"Turn Around" | ||||||||
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Single by Phats & Small | ||||||||
from the album Now Phats What I Small Music | ||||||||
Released | 29 March 1999 | |||||||
Format | CD single, vinyl, 12" single | |||||||
Recorded | 1998 | |||||||
Genre | House, dance | |||||||
Length | 3:33 | |||||||
Label | Sony, Multiply | |||||||
Writer(s) | Mauro Malavasi, David Romani, Wayne Garfield, Toney Lee, Eric Matthew | |||||||
Producer(s) | Jason "Phats" Hayward, Russell Small | |||||||
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"Turn Around" is a song by British dance duo Phats & Small, featuring vocals from British-Nigerian singer Ben Ofoedu. The song samples Toney Lee's "Reach Up"(Acapella) and Change's "The Glow of Love". It was released on 29 March 1999 and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.
The video for the track is shot at various locations in the city of Brighton and Hove. Ofoedu appears in the video, miming to the vocals.
The song was remade in 2015 by American stand-up comedian and singer Callum Rose, singing over Ofoedu's vocals. He was inspired to write the song after watching an episode of The Jeremy Kyle Show, "You Abandoned Our Children And Left Them Without A Father". The song was renamed "Lee Turn Around" after the person in question was told to turn around by his ex-wife. Rose performed the song live in Dorking, Surrey during his Christmas stand-up session, and will perform it at Saint Paul, Minnesota on the final date of the Thrills & Spills 2016 tour.
The song was remixed in 2016 by Germans DJ "Calvo", using Original Ofoedu's vocals. under Armada Records
^shipments figures based on certification alone