Turn on, tune in, drop out for NBC Radio's Talknet nighttime programming block of call-in advice shows. Another variation, "Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out", was the title of a 1993 single by the band 'Freak Power'—the name itself being a reference to the hippie culture. Turn on, tune in, drop out "Turn on, tune in, drop out" is a counterculture-era phrase popularized by Timothy Leary in 1966. In 1967 Leary spoke at the Human Be-In, a gathering of 30,000 hippies in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and phrased the famous words, "Turn on, tune in, drop out". It was also the title of his
Turn Out the Night Turn Out the Night "Turn Out The Night" is a new wave and synthpop song by Amy Holland from the soundtrack for the movie Scarface. The song was written by Pete Bellotte while the music was composed by Giorgio Moroder. When the song was released on the soundtrack, it was accidentally misprinted as "Turn Out The Light" and the correction to the song's title, however, was not corrected, leading up to many people thinking the song is called "Turn Out The Light" but the correct title is "Turn Out The Night" and it can be proven by the song's lyrics: