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“Turn Off the Light” is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado for her debut studio album, Whoa, Nelly!. Produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West, it was released as the album’s second single in mid-2001 (see 2001 in music). Furtado, who cited a song by the Canadian band Big Sugar as the inspiration for “Turn Off the Light”, has described it as “a real song ... Though I may seem so independent and stuff, blah, blah, blah, when I turn out the light at night I can get lonely just like everybody else. Maybe that’s why it’s such a good song and everyone is responding to it – because it’s real. Just a song with a fun, hooky chorus.“ Read on...