Song · Nelly Furtado
“Turn Off The Light” by Nelly Furtado
From the album Whoa, Nelly! (2000)
“Turn Off The Light” by Nelly Furtado appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2001. It was first released in 2000 on the album Whoa, Nelly!. Its best result is #19 on the 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #147 alternative song of 2001.
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"Turn Off The Light" was the second single from Whoa, Nelly!, the Canadian singer-songwriter's 2000 debut, and it's Nelly Furtado confessing that someone who seems so independent gets lonely just like anybody else, with a chorus built to stick. She credits a song by the Canadian band Big Sugar with sparking it, and has pointed out that its guitar chords sit close to those of Oasis's 1995 song "Wonderwall", a sign of what she was soaking up as she got to grips with the instrument.
Furtado produced it with Gerald Eaton and Brian West; West plays guitar alongside James Bryan and works the turntables, Eaton adds extra backing vocals, and Brad Haehnel mixed it. Out in 2001, it went to number one in New Zealand, Portugal and Romania and made the top 10 in Australia, the UK and the US.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 19 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001 | 89 |
| 2001 | 32 | WHTG Monmouth-Ocean, NJ | G106.3 Top 106 Songs of 2001 | 106 |
Also listed as: Turn off the Light.
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