"Turn It into Love" is a single released by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was taken from her debut studio album Kylie (1988). The single was released in December 1988 in Japan only. The B-side was a new song "Made in Heaven", which also served as the B-side to both "Je ne sais pas pourquoi" and "It's No Secret" in other international territories.
The song, written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW), was also released by British singer Hazell Dean the same year, sparking years of speculation about which performer recorded it first. But the track's writer and producer Matt Aitken insists it was written for Minogue, and later given to Dean when it became apparent the Australian singer did not need another UK single from her debut album.
Kylie performed the song (as part of medleys) during her On a Night Like This Tour and Showgirl Homecoming shows in the 2000s, as well the Mushroom Records 25th birthday concert in Melbourne, Australia in 1998.
Critical reception
A favourite track among Stock Aitken Waterman enthusiasts, the song also featured on the 2005 UK compilation album Stock Aitken Waterman Gold, one of just two tracks included that were not released as a single in the UK. Retrospectively, in 2017, Christian Guiltenane of British magazine Attitude described it as "one of SAW's most amazing songs", noting "its exuberant xylophone intro and lilting melody" but with "a melancholy in the verses". In 2021, British magazine Classic Pop ranked the song number 21 in their list of 'Top 40 Stock Aitken Waterman songs', adding that it "is surely one of their finest creations for Minogue". In 2024, the same magazine ranked the song at number 18 in its list of "Top 40 Kylie Minogue songs", describing it as a "breezy, moreish serving of galloping SAW loveliness". In 2023, Robert Moran of Australian daily tabloid newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald ranked the song as Minogue's 38th best song (out of 183), adding that it is the "proof that Kylie's been doing Euro-disco since the very beginning. The chorus is the sort of earworm you'll suddenly find yourself repeating every time you turn a tap, a doorknob, etc".
Format and track listing
This is the format and track listing of major single release of "Turn It into Love".
Japanese 7" single and 3" CD
- "Turn It into Love" – 3:35
- "Made in Heaven" – 3:29
Official versions
"Turn It into Love"
- Album version / single version
- Instrumental: Initially used on a very rare Turkish bootleg 7" in 1988 and then as the theme music to the 'gallery' section of the 2002 Greatest Hits 1987–1992 DVD. Also made available as part of PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
- Extended instrumental: included exclusively on the Japanese Greatest Hits 1987–1997 CD in 2003.
- Backing Track: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
No official vocal extended version of "Turn It into Love" was ever produced at PWL.
"Made in Heaven"
- Album version / single version
- Maid in England Mix, aka Made in Australia Mix or Made in Sweden Mix.
- Heaven Scent Mix (edit): shorter version included on the Australian "Never Too Late" single and the UK Greatest Hits 87–92 (2002 release).
- Heaven Scent 12" Mix (extended): included exclusively on Greatest Remix Hits Volume 4 in Australia in August 1998.
- Original 12" Mix: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
- Instrumental: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
- Backing Track: Unavailable until the PWL's re-issues of back catalogue releases on iTunes.
Live performances
Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:
- On a Night Like This Tour (as part of the Hits Medley)
- Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour (as a medley with "Light Years")
- Tension Tour (as part of a fan request at the Tokyo show)
Charts
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! scope="row"| Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)
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