"I Left Something Turned On at Home" is the title of a song written by Billy Lawson and John Schweers, and recorded by American

United States

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 country music singer Trace Adkins

Trace Adkins

Tracy Darrell "Trace" Adkins is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1996 with the album Dreamin' Out Loud, released on Capitol Records Nashville. Since then, Adkins has released seven more studio albums and two Greatest Hits compilations...

. Released in April 1997 as the fourth and final single from his debut album, Dreamin' Out Loud

Dreamin' out Loud

-Personnel:*Trace Adkins - acoustic guitar, lead vocals*Eddie Bayers - drums*Barry Beckett - organ*Bill Cuomo - synthesizer*Paul Franklin - steel guitar*Rob Hajacos - fiddle*Brent Mason - electric guitar*Terry McMillan - harmonica*Matt Rollings - piano...

, the song reached #2 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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) chart, and #1 on the Canadian RPM

RPM (magazine)

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country chart.

Content

The song is up-tempo accompanied largely by electric guitar

Electric guitar

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. It is based on a double entendre

Double entendre

A double entendre or adianoeta is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué or ironic....

. The male narrator is at a bar, telling his companions that he has to leave because he "left something turned on at home". He then explains in the chorus that what he left "turned on" was not an appliance, but rather his sexually aroused female partner.

Reception

Rick Cohoon of Allmusic gave the song a favorable review. He stated that "Lawson and Schweers [the songwriters] gave a whole new meaning to an age-old expression, and that's what good songwriting is."
Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it an "energetic exercise in double-entendres." She goes on to say that the song features "tasty guitar and fiddle touches, but the main selling point is Adkins' tongue-in-cheek vocal performance."

Chart positions

"I Left Something Turned On at Home" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of April 26, 1997. >

Chart (1997)	Peak position
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