<P> Highly successful around the globe, "If I Could Turn Back Time" was seen as a major comeback for Cher in the late 1980s . It charted at number one in Australia and Norway, and reached number three in the United States and number six in the United Kingdom, respectively . It also became Cher's second consecutive solo number one hit on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart . Gary Hill of Allmusic retrospectively wrote that the song "has a crunchy texture to it, albeit in a poppy,' 80s Starship sort of arrangement ." </P> <P> The song was written by Diane Warren, who produced the song along with Guy Roche . While the soft rock track was not specifically written for Cher, the singer initially disliked the song upon hearing a demo and turned it down . Speaking of its recording, Warren elaborated in 1991: "I got on my knees and pleaded . I told her I wasn't going to leave the room until she said yes, and finally, just to get rid of me, she did ." In 2014, she further added: "She really hated (it), but I held her leg down during a session and said,' You have to record it!' ." According to Warren, Cher reportedly responded: "' Fuck you, bitch! You're hurting my leg! OK, I'll try it .' She gave me this look like,' You were right' ." </P> <P> The music video for "If I Could Turn Back Time", directed by Marty Callner, takes place on board the battleship USS Missouri . It depicts Cher and her band performing a concert for the ship's crew . The video was filmed in Los Angeles on July 1, 1989, while the ship was stationed at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard at Pier D. In the video, the band plays on the foredeck, and the ship is rigged with spotlights, light racks and strobes . Cher's son, Elijah Blue Allman, only twelve at the time, appears as one of the band's guitarists (he wears dark glasses and a Jimi Hendrix T - shirt). </P> <P> Cher's outfit for the original video, a fishnet body stocking under a black one - piece bathing suit that left most of her buttocks exposed, proved very controversial, and many television networks refused to show the video . MTV first banned the video, and later played it only after 9 PM . A second version of the video was made, including new scenes and less overtly sexual content than the original . The outfit and sexual nature of the video were not expected by the US Navy when they had originally granted permission for filming . The USS Missouri liaison, Steve Honda, asked Callner to prevent Cher from wearing the outfit when he saw it on - set, but Callner refused . The Navy also received criticism for the video, and has since refused to allow any music videos to be filmed aboard its ships . </P>

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