Turn on (The Beat Box)

"Turn on (The Beat Box)"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 2
B-side"Turn On (The Beat Box)" (Instrumental)
Released1988
GenrePop, Funk
Length4:15 (single version) 4:39 (album version)
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Maurice White, Rhett Lawrence
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Evil Roy"
(1988) 		"Turn on (The Beat Box)"
(1988) 		"Heritage"
(1990)

"Turn On (The Beat Box)" is a song by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1988 by Columbia Records[1] as a single from their second greatest hits compilation, The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 2 (1988). The song reached No. 26 on the US Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, No. 12 on the Dutch Top 40 chart and No. 30 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart.[2][3][4]

Overview

"Turn On (The Beat Box)" was produced by Maurice White and Rhett Lawrence, who both wrote the song with Martin Page. The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 1988 film Caddyshack II.[5]

Critical reception

Billboard called the song "a light, pop inflected chugger".[6]

Charts

Chart (1988-1989) Peak
position
Finland (Suomen virallinen singlelista)[7] 30
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[4] 12
Netherlands (Dutch Single Top 100)[3] 30
Japanese (Oricon Singles Chart)[8] 43
US Hot Black Singles (Billboard)[2] 26

References

  1. ^ Earth, Wind & Fire: Turn on (The Beat Box). Columbia Records. 1988.
  2. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: Turn on (The Beat Box) {Hot Soul Singles}". billboard.com.
  3. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: Turn On The Beat Box". dutchcharts.nl. Dutch Charts.
  4. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire – Turn On (The Beat Box)". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Caddyshack II (1988) - Soundtracks", IMDb, retrieved 2023-07-03
  6. ^ Singles. Vol. 100. Billboard. November 12, 1988. p. 73.
  7. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Earth, Wind & Fire". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 69. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  8. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.