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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.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)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, Lyle3:49
14."Tina's Wish" (1993 version)Tina Turner, Ike Turner3:08
U.S. 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

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
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.

References

  1. ^ Almusic review
  2. ^ Robert Christgau review
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  28. ^ "1993: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  29. ^ "Austrian album certifications – Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do with It" (in German). IFPI Austria.
  30. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do with It". Music Canada.
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  32. ^ "Les Albums Or" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
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  35. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('What's Love Got to Do with It')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  36. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
  37. ^ "American album certifications – Tina Turner – What's Love Got to Do with It". Recording Industry Association of America.
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