"Turn Back Time" is a song by British DJ and record producer

Sub Focus Nicolaas Douwma (born 13 April 1982), better known by his stage name Sub Focus, is an English DJ, record producer, songwriter, musician and sound engineer from Guildford, Surrey. He has been releasing records since 2003. On 12 October 2009, ...

, featuring uncredited vocals from British singer Yolanda Quartey. It was released independently on 20 December 2013 as the sixth single from his second studio album ''

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''. However, the song charted prior to independent release and continued to rise, peaking at number 10 on the

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for the week of 25 January 2014. Along with "

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", it is his joint highest-charting single to date.

Background and release

"Turn Back Time" was one of the last songs to be finished on ''

''. At the time he was experimenting with 90's rave samples and the song originally used a

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sample but was re-recorded with

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Yolanda Quartey and worked into a new song. The song contains elements of the composition "Brass Disk", as written by Todd Terry and performed by Duprée, and lyrics from the song "Missing You", as performed by

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and produced by Frankie Feliciano. It is a fan favourite during his live sets, and one of the few songs that he uses the smoke machine during. The track received a surge in popularity upon the album release and entered the

, working its way up to number 85 and then later number 35, number 15 and eventually number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

An official video to accompany the release of the single was premiered on

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on 19 December 2013, at a total duration of three minutes and fifty-eight seconds.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

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– Yolanda Quartey *

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, Frankie Feliciano * Producer –

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Charts and certifications

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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