Turn Back Time

"Turn Back Time" was the seventh single to be released by the Scandinavian dance-pop group Aqua overall, and the third UK release. The single is their third United Kingdom number one. The song featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 film Sliding Doors, and was released across the world the same year. In its May 1998 UK release, the song topped the charts for one week, enough to put them in a small, elite group who see their first three singles all make number one.

The song possessed less of a "bubble pop" sound than their other releases, and subsequently gained far more radio airplay than their other releases. The song was slow-paced and showed the full range of Lene Nystrøm Rasted's vocals, while maintaining the Aqua sound. The video for the release contained footage from the Sliding Doors film, and was therefore very different from the previous, comedy videos by the group. There are two different edits of this video, one contains more clips from the film. Much of the video was filmed on the abandoned platform 5 at Holborn tube station.

In Japan, "Turn Back Time" was released along with "My Oh My".

This single flopped in America and therefore was the third and last single released by Aqua in the USA.


Released: 1998
Format: CD single, Cassette, 12"
Recorded: 1997
Genre: Pop
Length: 4:08/4:10
Label: MCA

Give me time to reason,
Give me time to think it through..
Passing through the season,
Where i cheated you..

I will always have a cross to wear,
But the bolt reminds me i was there..
So give me strength,
To face this test tonight..

If only i could turn back time..
If only i had said what i still hide..
If only i could turn back time..
I would stay for the night... for the night..

Claim your right to science..
Claim your right to see the truth..
Though my pangs of conscience,
Will drill a hole in you..

I seen it coming like a thief in the night,
I seen it coming from the flash of your light..
So give me strength,
To face this test tonight..

If only i could turn back time..
If only i had said what i still hide..
If only i could turn back time..
I would stay for the night... for the night..

The bolt reminds me i was there
The bolt reminds me i was there

If only i could turn back time..
If only i had said what i still hide..
If only i could turn back time..
I would stay for the night... for the night..

(repeat chorus until fade out)