I Can't Turn Around

"I Can't Turn Around"
Single by J.M. Silk
from the album Hold on to Your Dream
B-side	Remix
Released	December 1986
Format	7" Single 12" Maxi
Recorded	1986
Genre	Chicago house
Length	3:57
Label	RCA Records
Writer(s)	Isaac Hayes
Steve "Silk" Hurley chronology
"Shadows of Your Love" (1986) "I Can't Turn Around" (1986) "Jack Your Body" (1986)

"I Can't Turn Around" is a song written and originally performed by Isaac Hayes as the lead single from his 1975 album Chocolate Chip.

In 1986, a house music cover of the song by J.M. Silk reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart^[1] with lead vocals performed by Keith Nunnally. The single was the only US dance number one for J.M. Silk, and the title would not place on any other US chart. It did, however, enter the UK singles chart in October 1986, peaking at number sixty-two.^[2] However it was strongly outsold there by Farley "Jackmaster" Funk's reworked version of the song, entitled "Love Can't Turn Around", which copied elements of Steve "Silk" Hurley's arrangement but with new lyrics, peaking at number ten in UK Top 75^[3] (number fifteen on the US Dance).^[4]

Official versions

• "I Can't Turn Around (LP Version)" - 3:57
• "I Can't Turn Around (House Mix)" - 7:35
• "I Can't Turn Around (Radio Mix)" - 3:23
• "I Can't Turn Around (House of Trix Mix)" - 8:59
• "I Can't Turn Around (Insane Mix)" - 4:08

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1986)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	62
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	9

Chart successions

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

1. 'J.M. Silk, US peak chart positions' Retrieved 2 December 2010
2. 'J.M. Silk, UK peak chart positions' Retrieved 2 December 2010
3. 'Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, UK peak chart positions' Retrieved 2 December 2010
4. 'Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, US peak chart positions' Retrieved 2 December 2010

External links

• Steve "Silk" Hurley on AllMusic
• J.M. Silk on AllMusic