“One of the Living” is a 1985 song by American singer

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 " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...

featuring Device and Tim Cappello. It was one of two songs which Turner recorded for the film ''

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' is a 1985 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie and written by Miller and Terry Hayes. It stars Mel Gibson and Tina Turner in a story of a lone roving warr ...

,'' in which she also starred (“

We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten, and recorded by American singer Tina Turner. It appeared in the 1985 film ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'', which starred Mel Gibson and Turner. On the h ...

” was the other). The single reached number 15 on the American ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Along with performing keyboards and backing vocals,

Holly Knight ''Ilex'' (), or holly, is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. ''Ilex'' has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen o ...

wrote and composed the song. Knight also co-wrote Turner's singles " The Best" and "

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." Gene Black performed guitars and backing vocals.

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian-American record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suz ...

produced the song. The saxophone solo was performed by Tim Cappello and lead vocals were performed by Tina Turner. Device lead singer,

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did not participate on the project. In 1986, the song won the

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...

for

Best Female Rock Vocal Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to female recording artists for works (songs or albums) conta ...

Versions and remixes

* Album Version - 5:59 * 7" Remix - 4:10 * 7" Dub Version - 4:45 * 12" Special Club Mix - 7:35 * 12" Dub - 4:56 * 12" Instrumental - 5:58

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:One Of The Living Tina Turner songs 1985 singles 1985 songs Songs written by Holly Knight Mad Max music Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Capitol Records singles Songs written for films American hard rock songs