“Turn Off the Light” is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, taken from her debut studio album, Whoa, Nelly! (2000). Written by Furtado, and produced by Gerald Eaton, Brian West, and Furtado, the song was released as the album’s second single in mid-2001 (see 2001 in music). Furtado, who cited a song by the Canadian band Big Sugar as the inspiration for “Turn Off the Light”, has described it as “a real song … Though I may seem so independent and stuff, blah, blah, blah, when I turn out the light at night I can get lonely just like everybody else. Maybe that’s why it’s such a good song and everyone is responding to it – because it’s real. Just a song with a fun, hooky chorus.
The song “Turn Off the Light” eventually became her most successful song at the time of its release. In New Zealand, it became her first number-one single there and stayed in the chart for twenty-seven weeks. It became the second most successful song of 2001 year-end chart. The song is 28th most successful song in that country and the most successful song for Nelly Furtado in that country. It peaked at number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. A remix featuring rappers Ms. Jade and Timbaland was released, and a dance remix reached number one on Billboard’s Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The song ranked at number 70 in the Year-End chart of 2001 and at number 92 on the 2002 recap. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Chart. It peaked at number seven in Australia, being her second top ten single there and stayed in the chart for twenty-one weeks. It also peaked at number four in United Kingdom, becoming her second top five single there.
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