It's My Turn (song)

"It's My Turn"
Single by Diana Ross
from the album To Love Again
B-side"Sleepin'"
ReleasedSeptember 1980
Length3:57
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Michael Masser
Diana Ross singles chronology
"My Old Piano"
(1980) 		"It's My Turn"
(1980) 		"One More Chance"
(1981)

"It's My Turn" is a song sung by American singer Diana Ross as the theme to the film It's My Turn. With lyrics written by Carole Bayer Sager, and Michael Masser composing and producing, the song was released in September 1980 by Motown as the lead single from the film's soundtrack. It was also the first single on Ross's compilation, To Love Again (1981). In the United States, the single peaked at number 9 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, and it rose to number 14 on the Soul chart.[1][2]

Chart performance

Chart (1980–1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 97
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 17
Netherlands 31
South Africa (Springbok)[5] 15
UK Singles Chart[6] 16
US Billboard Hot 100 9
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 9
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) 14
Year-end chart (1981) Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[7] 42

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 210.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 502.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – It's My Turn". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  6. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 51. December 26, 1981. p. YE-9. Retrieved 5 April 2020.


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