Gloria Estefan

Released: June 12, 1994

Songwriter: Gerald Jackson Peter Jackson

Producer: Lawrence Dermer Emilio Estefan

[Intro]
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down

[Chorus]
Turn the beat around
Love to hear the percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear the percussion
Love to hear it

[Verse 1]
Blow horns you sure sound pretty
Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty
When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'
Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action, so
Woah yeah

[Chorus]
Turn the beat around
Love to hear the percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear the percussion
Love to hear it

Turn the beat around
Love to hear the percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear the percussion
Love to hear it

[Verse 2]
Flute player play your flute 'cause
I know that you want to get your thing off
But you see I've made up my mind about it
It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, woah woah
'Cause when the guitar player start playing
With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch
Makes me wanna move my body yeah, yeah, yeah
And when the drummer starts beating that beat
He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm
With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey

[Chorus]
Turn the beat around
Love to hear the percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear the percussion
Love to hear it
Love to hear it
Love to hear it
Love to hear it

[Interlude]
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down
Turn it up, turn it up, turn it upside down

[Chorus]
Turn the beat around
Love to hear the percussion
Turn it upside down
Love to hear the percussion
Love to hear it

Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman.

A contralto, she started her career as the lead singer in the group Miami Latin Boys, which later became known as Miami Sound Machine.

Gloria experienced worldwide success with “Conga” in 1985. The song became her signature song and led to the Miami Sound Machine winning the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in 1986.

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