"
Turn Off the Light" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter
Nelly Furtado, taken from her debut
studio album,
Whoa, Nelly! (2000). Written by Furtado, and produced by
Gerald Eaton,
Brian West, and Furtado, the song was released as the album's second
single in mid-2001 (see
2001 in music). 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."