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 as a non album track in 1961 and was later included into the tracklist of the album Dynamite! (as well as the previously unreleased b-side) and It’s Gonna Work Out Fine 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. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from June 19, 1961 and Ike & Tina received their first Grammy nomination for this song.
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. A different version was produced for the album River Deep - Mountain High and Tina recorded a solo version for the soundtrack album What's Love Got To Do With It in 1993.
- It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (Edit) 2:32
- Won’t You Forgive Me 2:42
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: June 1961 / November 1961 (UK) / February 1964 (Reissue)
Label: Sue / London
Charts: USA: #2 (R&B) / #14 (Pop)
Grammy: Best Rock & Roll Vocal Performance (Nomination 1962)