It’s Gonna Work Out Fine is especially notable for it's title track, which was already a single in 1961 and included on the previous album Dynamite! It features Tina’s very first lyrical composition on the song „Tinaroo“. The album was originally released in 1963 from Sue Records in America and re-issued in 2004 on the double CD Don’t Play Me Cheap / It’s Gonna Work Out Fine.
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: June 1963 / Various (Reissue)
Label: Sue / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / Cassette / CD
Tracks
- Gonna Find Me A Substitute 2:45
- Mojo Queen 2:14
- Kinda Strange 2:48
- Why Should I 1:30
- Tinaroo 2:36
- It’s Gonna Work Out Fine 3:03
- I’m Gonna Cut You Loose 2:38
- Poor Fool 2:35
- I’m Fallin In Love 2:24
- Foolish 3:50
- This Man’s Crazy 1:49
- Good Good Lovin’ 2:28
Single
It’s Gonna Work Out Fine is the first Ike & Tina Turner single which was not written by Ike Turner, but from Rose Marie McCoy and Sylvia McKinney. Also the male spoken part is not from Ike but from Mickey Baker. The single was released already in 1961 and was later included into the tracklist of the same named album in a slightly longer version. The duo performed it at several TV-Shows and live in their concerts. A live version is available on the album Festival of Live Performances from 1967. An instrumental version was released on the album Dance with Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1962, which was also the b-side of the single Prancing. Ike recorded a different version for the album River Deep - Mountain High and Tina recorded a new version with Laurence Fishburne for the soundtrack album What's Love Got To Do With It in 1993. Ike & Tina received for this single their first Grammy nomination.
Release: June 1961 / November 1961 (UK) / February 1964 (Reissue)
Label: Sue / London (UK)
Charts: USA: #2 (R&B) / #14 (Pop)
Grammy: Best Rock & Roll Vocal Performance (Nomination 1962)