Turn Off or Don't Turn Off The Lights

She wants em off, he wants em on...what to do with the lights?

I really like both of these songs.  I've played both on the air many times.

I heard Nelly Furtado's "Turn Out The Lights" yesterday coming out of a lady's car.  Its been stuck in my head.  That made me think of the Enrique song for some reason.

The first time I heard "Don't Turn Off The Lights" from Enrique Iglesias I remember well.

Enrique's album Escape came out and exploded.  Hero was a huge hit and then became a hit again with the "Attack Remix" following the 9/11 tragedy in America.  I had a great relationship with his record rep at Interscope and had many copies to give away at KKOR.  When I left that station, I of course took all those with me to Marshalltown, Iowa and KDAO.

One afternoon I was driving to a little vacation with the gal I was dating (turned out to be my ex wife...different story).  She loved Enrique so of course I gave her one of those Escape CDs :)  She had it in the cd player and the song came on.  I didn't like it at all.  It sounded really stupid.  Then Erica said "That's my favorite one on this CD so far".  We stayed at a bed and breakfast and visited a state park with some caves.  It is, literally, the best weekend the two of us spent together.  Its a great memory.

About 2 months later the song was released as a single and became a minor hit.  Minor mostly because it was the 6th or 7th single from that album.

So why not enjoy both of these songs?