"Two People" is a song by recording artist

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 ...

. It was written 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 ...

, with production helmed by the former, and released as the second single from her sixth solo album '' Break Every Rule'' (1986).

Versions and remixes

* Album version – 4:09 * Dance mix – 8:24 * Dub Mix – 7:00 * Tender Mix – 7:15

Personnel

* Tina Turner – lead vocals *

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– keyboards *

Billy Livsey Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, Phil Manzanera, 801, Gerry Raff ...

– keyboards *

– guitars, bass, backing vocals * Jack Bruno – drums

Charts

"Two People" became a top ten hit in Germany and Switzerland, and reached the top 20 in Austria, the Netherlands on ''Billboard''s

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chart. It was also a #30 pop hit on ''Billboard's

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chart in the United States.

Weekly charts

Music video

There were two music videos to "Two People", including one with Turner dressed as different characters, such as

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References

{{Authority control Tina Turner songs 1986 singles 1986 songs Songs written by Terry Britten Capitol Records singles