I Left Something Turned on at Home - wikipedia I Left Something Turned on at Home `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' Single by Trace Adkins from the album Dreamin ' Out Loud B - side `` I Can Only Love You Like a Man '' Released April 21, 1997 Format CD Single Genre Country Length 3 : 07 Label Capitol Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Billy Lawson John Schweers Producer ( s ) Scott Hendricks Trace Adkins singles chronology `` ( This Ai n't ) No Thinkin ' Thing '' ( 1997 ) `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' ( 1997 ) `` The Rest of Mine '' ( 1997 ) `` ( This Ai n't ) No Thinkin ' Thing '' ( 1997 ) `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' ( 1997 ) `` The Rest of Mine '' ( 1997 ) `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' is a song written by Billy Lawson and John Schweers and recorded by American country music singer Trace Adkins. It was released in April 1997 as the fourth and final single from his debut album Dreamin ' Out Loud. The song became his third Top 10 hit the Hot Country Singles & Tracks ( now Hot Country Songs ) chart by reaching number 2 for two weeks, only behind `` Carrying Your Love with Me '' by George Strait. It also became his first number 1 single on the Canadian RPM country chart. Contents 1 Content 2 Reception 3 Chart positions 3.1 Year - end charts 4 References 5 External links Content The song is up - tempo accompanied largely by electric guitar. It is based on a double entendre. The male narrator is at a bar, telling his companions that he has to leave because he `` left something turned on at home ''. He then explains in the chorus that what he left `` turned on '' was not an appliance, but rather his sexually aroused female partner. Reception Rick Cohoon of Allmusic gave the song a favorable review. He stated that `` Lawson and Schweers ( the songwriters ) gave a whole new meaning to an age - old expression, and that 's what good songwriting is. '' Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an `` energetic exercise in double - entendres. '' She goes on to say that the song features `` tasty guitar and fiddle touches, but the main selling point is Adkins ' tongue - in - cheek vocal performance. '' Chart positions `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 26, 1997. Chart ( 1997 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Year - end charts Chart ( 1997 ) Position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 28 US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 10 Preceded by `` Carrying Your Love with Me '' by George Strait RPM Country Tracks number - one single August 11, 1997 Succeeded by `` Still Holding On '' by Clint Black with Martina McBride References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. ^ Jump up to : Cohoon, Rick. `` Trace Adkins - `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' ``. Allmusic. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 31. Jump up ^ Billboard, May 3, 1997 Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 3293. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 11, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Trace Adkins -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Trace Adkins. Jump up ^ `` RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1997 ''. RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Best of 1997 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Trace Adkins Studio albums Dreamin ' Out Loud Big Time More... Chrome Comin ' On Strong Songs About Me Dangerous Man X Cowboy 's Back in Town Proud to Be Here Love Will... The King 's Gift Something 's Going On Compilation albums Greatest Hits Collection, Vol. 1 American Man : Greatest Hits Volume II The Definitive Greatest Hits : ' Til the Last Shot 's Fired Notable singles `` There 's a Girl in Texas '' `` Every Light in the House '' `` ( This Ai n't ) No Thinkin ' Thing '' `` I Left Something Turned On at Home '' `` The Rest of Mine '' `` Lonely Wo n't Leave Me Alone '' `` Big Time '' `` Do n't Lie '' `` More '' `` I 'm Gonna Love You Anyway '' `` I 'm Tryin ' '' `` Help Me Understand '' `` Chrome '' `` Then They Do '' `` Hot Mama '' `` Rough & Ready '' `` Songs About Me '' `` Arlington '' `` Honky Tonk Badonkadonk '' `` Swing '' `` Ladies Love Country Boys '' `` I Wanna Feel Something '' `` I Got My Game On '' `` You 're Gonna Miss This '' `` Muddy Water '' `` Marry for Money '' `` All I Ask For Anymore '' `` This Ai n't No Love Song '' `` Brown Chicken Brown Cow '' `` Just Fishin ' '' `` Million Dollar View '' `` Jesus and Jones '' Guest singles `` Hillbilly Bone '' ( with Blake Shelton ) Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_Left_Something_Turned_On_at_Home&oldid=765952016 '' Categories : 1997 singles 1996 songs Trace Adkins songs RPM Country Tracks number - one singles Song recordings produced by Scott Hendricks Capitol Records Nashville singles Songs written by John Schweers Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk More Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 February 2017, at 10 : 26. 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Question: who sings i left something turned on at home
Answer: Trace Adkins