"Love Will Turn You Around" is a song performed and co-written by American
country music
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singer
Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Rogers was particularly popular with country audiences but also charted mo ...
. It was released in June 1982 as the first single and title track from Rogers'
album of the same name. It is also the theme song to Rogers' 1982 film ''
Six Pack''. Rogers wrote the song with
Thom Schuyler
Thomas James Schuyler (born June 10, 1952, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is an American songwriter. Schuyler wrote songs recorded by more than 200 various artists including "16th Avenue" for Lacy J. Dalton, "Love Will Turn You Around" for Kenny Ro ...
,
David Malloy
David Ernest Malloy is an American country music and pop songwriter, record producer and A&R executive with 41 number one hits. He had received multiple Grammy nominations, as writer and/or producer, and has worked with many artists and pro ...
and Even Stevens.
The song was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance
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*From 1965 to 1967 the award was known as Best Country & Western Vocal Performance - Male
*In 1968 it was a ...
. On the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, the song reached No. 13, while reaching No. 1 on both the
country
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and
adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
charts.
Critical reception
Kip Kirby, of ''
Billboard
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'' magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Rogers "creates a sound similar to his
First Edition
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First edition
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work, with high-strung acoustic guitars backing a quick, unstrained vocal." He goes on to say that the song is notable for its "sharp metaphors on human relationships."
['']Billboard
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'', June 26, 1982
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
*
List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.S.)
The Adult Contemporary chart is published by ''Billboard'' ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the adult contemporary music (AC) market. In 1982, 19 songs topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations.
In ...
References
External links
Single release info at discogs.com
1982 singles
1982 songs
Kenny Rogers songs
RPM Country Tracks number-one singles of the year
Songs written by David Malloy
Songs written by Kenny Rogers
Songs written by Thom Schuyler
Songs written by Even Stevens (songwriter)
Song recordings produced by David Malloy
Songs written for films
Liberty Records singles
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