Turn Back Time

In 2012, British boybands Difused and Jetfire released "Turn Back Time" as the official Children In Need charity single. The track was written by Jamie Elite (Difused) and Mikey Thompson (Jetfire). It is due to appear on Difused's debut album "What Did You Expect?", and on a re-release of Jetfire's self-titled debut. Upon it's release, the single charted at #1, giving both bands their first #1 single.

Background
The idea of a Difused and Jetfire collaboration came from the executives at Children In Need. They conducted a survey with teenage girls asking who would be their ideal artist to record the new single, and both bands recieved an overwhelmingly high response. After the 2011 Children In Need single by Wolf Wolfe and Edna Albaquerque was a comercial dissapointment and only charted at #21, it was felt the credibility of Children In Need needed to be restored. Both bands were reportedly thrilled to be giving the opportunity of recording a single for such an established charity. Aaron Dixon of Jetfire said, "It's a fantastic song and hopefully will raise tons of money for people living in really difficult situations here and in Africa." It was also available as a digital download. There is also a "Jetfire only" version of the song and "Difused only" version of the song that both appear on the CD1 edition of the single.

Release and reception
The song was reviewed by Digital Spy. ''It's a staple requirement of any boyband's discography to have a generous helping of heart-tugging ballads. So it came as no shock that both Difused and Jetfire would provide a more emotional offering. However, it does make a change to see the official Children In Need single as something more heartfelt and slow than as opposed to the usual comical pop the charity provides. What's more, the boys have whipped out a guitar for the acoustic, which although is something were used to see with Jetfire, it's completely new territory for Difused.

''"Shattered glass, and broken lies/line the floor, wish I could turn back time/Counting days, just to ease the pain/so I can say that I have patience to gain." Aaron Dixon and Kris Rios croon with their husky tones - adding a smoky and authentic weight to the track. As if we didn't already like the track, it's all for a good cause too! Let's hope that both bands get their first chart topper out of this one!''

Music video
The official video premiered on 04 November 2010.

The video fades from black, We hear the crackle of amplifiers, strum of guitar strings and general clatter of a working studio. We see the short shots of the boys as the backing track starts, this then fades into shots of them playing instruments. The first verse is each boy with a close up, and as the song progresses, we are introduced to more of the boys.

The first chorus is kept similar to the verse to help show the progression. Shots of them playing the song are still played alongside their singing, and as the song reaches it's second chorus, the simplicity starts to stop. We see rain falling onto the window, which then changes to the boys playing outside in the rain. They are stood opposite each other to keep the element of the 'vs. battle'. As the song fades, we see them start to walk each other, we hear heavy rain and just before they are near each other, a large bolt of thunder separates the two. The screen then instantly cuts to black and we see 'For Children In Need' in white text on the bottom.

Performances
The track was performed at KOKO nightclub on Halloween, with a spooky theme. During the daytime, they also gave a live surprise performance of the track at Heathrow Airport. On 11 November, both bands performed together on The X Factor results show. On 16 November, both bands performed the song as the opening to the 2012 Children In Need show, due to it being the charity's official single.

Chart performance
The single was released on 12 November, 2012 and became the first #1 single for both bands, beating other new releases by Veronica Nightshade, Morris David Cat and Moodring. It's first week sales were 91,814. Two weeks before it's release the track debuted at #10 on the download chart where it remained for 2 weeks before rising to #2, becoming both bands highest charting single on the download chart. It also debuted at #22 on the airplay chart and has peaked at #8.

Chart Run
TOTAL: 323,631
 * Week 1: #1 - 91,814
 * Week 2: #5 - 61,055
 * Week 3: #10 - 39,443
 * Week 4: #13 - 18,544
 * Week 5: #15 - 14,118
 * Week 6: #21 - 13,412
 * Week 7: #19 - 19,890
 * Week 8: #15 - 17,555
 * Week 9: #29 - 9,898
 * Week 10: #25 - 11,010
 * Week 11: #29 - 9,555
 * Week 12: #36 - 6,470
 * Week 13: #36 - 5,021
 * Week 14: #36 - 5,755