Turn Back Time (Diplo and Sonny Fodera song)

"Turn Back Time"
Single by Diplo and Sonny Fodera
from the album Wide Awake and the EP Do You Dance?
ReleasedNovember 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)
Genre
Length2:27
LabelHigher Ground
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Diplo
  • Sonny Fodera
Diplo singles chronology
"Daylight"
(2020) 		"Turn Back Time"
(2020) 		"Never Gonna Forget"
(2021)
Music video
"Turn Back Time" on YouTube

"Turn Back Time" is a song by American DJ and record producer Diplo and Australian producer Sonny Fodera. It was released on November 20, 2020, via Higher Ground Records. Diplo and Sonny wrote the song with King Henry and Sasha Sloan, the latter providing uncredited vocals, and co-produced it.[3]

Background

In a press release, Fodera explained: "'Turn Back Time' was born out of a late night session with me & Diplo. I was on tour in LA at the time, playing some amazing shows, meeting some really cool people and feeling super inspired by my surroundings. I played Turn Back Time in some of my last live shows and the response was so crazy, we knew we had to release it!"[4]

Composition

Nina Chiang of EDMTunes explained that the track includes "old-school piano riffs, plus a sexy deep bassline", and described it is "a catchy, deep house track."[5] The song is written in the key of B♭ Minor, with a tempo of 124 beats per minute.[6]

Music video

The music video was released on February 11, 2021. According to the description by Rugby Scruggs of Dancing Astronaut, the video follows "an office employee who can't seem to escape a mysterious woman."[7]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[8]

  • Henry Allen – composer
  • Diplo – composer, primary Artist, producer, programmer
  • Sonny Fodera – composer, primary Artist, producer, programmer
  • Cass Irvine – mastering
  • Noizu – producer, remix engineer
  • Sasha Sloan – composer, vocalist

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Diplo & Sonny Fodera – Turn Back Time". EDM Reviewer. December 3, 2020. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Gelevski, Alex (November 22, 2020). "Diplo & Sonny Fodera Release UK House Collaboration 'Turn Back Time". Rave Jungle. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Diplo & Sonny Fodera Release New Song "Turn Back Time"". Pm Studio. December 10, 2020. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  4. ^ "Diplo and Sonny Fodera release UK House collaboration 'Turn Back Time'". Groove Cartel. November 23, 2020. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  5. ^ Chiang, Nina (November 21, 2020). "Diplo, Sonny Fodera – Turn Back Time". EDMTunes. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Scruggs, Rugby (February 17, 2021). "Diplo and Sonny Fodera 'Turn Back Time' in mind-bending music video". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  8. ^ "Diplo / Sonny Fodera – Turn Back Time / Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "Diplo Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "Dance Top 100 - 2021". Mahasz. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  12. ^ "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs – Year-End 2021". Billboard. Retrieved December 3, 2021.