Better Be Good to Me

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"Better Be Good to Me"
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U.S. 12-inch vinyl single
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Private Dancer
B-side"When I Was Young"
ReleasedAugust 1984[1]
Recorded1984
Genre
Length5:10 (LP Version)
3:43 (Single Version)
7:47 (Extended Version)
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rupert Hine
Tina Turner singles chronology
"What's Love Got to Do with It"
(1984) 		"Better Be Good to Me"
(1984) 		"Private Dancer"
(1984)
Music video
"Better Be Good to Me" on YouTube

"Better Be Good to Me" is a song written by Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn and Holly Knight, and recorded by Tina Turner for her fifth studio album, Private Dancer (1984). The song was originally recorded and released in 1981 by Spider, a band from New York City with co-writer Holly Knight as a member. Tina Turner's version was successful in the United States on the Hot 100 and the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the US R&B/Hip-hop chart. At the 27th Grammy Awards in 1985, it won Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, one of four Grammys awarded to Turner's Private Dancer at that ceremony.[2]

Music video[]

In the video Tina Turner is seen performing this song on stage. She is wearing a black leather jacket, and black skin tight knee length leather pants, with leopard print high heels and spikey blond hair. Towards the end, a man appears on stage (Cy Curnin of The Fixx), grabs Tina's arms and Tina looks him in the eyes and sings the words "Why can't you be good to me?" to him and then pushes the man away. At the end of the video Tina disappears under the stage in a puff of smoke. Both Curnin and the guitarist in the video, Jamie West-Oram (also of The Fixx), perform on the Private Dancer album.

Versions and remixes[]

  • 7" edit – 3:43
  • Video edit - 4:05
  • Album version – 5:10
  • Extended 12" Remix – 7:47
  • Extended 12" Remix (fade on Private Dancer EMI Centenary Remaster) – 7:03

Charts and certifications[]

In popular culture[]

The song is featured in the opening scene of Miami Vice season one episode ""Give a Little, Take a Little".

Paul Rudd lip-synched the song for The Tonight Show.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tina Turner - Better be Good to Me".
  2. ^ "27th Annual Grammy Awards - 1985". Rock On The Net. 1985-02-26. Retrieved 2012-01-16.
  3. ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. Australia: St Ives, N.S.W. : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "Ultratop.be – Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 9590." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. ^ "Tina Turner - Top Titel" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Better Be Good to Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  9. ^ "Charts.nz – Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  10. ^ "Tina Turner: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  11. ^ "Tina Turner Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Tina Turner Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  13. ^ "Tina Turner Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  14. ^ "Top 100 Singles of 1984". RPM. January 5, 1985. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  15. ^ "The Year in Music: 1985" (PDF). Billboard. December 28, 1985. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  16. ^ "Canadian single certifications – Tina Turner – Better Be Good to Me". Music Canada.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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