Song · Aswad
“Don't Turn Around” by Aswad
From the album Distant Thunder (1988)
“Don't Turn Around” by Aswad appears on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1988 and 1989. It was first released in 1988 on the album Distant Thunder. Its best result is #68 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #152 alternative song of 1988 and #5,818 alternative song of all time.
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Aswad's "Don't Turn Around" took a song that had been passed from hand to hand and gave it a reggae lilt. Albert Hammond and Diane Warren wrote it, Tina Turner first tucked it away on the B-side of "Typical Male" in 1986, and it was Luther Ingram's version that caught the British band's ear. Aswad produced their own take and released it in February 1988 to launch Distant Thunder, the eleventh album of their career.
It's a sweet, easy-rolling record, and it borrows a verse from the Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" along with touches that echo Erma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart". It went all the way to number one in the UK that March and spent two weeks on top in New Zealand in June.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 94 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 | 107 |
| 1988 | 68 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 | 106 |
| 1988 | 94 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 316 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
Also listed as: Don't Turn Aroudn.
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