I Want to Make the World Turn Around
Encyclopedia
"I Want to Make the World Turn Around" was Steve Miller Band
's final single. Released in November 1986 on their album Living in the 20th Century
, it peaked at #97 on the Billboard Hot 100
and reached #1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for six straight weeks. It also peaked at #72 on the Kent Music Report
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episode Down for the Count: Part 2.
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in San Francisco, California. The band is managed by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals, and is known for a string of mid-1970s hit singles that are staples of the classic rock radio format.-History:In 1965, Steve Miller and...
's final single. Released in November 1986 on their album Living in the 20th Century
Living in the 20th Century
Living in the 20th Century is the fourteenth album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1986. It includes the hit "I Want to Make the World Turn Around", which spent six consecutive weeks at the top of the Album Rock Tracks chart in the U.S...
, it peaked at #97 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and reached #1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for six straight weeks. It also peaked at #72 on the Kent Music Report
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...
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Popular culture
The song was used in the 1987 Miami ViceMiami Vice
Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
episode Down for the Count: Part 2.