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Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out

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Genre
  
Jazz-dance

Label
  
Island, 4th & Broadway

Length
  
4:20

B-side
  
Remix, "Getting Over the Hump"

Released
  
October 1993, March 1995

Format
  
CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi, 7" single, cassette

"Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" was the biggest hit single for Norman Cook's jazz-dance group, Freak Power, released in October 1993 as a single. The song features a smooth jazz sound and the baritone vocals of lead singer Ashley Slater. The single originally wasn't very well received, at least not commercially, only making number 29 in the United Kingdom.

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However, two years later, the song was used in the popular Levi's advertisement "Taxi" and re-released in March 1995. This time, the single was a huge success, reaching number 3 on the UK Singles Chart and was the only hit single for the group, but they still reached the Top 30 one more time in 1998.

Track listings

CD maxi 1, 12" maxi 1
  1. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (radio mix) — 4:21
  2. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Pizzaman mix) — 6:51
  3. "Getting Over the Hump" — 4:12
  4. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Play-Boys fully loaded vocal) — 7:27
CD maxi 2
  1. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (radio mix) — 4:20
  2. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-empo's club mix) — 7:35
  3. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Playboys reloaded dub) — 6:22
  4. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-empo's piano dub) — 8:25
  5. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Pizzaman mix) — 6:50
12" maxi 2
  1. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (album version)
  2. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-Empo's club mix)
  3. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (Play-Boys reloaded dub)
  4. "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" (T-Empo's piano dub)
7" single, CD single, Cassette
  1. "Tune On, Tune In, Cop Out" (radio mix) — 4:19
  2. "Getting Over the Hump" — 4:12

Personnel

  • Writer - Norman Cook
  • Backing vocals - Lucy the Fly
  • Bass - Jesse Graham
  • Bongos - Bongo Pete
  • Drums - James Carmichael Jr
  • Guitar - Norman Cook
  • Organ - Eddie Stevens
  • Photography - Tynan the Skyman
  • Trombone, vocals - Ashley Slater
  • Producer - Norman Cook

    • References

    Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out Wikipedia
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