Turn It On Again

"Turn It On Again"
"Turn It On Again"
Single by Genesis
from the album Duke
B-side	"Behind the Lines" (Edit) (UK); "Evidence of Autumn" (US);
Released	3 March 1980 (UK); August 1980 (US);
Recorded	October – December 1979
Genre	Arena rock; pop rock;
Length	3:50 (album version); 3:44 (UK single remix); 3:27 (US single remix edit)
Label	Charisma Records; Atlantic (U.S., Canada)
Songwriter(s)	Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
Producer(s)	Genesis, David Hentschel
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"Turn It On Again" is a song by the English rock band Genesis featured on their 1980 album Duke. Also released as a single, the song reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart,^[4] becoming the band's second top 10 hit. The lyrics, by Mike Rutherford,^[5] concern a man who does nothing more than watch television. He becomes obsessed with the people he watches on it, believing them to be his friends.

The song is featured on the Flash FM station playlist in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, in which band member Phil Collins appears as himself in several story missions.

^ Mulligan, Brian, ed. (25 February 1980). "advertisement" (PDF). Record Business. 2 (49). London, England, U.K.: 16. ISSN 0144-0691. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2023. Release date: Monday March 3rd{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Duke - Genesis | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
^ Molanphy, Chris (31 May 2019). "The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
^ Genesis UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ Prasad, Anil. "Genesis: Turning it on again". Innerviews. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[1] Mulligan, Brian, ed. (25 February 1980). "advertisement" (PDF). Record Business. 2 (49). London, England, U.K.: 16. ISSN 0144-0691. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2023. Release date: Monday March 3rd{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Duke - Genesis | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[Molanphy_2019-3] Molanphy, Chris (31 May 2019). "The Invisible Miracle Sledgehammer Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 24 August 2023.

[4] Genesis UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 May 2012.

[5] Prasad, Anil. "Genesis: Turning it on again". Innerviews. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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