Don't Turn Off the Lights

"Don't Turn Off the Lights"
Single by Enrique Iglesias
from the album Escape
Released	14 August 2002
Format	CD single
Recorded	2002
Genre	Pop
Length	3:47
Label	Interscope
Writer(s)	Kara DioGuardi Enrique Iglesias Steve Morales David Siegel
Producer(s)	Steve Morales
Enrique Iglesias singles chronology
"Love to See You Cry" (2002) "Don't Turn Off the Lights" (2002) "Maybe" (2002)

"Don't Turn Off the Lights" is a pop song by Enrique Iglesias from his 2001 album, Escape. The song was written by Iglesias, Kara DioGuardi, Steve Morales and Dave Siegel and was released as the third single from the album in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The song was produced by Steve Morales. Musician Aaron Fishbein created the main guitar riff and recorded all the guitar parts.

Background

In interviews Iglesias has stated that for the album Escape he started using a different method to writing songs than he'd used before. Starting off with a title or single idea he would write the song around it. "Don't Turn Off the Lights" was the first song to use this method and set the tone for many of the other songs on the album. At the time it was expected that the song would be the album's first, in an interview with Mexican radio station Exa FM Iglesias stated that he believed the track would be the first single from his then upcoming album. The single was released in August 2002 and became very successful in Australia and New Zealand, peaking into the top ten in both countries. However, in United States was not as successful, peaking only at number 110 in the Billboard Hot 100. The song however did significantly push up sales of the album in the US during Iglesias's promotion. Iglesias promoted the week of Thanksgiving, performing the song on TV shows Last Call with Carson Daly, MTV's TRL, Live with Regis and Kelly and the Today Show summer concert series, where he attracted the largest crowd of Summer Concert series to date.^[1] A Spanish version of the song was also released titled "No Apagues La Luz".

Music video

The video for the single features footage of Iglesias performing in concert, relaxing backstage/off tour and interacting with fans.

Track listing

Australian CD single

1. "Don't Turn Off The Lights" (Album Version) - 3:47
2. "Don't Turn Off The Lights" (Fernando Garibay & Giorgio Moroder Remix) - 4:23
3. "Don't Turn Off The Lights" (Fernando Garibay & Giorgio Moroder Extended Mix) - 6:27
4. "Escape" (Stonebridge Radio Mix) - 4:30
5. "Escape" (JJ's Radio Edit) - 3:47
6. "Escape" (Video) - 3:29

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart[2]	8
Dutch Singles Chart[3]	89
New Zealand Singles Chart[4]	6
Ukrainian Singles Chart[5]	1
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[6]	10
US Billboard Pop Songs[7]	24
US Billboard Tropical Songs[8]	19

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
Australian Singles Chart[9]	50

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[10]	Gold	35,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Enrique Iglesias on rockonthenet.com". Retrieved 1 June 2008.
2. "Enrique Iglesias - Don't Turn Off The Lights". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
3. "Enrique Iglesias - Don't Turn Off The Lights" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
4. "Enrique Iglesias - Don't Turn Off The Lights". New Zealand Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
5. "Pop" (in Ukrainian). FDR Music Charts. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
6. ""Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles" on Billboard.com". Retrieved 3 August 2002.
7. ""Top 40 Mainstream" on Billboard.com". Archived from the original on 19 June 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2002.
8. ""Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay" on Billboard.com".
9. ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2002. ARIA.
10. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2002 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics