IKE & TINA: Song

It’s Gonna Work Out Fine

was written by Rose Marie McCoy and Sylvia McKinney and released as a single from Ike & Tina Turner in 1961. It was later also included into the same named album in 1963 in a slightly longer version. The male spoken part was provided by Mickey Baker. Ike & Tina performed the song live in their early concerts, available on the album Festival of Live Performances. An instrumental version was released on the album Dance with Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1962. 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.

Writer: Sylvia McKinney, Rose Marie McCoy
Producer: Ike Turner
Album: Dance (1962) / It's Gonna Work Out Fine (1963) / River Deep, Mountain High (1966) / Festival of Live Performances (1970) / Here’s Johnny (Tonight Show) (1974) / 40 rare Recordings (1990) / Good Old Times (1991) / What’s Love Got To Do With It (1993)
Single: It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (1961) / Millennium Versions EP (2001)
Video: At The Apollo (1979) / Wild Lady of Rock (1984)
Charts: USA: #2 (R&B) / #14 (Pop)
Grammy: Best Rock & Roll Vocal Performance (Nomination 1962)

  1. It's Gonna Work Out Fine 3:03
    2. From the album 'It's Gonna Work Out Fine'
  2. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Edit) 2:32
    3. From the single release
  3. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Instrumental) 2:35
    4. From the album 'Dance with Ike & Tina Turner's Kings of Rhythm'
  4. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Different Version) 3:14
    5. From the album 'River Deep, Mountain High'
  5. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Live) 2:32
    6. From the album 'Festival of Live Performances'
  6. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Live) 2:58
    7. From the album 'Tonight Show'
  7. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Reworked) 3:17
    8. From the sampler 'Good Old Times'
  8. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Different Version) 2:20
    9. From the sampler '40 rare Recordings'
  9. It's Gonna Work Out Fine 2:51
    10. From the album 'What's Love Got To Do With It'
    Produced by Chris Lord Alge, Tina Turner and Roger Davies / Engineered and Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge / Drums: Curt Bisquera / Bass Guitar: Bob Feit / Guitar: James Ralston / Featured Vocal: Timmy Cappello / Background Vocals: Sharon Brown, Jean McClain, Jacquelyn Gouche / Recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles / Assistant Engineer: Bill Leonard / Overdubs and Mixing: Image Recording, Los Angeles / Assistant Engineers: Talley Sherwood and Ben Wallach
  10. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Interface Mix) 4:02
    11. From the EP 'A Fool In Love - Millennium Versions' / Remix: Julian Synne

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