idol Season 11. This song is featured on the 2012 movie Pitch Perfect, as part of the performance by the group Barden Bellas. The song appeared in the 2015 movie The Martian directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. The song is featured in the 2016 Netflix series `` The Get Down '' created by Baz Luhrmann. References ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 497. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 - 2003. Record Research. p. 219. ^ Jump up to : `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2014 - 03 - 04. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 01. Jump up ^ Arena, James ( 2014 ). First Legends of Disco. Bloomington IN : Author House. p. 274. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4918 - 4828 - 9. Jump up ^ `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016 - 06 - 02. Retrieved 2016 - 12 - 04. Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives ( 17 July 2013 ). `` Image : RPM Weekly ''. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Cash Box Top 100 8 / 21 / 76 ''. Jump up ^ `` Top Singles -- Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 ''. RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1976 / Top 100 Songs of 1976 ''. Jump up ^ `` Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1976 ''. Jump up ^ `` Laura Branigan - Turn the Beat Around ( Vinyl, 7 '' ) at Discogs ``. Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Laura Branigan - Turn the Beat Around ( Vinyl, 12 '' ) at Discogs ``. Discogs. Retrieved December 13, 2013. Jump up ^ Ryan, Gavin ( 2011 ). Australia 's Music Charts 1988 -- 2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia : Moonlight Publishing. Jump up ^ `` australian-charts.com > Gloria Estefan discography ''. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015 - 09 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Top 100 - 1995 ''. Longboredsurfer.com. Archived from the original on 2009 - 08 - 15. Retrieved 2010 - 08 - 27. Jump up ^ `` Memorabilia Lyrics - Soft Cell ''. Sing365.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ Erika Brooks Adickman ( 2010 - 02 - 01 ). `` Turn The Tub Around : I Ca n't Believe It 's A Commercial ''. Idolator. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Laura Branigan singles Branigan `` All Night With Me '' `` Gloria '' Branigan 2 `` Solitaire '' `` How Am I Supposed to Live Without You '' `` Deep in the Dark '' Self Control `` Self Control '' `` The Lucky One '' `` Ti Amo '' `` Satisfaction '' `` With Every Beat of My Heart '' Hold Me `` Spanish Eddie '' `` Hold Me '' `` Maybe Tonight '' `` I Found Someone '' Touch `` Shattered Glass '' `` Power of Love '' `` Cry Wolf '' `` Spirit of Love '' Laura Branigan `` Moonlight on Water '' `` Never in a Million Years '' `` Turn the Beat Around '' Over My Heart `` Did n't We Almost Win It All '' `` It 's Been Hard Enough Getting Over You '' `` How Can I Help You to Say Goodbye '' `` Love Your Girl '' The Best of Branigan `` Dim All the Lights '' Other singles `` Memories '' `` Fool 's Affair '' `` Looking Out for Number One '' `` Tell Him '' `` Come into My Life '' `` Heart of Me '' `` Tokio '' `` I Believe '' Other songs `` Mama '' `` Foolish Lullaby '' Gloria Estefan singles Eyes of Innocence `` Dr. Beat '' `` Prisoner of Love '' `` I Need a Man '' Primitive Love `` Conga '' `` Bad Boy '' `` Words Get in the Way '' `` Falling in Love ( Uh - Oh ) '' Let It Loose / Anything for You `` Rhythm Is Gonna Get You '' `` Betcha Say That '' `` Ca n't Stay Away from You '' `` Anything for You '' `` 1 - 2 - 3 '' Cuts Both Ways `` Do n't Wanna Lose You '' `` Get on Your Feet '' `` Here We Are '' `` Oye Mi Canto ( Hear My Voice ) '' `` Cuts Both Ways '' Exitos de Gloria Estefan `` Renacer '' Into the Light `` Coming Out of the Dark '' `` Seal Our Fate '' `` Remember Me with Love '' `` Ca n't Forget You '' `` Nayib 's Song ( I Am Here for You ) '' `` Live for Loving You '' Greatest Hits `` Always Tomorrow '' `` Megamix '' `` I See Your Smile '' `` Go Away '' Mi Tierra `` Mi Tierra '' `` Con Los Años Que Me Quedan '' `` Tradición '' `` Montuno `` ¡ Sí Señor !... '' '' `` Mi Buen Amor '' `` Ayer '' Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me `` Turn the Beat Around '' `` Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me '' `` Everlasting Love '' `` It 's Too Late '' `` Cherchez La Femme '' Abriendo Puertas `` Abriendo Puertas '' `` Más Allá '' `` Tres Deseos '' `` Dulce Amor '' `` La Parranda '' `` Lejos De Ti '' `` Felicidad '' `` Abriendo Puertas A La Navidad '' Destiny `` Reach '' `` You 'll Be Mine ( Party Time ) '' `` I 'm Not Giving You Up '' `` Higher '' `` Show Me the Way Back to Your Heart '' `` No Pretendo '' gloria ! `` Heaven 's What I Feel / Corazón Prohibido '' `` Oye ! '' `` Cuba Libre '' `` Do n't Let This Moment End '' `` Do n't Stop '' Alma Caribeña - Caribbean Soul `` No Me Dejes de Querer '' `` Como Me Duele Perderte '' `` Tres Gotas De Agua Bendita '' `` Tengo Que Decirte Algo '' `` Me Voy '' `` Por Un Beso '' Greatest Hits Vol. II `` You Ca n't Walk Away from Love '' `` Out of Nowhere '' `` Y - Tu - Conga '' Unwrapped `` Wrapped / Hoy '' `` I Wish You '' `` Te Amaré '' `` Tu Fotografía '' 90 Millas `` No Llores '' `` Me Odio '' `` Píntame De Colores '' Miss Little Havana `` Wepa '' `` Hotel Nacional '' Other notable songs & Collaborations `` En El Jardín '' `` Santo Santo '' `` Music of My Heart '' `` What More Can I Give `` Dr. Pressure '' `` Somos El Mundo '' Book Template Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Turn_the_Beat_Around&oldid=788363061 '' Categories : 1976 singles 1994 singles Vicki Sue Robinson songs Laura Branigan songs Gloria Estefan songs Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles Disco songs Songs about music RCA Victor singles Atlantic Records singles Epic Records singles Songs about dancing Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Song articles with missing songwriters All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 1 July 2017, at 00 : 41. 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Question: who did the original turn the beat around
Answer: Vicki Sue Robinson