| "Turn Up the Beat" | ||||
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| Single byTina | ||||
| Released | 9 September 1985[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Studio | Armstrong Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop,synthpop | |||
| Label | Graffiti Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Clyde Lieberman, Pam Reswick, Steve Werfel | |||
| Producer(s) | Brian Cadd | |||
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"Turn Up the Beat" is the debutsingle byAustralianpop singerTina Arena, released under the name ofTina.
From 1977, Arena was a regular on Australian television showYoung Talent Time. She left the show in October 1983, ahead of her 16th birthday. After leaving the show, Tina began playing music withYoung Talent Time's floor manager Greg Petherick and the pair recorded some demos that were submitted to record labels. Arena was eventually signed as the first artist onBrian Cadd's new label Graffiti Records. Cadd bought the rights to a song called "Turn Up the Beat", which Arena liked because "it was up-tempo and fun, a song about how sometimes music is more important that just about anything else".[2]
A music video was released, but with the song peaking at number 92, the planned album was scrapped.
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 92 |
