Turn Off the Lights

This article is about the Teddy Pendergrass song. For the browser extension, see Turn Off the Lights (extension). For the Nelly Furtado song, see Turn Off the Light. For Hollywood Undead song, see Hollywood Undead.

"Turn Off The Lights" was a hit for R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass, released as a single on June 23, 1979. Released from his hit album, Teddy, the song hit #48 on the Pop charts and #2 on the R&B charts. The song was also a b-side single with "If You Know Like I Know." The song was sampled in "I'm Not Havin' It" by MC Lyte and Positive and "Shots" by 9th Wonder featuring Big Dho, Sean Price and Rapsody.

Content and style

Regarded as one of Pendergrass' famous "bedroom ballads" at the time among R&B audiences as well as adult contemporary audiences, the song involves the narrator who gently tells his mate to "turn off the lights" in order for both to enjoy the intimate pleasures. He then transitions his vocal inflection to a rougher singing style and utilizes this command sentence: "TURN 'EM OFF!" "Turn Off the Lights" was produced by Gamble and Huff.

Vinyl

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Turn Off The Lights"	3:37
2.	"If You Know Like I Know"	3:31 ...

References

http://www.discogs.com/Teddy-Pendergrass-Turn-Off-The-Lights/release/2024291