I Left Something Turned On at Home

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"I Left Something Turned On at Home"
Single by Trace Adkins
from the album Dreamin' Out Loud
B-side "I Can Only Love You Like a Man"[1]
Released April 21, 1997
Format CD Single
Genre Country
Length 3:07
Label Capitol Nashville
Writer(s) Billy Lawson
John Schweers
Producer(s) Scott Hendricks
Trace Adkins singles chronology
"(This Ain't) No Thinkin' Thing"
(1997)		 "I Left Something Turned On at Home"
(1997)		 "The Rest of Mine"
(1997)

"I Left Something Turned On at Home" is a song written by Billy Lawson and John Schweers and recorded by American country music singer Trace Adkins. It was released in April 1997 as the fourth and final single from his debut album Dreamin' Out Loud. The song became his third Top 10 hit the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart by reaching number 2; it also became his first number 1 single on the Canadian RPM country chart.

Content

The song is up-tempo accompanied largely by electric guitar. It is based on a double entendre. The male narrator is at a bar, telling his companions that he has to leave because he "left something turned on at home". He then explains in the chorus that what he left "turned on" was not an appliance, but rather his sexually aroused female partner.[2]

Reception

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic gave the song a favorable review. He stated that "Lawson and Schweers [the songwriters] gave a whole new meaning to an age-old expression, and that's what good songwriting is."[2] Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "energetic exercise in double-entendres." She goes on to say that the song features "tasty guitar and fiddle touches, but the main selling point is Adkins' tongue-in-cheek vocal performance."[3]

Chart positions

"I Left Something Turned On at Home" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 26, 1997.

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1997) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6] 28
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 10
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
August 11, 1997		 Succeeded by
"Still Holding On"
by Clint Black with Martina McBride

References

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  3. ↑ Billboard, May 3, 1997
  4. ↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3293." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 11, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Trace Adkins – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Trace Adkins.
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