"Turn It into Love"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Kylie
B-side"Made in Heaven"
Released21 December 1988
StudioMelbourne, Australia
GenreHi-NRG
Length3:37
LabelPWL
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"It's No Secret"
(1988)		 "Turn It into Love"
(1988)		 "Hand on Your Heart"
(1989)
Audio video
"Turn It into Love" on YouTube

"Turn It into Love" is a single released by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was taken from her debut studio album Kylie (1988). The single was released in December 1988 in Japan only. The B-side was a new song "Made in Heaven", which also served as the B-side to both "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" and "It's No Secret" in other international territories.

The song, written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), was also released by British singer Hazell Dean the same year, sparking years of speculation about which performer recorded it first. But the track's writer and producer Matt Aitken insists it was written for Minogue, and later given to Dean when it became apparent the Australian singer didn't need another UK single from her debut album.[1]

Kylie performed the song (as part of medleys) during her On a Night Like This Tour and Showgirl Homecoming shows in the 2000s, as well the Mushroom Records 25th birthday concert in Melbourne, Australia in 1998.

Also a favourite track among Stock Aitken Waterman enthusiasts, the song also featured on the 2005 UK compilation album Stock Aitken Waterman Gold, one of just two tracks included that were not released as a single in the UK. Retrospectively, in 2021, British magazine Classic Pop ranked the song number 21 in their list of 'Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs', adding that it "is surely one of their finest creations for Minogue".[2]

Format and track listing

This is the format and track listing of major single release of "Turn It into Love".

Japanese 7" single and 3" CD

  1. "Turn It into Love" – 3:35
  2. "Made in Heaven" – 3:29

Official versions

"Turn It into Love"

  • Album version / single version
  • Instrumental: Initially used on a very rare Turkish bootleg 7" in 1988 and then as the theme music to the 'gallery' section of the 2002 Greatest Hits 1987–1992 DVD. Also made available as part of PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
  • Extended instrumental: included exclusively on the Japanese Greatest Hits 1987–1997 CD in 2003
  • Backing Track: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.

No official vocal extended version of "Turn It into Love" was ever produced at PWL.

"Made in Heaven"

  • Album version / single version
  • Maid in England Mix, aka Made in Australia Mix or Made in Sweden Mix
  • Heaven Scent Mix (edit): shorter version included on the Australian "Never Too Late" single and the UK Greatest Hits 87–92 (2002 release)
  • Heaven Scent 12" Mix (extended): included exclusively on Greatest Remix Hits Volume 4 in Australia in August 1998
  • Original 12" Mix: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
  • Instrumental: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
  • Backing Track: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.

Live performances

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)[3] 34

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Japan — 46,320[3]

Hazell Dean version

"Turn It into Love"
Single by Hazell Dean
from the album Always
Released12 September 1988
Recorded1988
Length3:35
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Hazell Dean singles chronology
"Maybe (We Should Call It a Day)"
(1988)		 "Turn It into Love"
(1988)		 "Love Pains"
(1989)

In September 1988, just prior to Kylie's "Turn It into Love" being released in Japan, British Hi-NRG singer Hazell Dean released her version which was also produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, however, the arrangement was noticeably different from that of Kylie's version.

Background and release

Published reports and notes contained in Dean's own 2012 greatest hits compilation, Evergreen, have claimed that the singer was at PWL Studios recording "Maybe" when she was played a selection of songs being recorded for Kylie's debut album. In this version of events, "Turn It into Love" stood out, and she liked the song so much, she asked Pete Waterman to let her record her own version of the song. Waterman obliged and it was eventually released as the lead into the release of Dean's second Stock Aitken Waterman-produced album Always in October 1988.

However, Dean has refuted these long-repeated claims, insisting she never knew Kylie had recorded the song until the Australian singer's version later came to prominence.[4] Asserting that she thought she was recording a totally original song when given "Turn It Into Love", Dean admitted she was "p-ed off" when she discovered there had been a double up, calling the reuse of the song by SAW "a cop out".[4]

Hazell believed it should have been released as the follow-up to "Who's Leaving Who" and felt it would have been a bigger hit.

Chart performance

Dean's version of "Turn It into Love" was a moderate hit in Europe. It peaked at number 21 in the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 8 October 1988,[5] number 30 in Swiss singles chart for the week ending 30 October 1988,[6] and number three in Finland on 19 November 1988.[7] On the overall Eurochart Hot 100, it peaked at number 68,[8] and charted for five weeks.

Critical reception

A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media deemed the song "a very professional disco record with the familiar PWL groove".[9] James Hamilton from Record Mirror praised the extended version, stating this "SAW created attractively trotting (0-)115+3⁄4-115+2⁄3-115+3⁄4 bpm plaintive light swinger is not surprisingly very Kylie Minogue-like (though better sung!), being one of the best song from her LP – a generous move giving it to Hazell as such an obviously hit-bound single".[10]

Charts

1988 weekly chart performance for "Turn It into Love"
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Europe (European Hot 100)[8] 68
Europe (European Airplay Top 50)[11] 48
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 30
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 21
UK Dance (Music Week)[12] 20

Same Difference version

Brother-sister duo Same Difference recorded "Turn It into Love" and included it on their debut album which was released on 1 December 2008.[13] It was intended to have been the second single from the duo (and from the album), and was due for release in 2009 but was cancelled. In 1990, Hong Kong band Echo covered this song in Cantonese.

Wink version

"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)"
Single by Wink
from the album At Heel Diamonds
LanguageJapanese
B-side"Ding Ding: Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Train"
Released16 November 1988 (1988-11-16)
Recorded1988
Genre
Length3:29
LabelPolystar
Composer(s)Stock Aitken Waterman
Lyricist(s)Neko Oikawa
Producer(s)Haruo Mizuhashi
Wink singles chronology
"Amaryllis"
(1988)		 "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)"
(1988)		 "Namida wo Misenai de (Boys Don't Cry)"
(1988)
Music video
"Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" on YouTube

"Turn It into Love" was covered by Japanese idol duo Wink as "Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" (愛が止まらない 〜Turn It into love〜, lit. "Love Doesn't Stop (Turn It into Love)"). Released by Polystar Records on 16 November 1988, it was their third single, with Japanese lyrics written by Neko Oikawa. The song was used as the theme of the Fuji TV drama series Oikaketaino! (I Want to Chase!). The B-side is a Japanese-language cover of Annica Burman's "I en ding ding värld".

The single became Wink's first No. 1 on Oricon's singles chart.[14] It sold over 645,000 copies, making it the duo's biggest-selling single.[15]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Neko Oikawa; all music is arranged by Motoki Funayama.

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Ai ga Tomaranai (Turn It into Love)" ((愛が止まらない 〜Turn It into love〜, "Love Doesn't Stop (Turn It into Love)"))Stock Aitken Waterman3:29
2."Ding Ding: Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Train" (Din Din ~Koi kara Hajimaru Futari no Torein~ (DING DING 〜恋から始まるふたりのトレイン〜, "Ding Ding ~Two Trains Starting from Love~"))
2:59

Chart positions

Weekly charts
Charts (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[14] 1
Japanese The Best Ten Chart[14] 1
Year-end charts
Charts (1988) Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart[14] 5

Cover versions

YearArtistAlbum
1995Hideki SaijoAi ga Tomaranai (愛が止まらない) (Single)
2001Puffy AmiYumiThe Hit Parade
2003Yuki KoyanagiKoyanagi the Covers Product 2
2003DreamDream World
2008Demon KogureGirls' Rock √Hakurai
2009ManaKanaTwo Sing 2 (ふたりうた2 Futari Uta 2)
2010Junichi Inagaki (duet with Nanase Aikawa)A Man and a Woman 3 (男と女3 Otoko to Onna 3)
2011Serial TV DramaPower Spot (パワースポット Pawāsupotto )
2020Lovers WantedLovers Wanted

References

  1. ↑ "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 41: Looking Back with Matt Aitken on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs". Classic Pop. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 Okamoto, Satoshi (2006). Oricon Single Chart Book: Complete Edition 1968–2005. Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. ISBN 4-87131-076-0.
  4. 1 2 "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 36: The Loco-Motion to Turn It Into Love on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Hazell Dean: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Hazell Dean – Turn It into Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  7. 1 2 "Top 3 Singles in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 47. 19 November 1988. p. 24. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 15 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
  8. 1 2 "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 42. 15 October 1988. p. 26-27. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
  9. ↑ "Previews – Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 41. 8 October 1988. p. 25. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 15 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
  10. ↑ Hamilton, James (27 August 1988). "DJ directory by James Hamilton" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 39. ISSN 0144-5804. Retrieved 30 October 2023 – via World Radio History.
  11. ↑ "European Airplay Top 50" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 43. 22 October 1988. p. 27. OCLC 29800226. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
  12. ↑ "Top Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 October 1988. p. 13. Retrieved 28 August 2023 – via World Radio History.
  13. ↑ "Song of the Day; Turn It into Love". Popjustice.com. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "愛が止まらない～TURN IT INTO LOVE～ | WINK". Oricon. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "Wink(シングル)". Yamachan Land (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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