The Private Dancer 40th Anniversary Edition celebrates 40 years of Tina Turner’s iconic breakthrough album Private Dancer, featuring a stunning array of previously unreleased tracks, live performances, and footage. All tracks are remastered.
Beside a deluxe box set with an art card, updated liner notes in the booklet and an additional Blu-ray disc including live footage and music videos, it’s also available as a 1LP pearl and picture vinyl, an expanded 2 CD version, and digitally.
The box set includes the Private Dancer Tour show filmed at the NEC in Birmingham newly upgraded to 4k, featuring unforgettable performances with David Bowie and Bryan Adams, as well as eight upgraded music videos, with the Private Dancer fully restored to 4K from its original 35mm film.
Disc two includes many previously unreleased tracks and the never before heard song Hot For You Baby, the first single to promote this package. Additionally, it features a complete concert from Tina’s World Tour, recorded at Park West in Chicago on August 2, 1984 as well as all mixes from the Mad Max (Beyond Thunderdome) single releases.
Photographer: Peter Ashworth, Brian Aris
Release: March 21, 2025
Label: Rhino / Parlophone
Format: Vinyl (Pearl, Picture) / 2 CD / Digital / Box (5 CD, 1 Blu-ray)
Original Album
Private Dancer was originally released in May 1984 and marked Tina’s triumphant comeback, becoming a cultural phenomenon. Dubbed by American Songwriter as 'one of the most charismatic comebacks of modern rock' and AllMusic as 'without question, Turner‘s finest hour as a solo artist.' The 5x platinum record peaked at #2 on the UK Albums Chart, #3 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. Turner would later bring home four Grammy Award wins for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for Better Be Good To Me and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year for the top Billboard Hot 100 track, What’s Love Got To Do With It.
- I Might Have Been Queen 4:10
- What’s Love Got To Do With It 3:49
- Show Some Respect 3:18
- I Can’t Stand The Rain 3:41
- Private Dancer 7:11
- Let’s Stay Together 5:16
- Better Be Good To Me 5:10
- Steel Claw 3:48
- Help 4:30
- 1984 3:09
B-Sides / Single Edits / Extended Versions
- I Wrote A Letter 3:25
- Rock 'n' Roll Widow 4:45
- Don't Rush The Good Things 3:45
- When I Was Young 3:11
- Keep Your Hands Off My Baby 3:44
- Let's Stay Together (Edit) 3:39
- Help (Edit) 3:45
- Better Be Good To Me (Edit) 3:40
- Private Dancer (Edit) 4:01
- What's Love Got To Do With It (Extended Mix) 5:45
- Better Be Good To Me (Extended Mix) 7:47
- I Can't Stand The Rain (Extended Mix) 5:43
- Show Some Respect (Extended Mix) 5:47
Unreleased & Rare Tracks / Other Singles
- Hot For You Baby 4:44
- Let's Stay Together (Alternative Radio Mix) 3:46
- Let's Stav Together (TV Instrumental)
- What's Love Got To Do With It (Dub Mix)
- Private Dancer (Sterling Version) 3:54
- Total Control 6:28
- Ball Of Confusion (Remix) 4:11
- We Don't Need Another Hero 4:16
- One Of The Living 4:12
- We Don't Need Another Hero (Extended Mix) 6:10
- One Of The Living (Special Club Mix) 7:49
- We Don't Need Another Hero (Instrumental) 4:45
- One Of The Living (Dub version) 5:23
Live At Park West, Chicago
features a complete concert from the Park West Music Theatre in Chicago on August 17, 1984, broadcasted on the Westwood One radio network. It was part of Tina’s World Tour, not to be confused with the Private Dancer Tour in 1985. Some tracks were later used as b-sides on some of the Private Dancer singles.
- Let’s Pretend We’re Married (Live) 4:16
- Show Some Respect (Live) 2:53
- I Might Have Been Queen (Live) 3:27
- River Deep - Mountain High (Live) 3:51
- Nutbush City Limits (Live) 2:49
- What’s Love Got To Do With It (Live) 3:43
- I Can’t Stand The Rain (Live) 3:36
- Better Be Good To Me (Live) 6:05
- Private Dancer (Live) 6:24
- Let’s Stay Together (Live) 4:33
- Help (Live) 4:23
- Proud Mary (Live) 7:03
- Legs (Live) 9:39
Live From NEC, Birmingham
The box set includes a Blu-ray with an upgraded 55-minute Private Dancer Tour show filmed at the NEC in Birmingham between two historic nights, March 23 and 24, 1985. Directed by David Mallet and featuring unforgettable performances with David Bowie and Bryan Adams, this landmark concert has been meticulously restored by Mallet, offering a front-row experience of Tina at her electrifying best. The same tracks are also available on compact disc.
- Show Some Respect (Live) 3.47
- I Might Have Been Queen (Live) 4.03
- What’s Love Got To Do With It (Live) 3.53
- I Can’t Stand The Rain (Live) 3.23
- Better Be Good To Me (Live) 6.34
- Private Dancer (Live) 6.20
- Let’s Stay Together (Live) 5.06
- Help (Live) 5.57
- It’s Only Love (Live Tina & Bryan Adams) 3:43
- Tonight (Live Tina & David Bowie) 5:22
- Let’s Dance (Live Tina & David Bowie) 5.18
Alongside the Birmingham show, the Blu-ray includes additionally six upgraded music videos, with the Private Dancer fully restored to 4K from it’s original 35mm film.
- Private Dancer Live
- Let’s Stay Together 3:38
- Help 3:41
- What’s Love Got To Do With It 3:47
- What’s Love Got To Do With It (b/w version) 3:50
- Better Be Good To Me 4:03
- Private Dancer (Full Length Version) 5:25
- Private Dancer (Edit) 4:23
- Show Some Respect 3:08