Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me - Single

Better Be Good To Me

Single (1984)

Better Be Good To Me is a rock cover from the band Spider, released as the fourth single from the album Private Dancer. For her vocal performance on this song, Tina received her third solo Grammy Award in 1985. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from August 8, 1984.

The music video was filmed in June 1984 at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles, which was packed with fans, invited by advertisements on local radio. It shows Tina with a black leather jacket and trousers together with her band (including guitarist Jamie West-Oram from the The Fixx) on stage. Cy Curnin dances the part of Turner's mendacious lover, which was choreographed by Toni Basil. The video was nominated in 1985 for a MTV Video Music Award in the category 'Best Stage Performance'.

Writer: Holly Knight, Mike Chapman
Producer: Rupert Hine
Photographer: Peter Ashworth
Release: August ’84 (USA) / September '84 (UK) / January '85 (Germany)
Format: 7“ Vinyl (Picture) / 12“ Vinyl / Cassette
Charts: USA: #5 / UK: #45 / Germany: #52 / Australia: #28
Grammy: Best Rock Vocal Performance (1985) / Best Rock Vocal Performance (Nomination 1988)
Music Video: 4:03 / Brian Grant (Director), Adrian Irving (Producer)
Album: Private Dancer

Tina Turner - Better Be Good To Me - Music Video

Tracks

  1. Better Be Good To Me (Edit) 3:40
    2. From the 7" single
  2. Better Be Good To Me (Extended Version) 7:47
    3. From the 12" single
  3. Better Be Good To Me (Live) 4:36
    4. From the 12" promotional record / Recorded in Chicago on August 2, 1984
  4. Better Be Good To Me (Extended Dance Edit) 8:53
    5. From the DJ sampler 'Hot Tracks (Series 3, Issue 6)' from 1984 / Remix by Steve Algozino
    Additional track:
  1. When I Was Young 3:11
    2. Previously Unreleased / Written by Eric Burdon / Produced by John Carter already in 1982

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