"Turn Off the Light" is an popsong written by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado for her debut studio album, Whoa, Nelly! (2001).
Produced by Gerald Eaton and Brian West, it was released as the album's third single in mid-2001 The song samples the famous acoustic guitar riff from "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield.
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." .
