Turning Away

{{Short description|Song written by Tim Krekel}} {{Infobox song | name = Turning Away | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Crystal Gayle | album = Cage the Songbird | B-side = On Our Way to Love | released = June 1984 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Country | length = 2:55 | label = Warner Bros. Nashville | writer = Tim Krekel | producer = Jimmy Bowen | prev_title = I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love | prev_year = 1984 | next_title = Me Against the Night | next_year = 1984 }} "'''Turning Away'''" is a song written by Tim Krekel, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in June 1984 as the third single from the album ''Cage the Songbird''. The song was Gayle's fourteenth number one single on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen 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 |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=132}}</ref>

==Charts==

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1984) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Crystal Gayle|rowheader=true}} |- !scope="row"|Canada Country Tracks (''RPM'') |1 |}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1984) !Position |- !scope="row"|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1984/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1984|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=June 14, 2021}}</ref> |29 |}

==Shakin' Stevens version== {{Infobox song | name = Turning Away | cover = File:Shakin' Stevens Turning Away.jpg | type = single | artist = Shakin' Stevens | album = Lipstick, Powder and Paint | B-side = Diddle I | released = {{Start date|1986|01|27|df=yes}} | format = | recorded = 1985 | studio = | genre = Rock and roll | length = {{duration|3:20}} | label = Epic | writer = Tim Krekel | producer = * Dave Edmunds * Shakin' Stevens (executive) | prev_title = Merry Christmas Everyone | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Because I Love You | next_year = 1986 }} Two years later, Welsh rockabilly singer Shakin' Stevens covered the song for his album ''Lipstick, Powder and Paint'' and peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="UK"/>

===Track listings=== '''7": Epic / A6819 (UK)'''

# "Turning Away" – 3:20 # "Diddle I" – 2:58

'''12": Epic / TA 6819 (UK)'''

# "Turning Away" (Extended Remix) – 4:25 # "Diddle I" – 2:58

===Charts===

{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1986) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Flanders|20|artist=Shakin' Stevens|song=Turning Away|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Ireland2|11|song=Turning Away|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|15|artist=Shakin Stevens|rowheader=true|refname="UK"}} |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1984 singles Category:Crystal Gayle songs Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen Category:Warner Records singles Category:Songs written by Tim Krekel Category:1983 songs Category:1986 singles Category:Shakin' Stevens songs Category:1986 songs Category:Epic Records singles