Don't Turn Around

"Don't Turn Around"
Single by Aswad
from the album Distant Thunder
Released	February 10, 1988 (1988-02-10)
Recorded	1987
Genre	Reggae, dancehall
Length	3:51
Label	Mango, Island
Writer(s)	Albert Hammond, Diane Warren Tina Turner*
Producer(s)	Chris Porter
Aswad singles chronology
"Hooked On You" (1987) "Don't Turn Around" (1988) "Give a Little Love" (1988)

"Don't Turn Around"
Scandinavian CD single; the artwork is used in other European releases with different title layouts
Single by Ace of Base
from the album Happy Nation (U.S. Version) and The Sign
B-side	"Young and Proud"
Released	March 15, 1994 (Europe) May 3, 1994 (US) July 1, 1994 (UK)
Format	CD single, 12" single, 7" single, digital download
Recorded	1993; Tuff Studios, Gothenburg, Sweden
Genre	Pop, dance, reggae fusion
Length	3:51 (album Version)
Label	Arista (US, Japan) Mega (Europe)
Writer(s)	Albert Hammond, Diane Warren Tina Turner*
Producer(s)	Tommy Ekman, Per Adebratt
Ace of Base singles chronology
"The Sign" (1993) "Don't Turn Around" (1994) "Living in Danger" (1994)

"Don't Turn Around" is a popular song written by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren. It was originally recorded by Tina Turner as the 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. However it has since been included on the rarities disc of the 1994 compilation The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties.

It has been covered by a number of artists, most notably Aswad in 1988 and Ace of Base in 1994.

British reggae group Aswad heard Luther Ingram's version and made a cover of it. It was released on February 10, 1988 and went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in March 1988. It also reached number 45 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the US that same year.

^*sales figures based on certification alone
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

In 1993, Swedish pop group Ace of Base recorded a minor key version of "Don't Turn Around" for their US debut album, The Sign. It was also included on the re-release of Happy Nation the same year. The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the UK Singles Chart. The song was the third most popular song in the United States in the summer of 1994. Ace of Base filmed a music video for the song directed by Matt Broadley, showing scenes of a couple intertwined with scenes of the band on the beach and in a house.