Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Single

What’s Love Got To Do With It

Single (1984)

What’s Love Got To Do With It is a pop song and Tina’s first number one hit in America. It was released as the first single to promote the album Private Dancer, while she was on tour with Lionel Richie. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from May 12, 1984. The song won two Grammy Awards in 1985 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 1993, it was used as the title for the biographical movie What’s Love Got To Do With It about Tina’s life story. In 2018, a special Symphonic Version was released digitally, and the Norwegian DJ Kygo released a remix as a digital single in 2020, which topped the iTunes charts in many countries.

The first music video was filmed totally in black and white in the S&A studios in Los Angeles. It is very artistically with an absolutely gorgeous looking Tina, but it is also a little bit melancholic. The second one is totally different and much more positive, filmed live in New York City with Tina in a black mini skirt and a jeans jacket. She is looking at the East River at a ferry and comes later from a tube station, walking down the streets and interacting with different peoples. At the end, she stops at a chalk drawing of the Private Dancer cover. This video features Pamela Springsteen, the sister of Bruce Springsteen as a street dancer. It won a MTV Video Music Award in the category 'Best Female Video' in 1985.

Writer: Terry Britten, Graham Lyle
Producer: Terry Britten
Photographer: Peter Ashworth, Brian Aris
Release: May '84 (USA) / June '84 (UK) / Juli '84 (Germany) / 2010 (Digital)
Format: 7“ Vinyl / 12“ Vinyl (Picture) / Digital
Charts: USA: #1 / Australia: #1 / Canada: #1 / UK: #3 / Germany: #7 / Europe: #9, #2 (Airplay)
Certifications: USA: 1x Gold / UK: 1x Silver
Grammy: Best Pop Vocal Performance Female / Record of the Year (1985)
American Music Award: Favorite Soul/R&B Single / Favorite Pop/Rock Single (Nominated 1985)
Music Video: 3:47 / Mark Robinson (Director), John Caldwell (Producer)
Music Video: 3:50 / Bud Schaetzle (Director)
Album: Private Dancer

Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It - Music Video

Tracks

  1. What’s Love Got To Do With It 3:48
    2. From the 7" single
  2. What’s Love Got To Do With It (Extended Version) 5:45
    3. From the 12" single
  3. What’s Love Got To Do With It (Karaoke Version) 3:51
    4. Digital download (2010)
  4. What’s Love Got To Do With It (2016 DJ Edit) 5:11
    5. From the DMC sampler 'Commercial Collection 405' from October 2016 / Mix by Kevin Sweeney / BMP 98.5
  5. What’s Love Got To Do With It (Ken@Work Jackin’ Mix) 5:03
    6. From the DMC sampler 'Producer Mixes Ken@Work Vol. 4 - The 80s' from September 2022 / Mix by Ken@Work / BMP 120
    Additional tracks:
  1. Don’t Rush The Good Things 3:45
    2. From the European release / Previously Unreleased / Written by Neil Gammack / Produced by John Carter already in 1982
  2. Rock’n Roll Widow 4:45
    3. From the American release / Previously Unreleased / Written by Tom Snow / Produced by John Carter already in 1982

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