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

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What's Love Got to Do with It
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Soundtrack album / Studio album by Tina Turner
Released June 15, 1993
Recorded 1993, 1984
Genre Rock, R&B, pop, soul
Length 51:52
Label Parlophone
Tina Turner chronology
Simply the Best
(1991)Simply the Best1991
What's Love Got to Do with It
(1993)
The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties
(1994)The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties1994
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
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau A−[2]

What's Love Got to Do with It is the eighth solo album by Tina Turner, released on Parlophone in 1993. It was the soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It, which was released by Touchstone Pictures the same year.

Overview

Turner re-recorded many of her songs from the Ike and Tina Turner period for this album including their first hit single "A Fool in Love". Three brand new tracks were also included, "I Don't Wanna Fight" being a top 10 hit in both the US and UK 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 was 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".

Track listings

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Don't Wanna Fight"   Lulu, Billy Lawrie, Steve DuBerry 6:06
2. "Rock Me Baby" (1993 version) Riley King, Joe Josea 3:57
3. "Disco Inferno"   Leroy Green, Ron Kersey 4:03
4. "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight"   Bryan Adams, Robert John Lange 5:53
5. "Stay Awhile"   Terry Britten, Graham Lyle 4:50
6. "Nutbush City Limits" (1993 version) Tina Turner 3:19
7. "(Darlin') You Know I Love You" (1993 version) King, Jules Taub 4:27
8. "Proud Mary" (1993 version) John Fogerty 5:25
9. "A Fool in Love" (1993 version) Ike Turner 2:54
10. "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (1993 version) Sylvia McKinney, Rose McCoy 2:49
11. "Shake a Tail Feather" (1993 version) Verlie Rice, Otis Hayes, Andre Williams 2:32
12. "I Might Have Been Queen" (1993 version, from 1984 album Private Dancer) Jeanette 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, Lyle 3:49
14. "Tina's Wish" (1993 version) Tina Turner, Ike Turner 3:08

Personnel

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Production

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Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[29] Gold 25,000
Canada (Music Canada)[30] Gold 50,000
France (SNEP)[31] Gold 164,200[32]
Germany (BVMI)[33] Gold 250,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)[34] Platinum 15,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[35] Platinum 50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] Platinum 300,000
United States (RIAA)[37] Platinum 1,000,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. Almusic review
  2. Robert Christgau review
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  18. "Tina Turner | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved September 2, 2015.
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  20. "Tina Turner – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Tina Turner. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
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