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| “If I Could Turn Back Time” | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Single by Cher from the album Heart of Stone | ||
| Released | June 1, 1989 | |
| Recorded | 1989 | |
| Genre | Pop rock | |
| Length | 3:49 | |
| Label | Geffen | |
| Writer(s) | Diane Warren | |
| Producer | David Geffen | |
| Certification | Platinum (U. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Heart of Stone is an album released in 1989 by Cher for Geffen Records. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop rock is a hybrid of Pop music and Rock music that uses catchy pop style with light lyrics over top of guitar-based songs In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys California) is an American Songwriter. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing David Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American Record executive, Film producer, Theatrical producer and philanthropist S. ) Gold (UK) | |
| Cher North American singles chronology | ||
| "After All" (1989) | "If I Could Turn Back Time" (1989) | "Just Like Jesse James" (1989) |
| Cher European singles chronology | ||
| "We All Sleep Alone" (1988) | "If I Could Turn Back Time" (1989) | "Just Like Jesse James" (1989) |
"If I Could Turn Back Time" is a song written by Diane Warren and was released on June 1 1989 as the second North American and first European single release from American singer/actress Cher's 20th album Heart of Stone. Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 " After All " is a Ballad performed as a Duet by American singer and actress Cher and American singer and bass player Peter Cetera (former " Just Like Jesse James " is the third North American and second European official single release on October 1989 by Geffen Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 " We All Sleep Alone " is the second US and European official single release from American singer/actress Cher 's nineteenth " Just Like Jesse James " is the third North American and second European official single release on October 1989 by Geffen Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys California) is an American Songwriter. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Cher ( IPA: /ʃɛr/ born Cherilyn Sarkisian, May 20 1946 Heart of Stone is an album released in 1989 by Cher for Geffen Records.
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Song information
After a small comeback with "I Found Someone" in 1987, Cher's career hit big with the release of "If I Could Turn Back Time", which charted at number 1 in Australia and Norway, number 3 in the United States and number 6 in the United Kingdom. " I Found Someone " is the name of a song written for Laura Branigan by Michael Bolton and Mark Mangold which was a hit for Cher in 1987 See also Musical groups established in 1987 Record labels established in 1987 Events
It was very successful and it became Cher's second consecutive number 1 in the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in It topped the charts in two countries and it became a top ten hit in nearly ten countries. Cher had several subsequent hits including "The Shoop Shoop Song", "Strong Enough" and "Believe". " The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss " is a song written by Rudy Clark. " Strong Enough " is a song written by Mark Taylor and Paul Barry for singer Cher. " Believe " is a Grammy Award winning global number one Multi-Platinum Dance Song which served as the world-wide lead single for American singer
In episode 3-07 (first aired on November 16, 2000) of Will & Grace, Jack meets Cher in a café and mistakes her for a drag queen. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006 John Philip "Jack" McFarland (born February 1969 was a Fictional character on the American television Sitcom Will A drag queen is a person usually a man who dresses (or "drags" in female clothes and make-up for special occasions and usually because they are performing and entertaining She sings a few notes of If I could turn back time to make him understand she's the real Cher.
In 2001 Cher has released a double vinyl with 3 remix of If I Could Turn Back Time called Cher Vs. Almighty.
Music video
The video for "If I Could Turn Back Time" takes place on board the USS Missouri, where Cher sings to a large group of sailors. Construction See also Iowa class battleship, Armament of the Iowa class battleship Missouri was one of the ''Iowa''-class " This video was filmed while the ship was stationed at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard at Pier D along with the crew. The Long Beach Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1997, was located at Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district In the music video, the band plays in the midships, and the whole vessel is rigged with spotlight, lightracks and strobos. The crew is on the deck, waving with the rhythm.
Cher's outfit for the original video (a fishnet body stocking under a very revealing black one-piece bathing suit) caused some controversy, and many television networks refused to show the video. In the field of Textiles, fishnet is a material with an open diamond shaped Knit. In 1989 the MTV network banned the video and only played it after 9:00 PM. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. A "censored" video, including new scenes, and showing less explicitly sexual content than the previous original video was then made.
In 2000 a remix was released, which was recorded during her previous tour, "Do You Believe?". An unofficial video was also created by Garry A. Cagle, which showed various clips of Cher singing "If I Could Turn Back Time" from her Living Proof: The Farewell Tour, Do You Believe? Tour and Heart of Stone Tour. The Living Proof Tour, more famously known as The Farewell Tour, after a while known as The Never Can Say Goodbye Tour, was Cher ’s final career Concert The Do You Believe? Tour, sometimes also known as The Believe Tour, was Cher ’s third solo Concert tour. The Heart of Stone Tour, is arguably Cher 's first tour as a solo artist The video also included many old clips of Cher, in which they had taken her off many videos and digitally added her into new backgrounds.
Finally in 2003 Cher released her "Living Proof - Farewell Tour" concert on DVD which included an official "If I Could Turn Back Time" remix video.
This specific Cher video has been parodied many times, most recently in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, where Meg Griffin is in the role of Cher, but instead of the sailors enjoying it, they all flee for their lives and the boat appears to sink at the end. Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin The Untold Story is a direct-to-DVD animated Film set in Family Guy 's Megan "Meg" Griffin is a Fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy.
Cher's son, Elijah Blue Allman, only twelve at the time, makes an appearance in the video, playing a guitar (he wears dark glasses and a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt). Elijah Blue Allman, also known by his stage name P Exeter Blue I, was born July 10, 1976. James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso.
Formats and track listings
If I Could Turn Back Time US Promo CD Single
- If I Could Turn Back Time (Remix)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (Original Mix)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (Rock Mix)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (AC Mix)
If I Could Turn Back Time European CD Single
- If I Could Turn Back Time (Rock Guitar Version)
- If I Could Turn Back Time
- I Found Someone
If I Could Turn Back Time Remix
- Believe (Almighty Definitive Mix)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (Almighty Remix)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (TNT Vocal Mix)
- If I Could Turn Back Time (TNT Dub)
- One By One (Junior Vasquez Vocal Remix)
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U. S. Billboard Hot 100 | 3 |
| U. S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales | 2 |
| U. The Hot 100 Singles Sales (also known as Singles Sales) is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 14 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 6 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Dutch Top 40 Singles Chart | 6 |
| West German Singles Chart | 16 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 6 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 15 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Polish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 11 |
| Swedish Airplay Chart | 11 |
| UK Singles Chart | 6 |
| United World Chart | 1 |
| world wide sales | 4,000,000 |
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| Preceded by "Right Here Waiting" by Richard Marx "Swing the Mood" by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers | Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single October 9, 1989 November 6, 1989 – December 25, 1989 | Succeeded by "Swing the Mood" by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers "Love Shack" by The B-52's |
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