What's Love Got to Do with It (album)

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What's Love Got to Do with It
Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It.jpg
Soundtrack album / Studio album by
Tina Turner
ReleasedJune 15, 1993
Recorded
  • 1984
  • 1993
Genre
Length51:52
LabelParlophone
Tina Turner chronology
Simply the Best
(1991) 		What's Love Got to Do with It
(1993) 		The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties
(1994)
Singles from
What's Love Got to Do with It
  1. "I Don't Wanna Fight"
    Released: April 23, 1993
  2. "Disco Inferno"
    Released: July 12, 1993
  3. "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"
    Released: September 16, 1993
  4. "Proud Mary"
    Released: November 19, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Robert ChristgauA−[2]

What's Love Got to Do with It is the eighth solo studio album by American singer Tina Turner, released on June 15, 1993, by Parlophone. It served as the soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film of the same name, which was released by Touchstone Pictures that same year.

Overview[]

Turner re-recorded many of her songs from the Ike & Tina Turner period for this album including their first successful single, "A Fool in Love". Three brand-new tracks were also included, "I Don't Wanna Fight" being a top-10 entry in both the US and UK, her last major American chart success. The album also includes Turner's version of The Trammps' disco classic "Disco Inferno", a song she had often performed live in concert during the late 1970s, but which she had never previously recorded in studio. Two tracks from her 1984 breakthrough solo album Private Dancer are included as well, the title track to the movie and "I Might Have Been Queen". The album hit #1 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum in various countries including the US, the UK, Switzerland and New Zealand.

The US version of the album omits two tracks; "Shake a Tail Feather" and "Tina's Wish". Turner's version of "You Know I Love You" was not the B.B. King song but a slightly different, more blues rock song Tina wrote herself with her bandmates though she still credited the song to King on the soundtrack. Tina recalls singing the B.B. King ballad in her 1986 memoir, I, Tina.

Track listings[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Wanna Fight"Lulu, Billy Lawrie, Steve DuBerry6:06
2."Rock Me Baby" (1993 version)Riley King, Joe Josea3:57
3."Disco Inferno"Leroy Green, Ron Kersey4:03
4."Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange5:53
5."Stay Awhile"Terry Britten, Graham Lyle4:50
6."Nutbush City Limits" (1993 version)Tina Turner3:19
7."(Darlin') You Know I Love You" (1993 version)King, Jules Taub4:27
8."Proud Mary" (1993 version)John Fogerty5:25
9."A Fool in Love" (1993 version)Ike Turner2:54
10."It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (1993 version)Sylvia McKinney, Rose McCoy2:49
11."Shake a Tail Feather" (1993 version)Verlie Rice, Otis Hayes, Andre Williams2:32
12."I Might Have Been Queen" (1993 version, from 1984 album Private Dancer)Jeannette Obstoj, Rupert Hine, Jamie West-Oram, Tina Turner*4:20
13."What's Love Got to Do with It" (from 1984 album Private Dancer)Britten, Lyle3:49
14."Tina's Wish" (1993 version)Tina Turner, Ike Turner3:08
US version
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Don't Wanna Fight"DuBerry, Lulu, Lawrie6:06
2."Rock Me Baby" (1993 version)King, Josea3:57
3."Disco Inferno"Green, Kersey4:03
4."Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"Adams, Lange5:53
5."Nutbush City Limits" (1993 version)Tina Turner3:19
6."(Darlin') You Know I Love You" (1993 version)King, Taub4:27
7."Proud Mary" (1993 version)Fogerty5:25
8."A Fool in Love" (1993 version)Ike Turner2:54
9."It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (1993 version)McKinney, McCoy2:49
10."Stay Awhile"Britten, Lyle4:50
11."I Might Have Been Queen" (1993 version, from 1984 album Private Dancer)Obstoj, Hine, West-Oram, Tina Turner*4:20
12."What's Love Got to Do with It" (from 1984 album Private Dancer)Britten, Lyle3:49

Personnel[]

  • Tina Turner – lead vocals
  • Laurence Fishburne – spoken vocals on "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Proud Mary"
  • James Ralston – guitar, background vocals
  • Terry Britten – guitar, background vocals
  • Gene Black – guitar
  • Keith Scott – guitar
  • Jamie West-Oram – guitar
  • Tim Pierce – guitar
  • Timmy Cappello – saxophone, vocals
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet, trombone
  • Rick Braun – trumpet
  • David Paich – piano
  • C.J Vanston – keyboards, drum programming
  • Rupert Hine – keyboards, programming
  • Steve DuBerry – keyboards, drum programming, background vocals
  • Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards
  • Billy Livsey – keyboards
  • Robbie King – Hammond B-3
  • Bob Feit – bass guitar
  • Trevor Morais – drums
  • Graham Broad – drums
  • Curt Bisquera – drums
  • Graham Jarvis – drums
  • Simon Morton – percussion
  • Steve McNamara – programming
  • The Tuck Back Twins – background vocals
  • Sharon Brown – background vocals
  • Jean McClain – background vocals
  • Jacquelyn Gouche – background vocals
  • Jam – background vocals
  • Cy Curnin – background vocals
  • Tessa Niles – background vocals

Production[]

  • Roger Davies – record producer
  • Tina Turner – producer
  • Chris Lord-Alge – producer
  • Bryan Adams – producer "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"
  • Robert Lange – producer "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"
  • CJ Mackintosh – producer "Nutbush City Limits"
  • Dave Dorrell – producer "Nutbush City Limits"
  • Rupert Hine – producer "I Might Have Been Queen"
  • Terry Britten – producer "What's Love Got to Do with It"
  • Graham Lyle – producer "What's Love Got to Do with It"
  • Chris Lord-Alge – sound engineer (tracks 1–2, 5, 6–10)
  • Steve McNamara – sound engineer (track 4)
  • John Hudson – sound engineer (track 12)
  • Doug Sax – mastering engineer

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Certifications for What's Love Got to Do with It
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[28] Gold 25,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[29] Gold 50,000^
France (SNEP)[30] Gold 100,000*
Germany (BVMI)[31] Gold 250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[32] Platinum 15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[33] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[34] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[36] Platinum 1,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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