"Turn it Loose" is a song written by

Craig Bickhardt Craig William Bickhardt (born September 7, 1954) is an American country music singer and songwriter. His musical career includes co-writing credits for The Judds, Steve Wariner, Kathy Mattea and others. He was also a member of S-K-B, formerly ...

Don Schlitz Donald Allen Schlitz Jr. (born August 29, 1952) is an American songwriter who has written more than twenty number one hits on the country music charts. He is best known for his song " The Gambler" (Kenny Rogers), and as the co-writer of " For ...

and

Brent Maher Brent Maher is a record producer, producer, audio engineer, engineer, and songwriter currently residing in Nashville, Tennessee. He has produced and engineered six Grammy Award-winning records and received awards from the Country Music Associati ...

, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

duo

The Judds The Judds were an American country music duo composed of lead vocalist-guitarist Wynonna Judd and her mother Naomi Judd on backup vocals. The duo signed to RCA Records in 1983 and released six studio albums between then and 1991. The Judds wer ...

. 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.

Chart performance

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

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1988 singles 1987 songs The Judds songs Songs written by Don Schlitz Songs written by Craig Bickhardt RCA Records singles Curb Records singles Songs written by Brent Maher Song recordings produced by Brent Maher {{1987-country-song-stub