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It's My Turn (song)

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"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 1980 song used as the theme to the film of the same name. The song, written by Carole Bayer Sager (lyrics) and Michael Masser (music) for Diana Ross, was released as the film's soundtrack single in September 1980, by Motown. In the United States, it peaked at number nine on both the Billboard Hot 100 and adult contemporary charts and number 14 on the soul chart.[1][2]

Chart performance

Chart (1980–81) 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.