Released 14 November 2005 Recorded 2005 Label Sony BMG | Format CD, Digital download Genre Pop | |
Writer(s) Will Young, Stephen Lipson, Ronnie Peterson, Karen Poole and Steven Wolf | ||
"Switch It On" is a popular song written by Will Young, Stephen Lipson, Ronnie Peterson, Karen Poole and Steven Wolf, and performed by Will Young. It was released as the first single from Young's third album Keep On, and his eighth single overall. The single reached number five in the UK Singles Chart. The music itself is based on a guitar Bo Diddley riff similar to The Count 5's Psychotic Reaction.
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Music video
The video for "Switch It On" was directed by Vaughan Arnell and filmed at Thunder City in Cape Town, South Africa. It is a based on the film 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.
Track listing
- "Switch It On"(Will Young, Stephen Lipson, Ronnie Peterson, Karen Poole, Steven Wolf)
- "Switch It On" (Freeform Reform)
- "Switch It On"
- "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"
- "Switch It On" (Freeform Reform)
- Photo gallery/Interactive downloadable screensaver
- "Switch It On" (Cagedbaby Pop mix)
References
Switch It On Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA