Turn It Upside Down

Turn It Upside Down is the second studio album and fourth release overall by American rock band Spin Doctors, released in 1994. It is the follow-up album to their successful RIAA 5× Platinum album Pocket Full of Kryptonite. Though not as commercially or critically successful as their debut album, Turn It Upside Down was certified Platinum in the US.[5] It also yielded three minor hit singles—"Cleopatra's Cat", "Mary Jane" and "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"—in the UK, with lead single "Cleopatra's Cat" making the top 30 (No. 29); "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" was also a minor US hit, just missing out on the Top 40, peaking at No. 42.[6]

Turn It Upside Down
Studio album by Spin Doctors
Released	June 14, 1994
Recorded	March 1994
Studio	Clinton Studios, New York City
Genre	Funk rock alternative rock
Length	52:31
Label	Epic
Producer	Peter Denenberg Frankie La Rocka Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors chronology
Homebelly Groove...Live (1992) Turn It Upside Down (1994) You've Got to Believe in Something (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Spin Doctors except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Big Fat Funky Booty"		4:15
2.	"You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"		3:49
3.	"Cleopatra's Cat"		4:04
4.	"Hungry Hamed's"		5:11
5.	"Biscuit Head"		4:19
6.	"Indifference"	Schenkman, Linda Kelly	4:23
7.	"Bags of Dirt"		4:47
8.	"Mary Jane"	Barron, Bob Lewis	3:41
9.	"More Than Meets the Ear"		3:55
10.	"Laraby's Gang"	Barron	3:39
11.	"At This Hour"		3:53
12.	"Someday All This Will Be Road"		4:41
13.	"Beasts in the Woods"		4:34
Total length:			52:31

Personnel

Spin Doctors

• Chris Barron – lead vocals, acoustic guitar on "Mary Jane"
• Eric Schenkman – guitar, lead vocals on "Indifference", backing vocals on "Bags of Dirt", piano on "More Than Meets the Ear"
• Mark White – bass
• Aaron Comess – drums, clavinet on "Big Fat Funky Booty", piano on "Mary Jane", organ on "Laraby's Gang"

Additional musicians

• Andrew Comess – organ on "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast" and "Mary Jane"

Production

• Producers: Peter Denenberg, Frankie La Rocka, Spin Doctors
• Engineer: Peter Denenberg
• Mixing: Peter Denenberg
• Mastering: Ted Jensen

Charts

Album

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8]	64
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9]	31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10]	45
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11]	16
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	19
UK Albums (OCC)[13]	3
US Billboard 200[14]	28

Singles

Title	Year	US Hot 100 [15]	US Main. Rock [16]	US Mod. Rock [17]	UK [6]
"Cleopatra's Cat"	1994	84	22	22	29
"You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast"		42	8	20	66
"Mary Jane"		—	—	—	55

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[18]	Gold	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[5]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Turn It Upside Down at AllMusic
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
4. Rolling Stone review
5. "American album certifications – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 22, 2020. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
6. "Spin Doctors | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
7. "Austriancharts.at – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
10. "Charts.nz – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
12. "Swisscharts.com – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
13. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
14. "Spin Doctors Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
15. "Spin Doctors Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
16. "Spin Doctors Chart History: Mainstream Rock". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
17. "Spin Doctors Chart History: Alternative Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
18. "Canadian album certifications – Spin Doctors – Turn It Upside Down". Music Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2020.