Switch It On
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| "Switch It On" | ||||
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| Single by Will Young | ||||
| from the album Keep On | ||||
| B-side | "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" | |||
| Released | 14 November 2005 | |||
| Genre | Avant-pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:47 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Stephen Lipson | |||
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"Switch It On" is a song by English singer Will Young. It was written by Young, Stephen Lipson, Ronnie Peterson, Karen Poole and Steven Wolf, and produced by Lipson for third studio album, Keep On (2005). The song was released as the album's first single on 14 November 2005, a week before the album. The single reached number five in the UK Singles Chart.
The video for "Switch It On" was directed by Vaughan Arnell and filmed at Thunder City in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] It is based on the 1986 American action drama Top Gun. The video opens with the titles "Will Young in Hot Gun", and features Young in the Tom Cruise fighter pilot role, playing beach volleyball and serenading a woman in a bar.[2] In a 2005 interview with The Guardian, Young commented: "The video was the director Vaughan Arnell's idea – I'd had something different, a performance video, in mind. But he convinced me it was such a universal idea that covered so many areas – blokes love it, women like it. It's not in-your-face homoerotic. Homoeroticism should be subtle. It's not about dancing in leather pants. Mixed with humour, homoeroticism is fantastic."[2]
Track listings
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Switch It On" |
| Stephen Lipson | 4:46 |
| 2. | "Switch It On" (Freeform Reform) |
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| 6:01 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Switch It On" |
| Lipson | 4:46 |
| 2. | "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know" | Al Kooper | Lipson | 5:16 |
| 3. | "Switch It On" (Freeform Reform) |
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| 6:01 |
| 4. | "Exclusive Picture Gallery and Will Young Screensaver" |
Notes
- ^[a] denotes remix producer
- "Switch It On" is based on the composition "Ho Diddley" as performed by Chitlin Circuitry.
