"Turn Around" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds, Alan Greene, and

Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...

and made popular by

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. The song was produced by

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and The Wilder Brothers.

Chart performance

It reached number 15 on the

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and number 27 on the ''Billboard'' chart in 1963. The song was also released in the United Kingdom as a single, but it did not chart. The song was featured on their 1964 album, ''Turn Around''.

Other versions

*Belafonte released a version of the song as the B-side of his 1959 single, "Darlin' Cora". *

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released a version on the 1963 album, '' Time to Think''. * Josh White, Jr. released a version on the 1964 album, ''I'm On My Own Way''. *

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released a version of the song as the B-side of their 1965 single, " Somewhere". * The Womenfolk released a version as a single in the UK in 1965. *

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released a version as a single in the UK in 1966. *

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released a version of the song as the B-side of his 1966 single, "Green Acres". *

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released a version of the song as the B-side of their 1966 single, "Living for You". *

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released a version of the song as the B-side of her 1966 single, "Beautiful Barbados". * Anita Harris released a version of the song on her 1967 album '' Just Loving You''. *

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released a version of the song on his 1967 album, '' Child of Clay''. * Diana Ross released a version of the song on her 1973 album, ''

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released a version of the song on her 1993 album '' Other Voices, Other Rooms''. * Rosemary Clooney released a version of the song on her 1997 album, '' Mothers & Daughters''. *

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released a version of the song on his 2000 album, '' More Songs from Pooh Corner''.Kenny Loggins, ''More Songs from Pooh Corner''
Retrieved May 2, 2015. * Homer Simpson sings "Turn Around" in the 2003 ''

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'' episode " The Ziff Who Came to Dinner".

References

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