"Turn it Loose" is a song written by
Craig Bickhardt
Craig William Bickhardt (born September 7, 1954) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His musical career includes co-writing credits for The Judds, Steve Wariner, Kathy Mattea and others. He was also a member of S-K-B, formerly S ...
,
Don Schlitz
Donald Alan Schlitz Jr. (born August 29, 1952) is an American country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammy Awards, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards.
In 1993, he was inducted int ...
and
Brent Maher
Brent Maher is a producer, engineer, and songwriter currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He has produced and engineered six Grammy-winning records and received awards from the CMA, ACM, CCMA, ASCAP, SOCAN and NSAI. Maher engineered cl ...
, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
duo
The Judds
The Judds were an American country music duo composed of lead vocalist Wynonna Judd and her mother, Naomi Judd. The duo signed to RCA Nashville in 1983 and released six studio albums between then and 1991. The Judds were one of the most success ...
. It was released in January 1988 as the fourth single from the album ''
Heartland
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Businesses and organisations
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* Heartland Inn, a chain of hotels based in Iowa, United States
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''. The song was their eleventh number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.
Chart performance
"Turn It Loose" debuted on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 16, 1988.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
1988 singles
1987 songs
The Judds songs
Songs written by Don Schlitz
Songs written by Craig Bickhardt
RCA Records singles
Curb Records singles
Songs written by Brent Maher
Song recordings produced by Brent Maher
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