"Afterglow" is a song recorded by

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer o ...

, written and produced by

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along w ...

and

Graham Lyle Graham Hamilton Lyle (born 11 March 1944, in Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. Between 1970 and 1997, he co-wrote 18 British Top 40 hits, 9 Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 entrie ...

, and produced by Britten. It appeared on her studio album ''

Break Every Rule ''Break Every Rule'' is the sixth solo studio album by Tina Turner. It was released on September 5, 1986, through Capitol Records in the US. It was the follow-up to Turner's globally successful comeback album, ''Private Dancer'', released two ye ...

'' (1986), and featured

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on keyboards. The song was the eighth and final song from the album to be released as a single, if only in the United States. It failed to crack the US Hot 100, but it reached number 5 on the US dance charts and number 20 on the Maxi Single Sales chart. A promo video for the track was filmed as part of the ''Break Every Rule'' TV special in 1986, in which it was the opening number. It shows Turner performing the song in her dressing room at the club Le Zero in

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as she is preparing to go on stage.

Versions and remixes

* Album version – 4:39 * 7" Remix * Vocal Dance Mix – 7:10 * Glowing Dub – 6:14 * Tina's House Mix – 6:37 * Tinapella – 4:41

Personnel

* Tina Turner – lead vocals *

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– keyboards *

– synthesizer solo *

– programming, guitars, bass * Jack Bruno – drums *

Tessa Niles Tessa Margaret Niles ( ''née'' Webb; born 27 January 1961 in Ilford, Essex) is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of contemporary artists. She began her professional singing career in 1979. Early life and ca ...

– backing vocals

Charts

References

{{authority control Tina Turner songs 1987 songs Songs written by Graham Lyle Songs written by Terry Britten