Tina Turner - Typical Male - Single

Typical Male

Single (1986)

Tina Turner - Typical Male - Single

Typical Male is a pop song and was the first international and highly successful single, nominated for a Grammy Award in 1987. Tina promoted it at several TV-Shows and performed it live at her Break Every Rule Tour and once again in 2008 / '09 at her 50th Anniversary Tour. A remastered version of the powerful rock song and previously unreleased b-side track Don’t Turn Around was released digitally in 2022 to promote the Break Every Rule (Deluxe Edition).

The music video shows Tina in a red mini dress, trying to get the attention of a lawyer. She plays chess and scrabble with him, dancing around a giant black shoe and pushing him high into the air by jumping on a giant telephone headpiece seesaw. At the end, Tina and the lawyer walking away while holding hands.

Writer: Terry Britten, Graham Lyle
Producer: Terry Britten
Photographer: Herb Ritts
Release: August 1986
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl (Picture) / Cassette
Charts: USA: #2 / Germany: #3 / Europe: #5, #2 (Airplay) / UK: #33 / Spain: #1 / Finland: #1 / Australia: #20
Grammy: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Nomination 1987)
Music Video: 4:18 / Brian Grant (Director) / Frank Hilton (Producer)
Album: Break Every Rule

Tina Turner - Typical Male - Music Video

Tracks

  1. Typical Male 4:18
  2. From the 7" single
  3. Typical Male (Dance Mix) 7:17
  4. Typical Male (Dub Mix) 6:28
  5. From the 12" single
  6. Typical Male (Ultimix) 6:39
  7. From the DJ sampler 'Ultimix 5' from 1986 & 'The Best of Ultimix (Boxset)' & 'In The Beginning' from 1995 / Edit by Les Massengale / BPM 107
    Additional track:
  1. Don’t Turn Around 4:17
  2. Previously Unreleased / Written by Diane Warren, Albert Hammond / Produced by Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain