Turn-Down Day

"Turn-Down Day" is a song written by Jerry Keller and David Blume and performed by the Cyrkle. It was produced by John Simon,^[3] and was featured on their 1966 album, Red Rubber Ball.^[4] It reached No.16 on both the Billboard Hot 100^[5] and the Canadian pop chart,^[6] and also hit No.18 on the U.S. Cashbox chart in 1966.

"Turn-Down Day"
Single by the Cyrkle
from the album Red Rubber Ball
B-side	"Big Little Woman"
Released	July 1966[1]
Genre	Folk rock[2]
Length	2:29
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Jerry Keller, David Blume
Producer(s)	John Simon
The Cyrkle singles chronology
"Red Rubber Ball" (1966) "Turn-Down Day" (1966) "Please Don't Ever Leave Me" (1966)

Background

According to Candy Leonard, author of Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World (Arcade, 2014), the song is an excellent example of the emerging hippie ethos of the 1960s.^[7]

Other versions

• Dino, Desi & Billy, on their 1966 album, Souvenir.^[8]
• Bobby Vee, on his 1966 album, Look at Me Girl.^[9]
• Normie Rowe, as a single in 1967 that reached No.46 in Australia.^[10]
• Gary Lewis & the Playboys, on their 1968 album, Close Cover Before Playing.^[11]
• Twinn Connexion, as a B-side to their 1968 single "I Think I Know Him"; also featured on the album, Twinn Connexion.^[12]
• Steve and Eydie, on their 1970 album, Man and a Woman.^[13]
• Sketch Show, on their 2002 album, Audio Sponge.^[14]