Turn It On Again

"Turn It On Again"
Single by Genesis
from the album Duke
B-side
Released
  • 3 March 1980 (UK)
  • August 1980 (US)
RecordedOctober  December 1979
Genre
Length3:50 (album version)
3:44 (UK single remix)
3:27 (US single remix edit)
LabelCharisma Records
Atlantic (U.S., Canada)
Songwriter(s)Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford
Producer(s)Genesis, David Hentschel
Genesis singles chronology
"Deep in the Motherlode"
(1978)
"Turn It On Again"
(1980)
"Duchess"
(1980)
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"Turn It On Again" is a song by the English rock band Genesis featured on their 1980 album Duke. Also released as a single, the song reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the band's second top 10 hit. The lyrics, by Mike Rutherford, concern a man who does nothing more than watch television. He becomes obsessed with the people he watches on it, believing them to be his friends.