Turn It Loose

{{About|the song by the Judds|the song by the Doobie Brothers|Takin' It to the Streets (The Doobie Brothers album)}} {{Infobox song | name = Turn It Loose | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = The Judds | album = Heartland | B-side = Cow Cow Boogie | released = January 9, 1988 | format = | recorded = | studio = Creative Workshop (Berry Hill, Tennessee) | venue = | genre = Country | length = 3:43 | label = RCA/Curb | writer = Craig Bickhardt<br />Don Schlitz<br />Brent Maher | producer = Brent Maher | prev_title = Maybe Your Baby's Got the Blues | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Give a Little Love | next_year = 1988 }} "'''Turn it Loose'''" is a song written by Craig Bickhardt, Don Schlitz and Brent Maher, and recorded by American country music duo The Judds. It was released in January 1988 as the fourth single from the album ''Heartland''. The song was their eleventh number one country single. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=184}}</ref>

==Chart performance== "Turn It Loose" debuted on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of January 16, 1988.

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1988) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=The Judds}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|5 |}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable" !Chart (1988) !Position |- |US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1988|work=Billboard|accessdate=July 4, 2021}}</ref> |align="center"|68 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{The Judds singles}} Category:1988 singles Category:1987 songs Category:The Judds songs Category:Songs written by Don Schlitz Category:Songs written by Craig Bickhardt Category:RCA Records singles Category:Curb Records singles Category:Songs written by Brent Maher Category:Song recordings produced by Brent Maher