''What's Love Got to Do with It'' is the first soundtrack by American singer

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress, and author. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", her vocal prowess, raspy voice, and electrifyin ...

, released on June 15, 1993, by

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. It served as the

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...

for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film of the same name, which was released by

Touchstone Pictures Touchstone Pictures was an American film distribution label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured ...

that same year. It mostly consists of re-recorded versions of her greatest hits during her period with the Ike and Tina Revue. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of ''What's Love Got to Do with It'', the album was re-released on April 26, 2024 with remixes, single edits and rarities.

Overview

Most of the album is re-recorded songs from the

Ike & Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner was an American musical duo consisting of husband-and-wife Ike Turner and Tina Turner. From 1960 to 1976, they performed live as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, supported by the Kings of Rhythm and backing vocalists, the Ikettes. ...

period including their first successful single, "

A Fool in Love "A Fool in Love" is the debut single by Ike & Tina Turner. It was released on Sue Records in 1960. The song is Tina Turner's first release with the stage name "Tina Turner" although she had been singing with Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm since ...

". A total of five new tracks were recorded. Three all new tracks were also included—"

I Don't Wanna Fight "I Don't Wanna Fight" is a song by American singer and actress Tina Turner, released in April 1993, by Parlophone. The track was co-written by British singer Lulu, her brother Billy Lawrie, and Steve DuBerry. The song was first offered to sing ...

", a top-10 entry in both the US and UK, and her last major American chart success, as well as "

Why Must We Wait Until Tonight "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" is a song performed by American recording artist and actress Tina Turner for her 1993 ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' soundtrack album. The track was written and produced by Bryan Adams and Robert John "Mutt" La ...

" and "Stay Awhile". The album also includes a new Turner version of

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' disco classic "

Disco Inferno "Disco Inferno" is a song by American disco band the Trammps from their 1976 studio album of same name. With two other cuts by the group, it reached No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart in early 1977, but had limited mainstream ...

", a song she had often performed live in concert during the late 1970s, but which she had never previously recorded in studio. It also includes a new Turner version of " You Know I Love You" which is not the

B.B. King Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, sh ...

song but a slightly different, more

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song Turner wrote herself with her band mates, though she still credited the song to King on the soundtrack. Turner recalls singing the B.B. King ballad in her 1986 memoir, ''

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''. Two tracks from her 1984 breakthrough solo album ''

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'' are included as well—the title track to the film and "

I Might Have Been Queen "I Might Have Been Queen" is a song written for Tina Turner as the first track on her highly successful ''Private Dancer'' album, and later included as a re-mixed version, with an additional lyric added to the bridge, on her ''What's Love Got to D ...

". The album hit number one on the

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and was certified platinum in various countries including the US, the UK, Switzerland and New Zealand. The US version of the album omits two tracks; " Shake a Tail Feather" and "Tina's Wish", the latter being Turner's version of "Make Me Over" from the 1973 album ''

Nutbush City Limits "Nutbush City Limits" is a semi-autobiographical song written by Tina Turner which commemorates her rural hometown of Nutbush in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States. Originally released as a single on United Artists Records in August 1 ...

''.

Track listings

All tracks produced by

Chris Lord-Alge Chris Lord-Alge is an American mix engineer. He is the brother of both Tom Lord-Alge and Jeff Lord-Alge, both of whom are also audio engineers. Chris and Tom are known for their abundant use of dynamic range compression for molding mixes that ...

and Roger Davies, except "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" produced by

Bryan Adams Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a British and Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold between 75 million and more than 100 million album, records and Single (music), si ...

and

Robert John "Mutt" Lange Robert John "Mutt" Lange ( ; born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer. He is known for his work in rock music as well as co-writing and producing various songs for Shania Twain, his ex-wife. Her 1997 album ''Come On Over'', whic ...

, "I Might Have Been Queen" produced by

Rupert Hine Rupert Neville Hine (21 September 1947 – 4 June 2020) was an English record producer and musician. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nic ...

and "What's Love Got to Do with It" produced by

Terry Britten Terence Ernest Britten (born 17 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 (band), Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many ot ...

. Notes * The original US version of the album omits "Shake a Tail Feather" and "Tina's Wish". * "I Don't Wanna Fight", "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" and "Stay Awhile" are new songs recorded for the album. * "Disco Inferno" and "(Darlin') You Know I Love You" are cover versions recorded by Turner for the first time in studio. * "Rock Me Baby", "Nutbush City Limits", "Proud Mary", "A Fool in Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", "Shake a Tail Feather" and "Tina's Wish" are 1993 re-recordings of songs by Ike & Tina Turner. * "I Might Have Been Queen" and "What's Love Got to Do with It" are taken from Turner's 1984 album, ''

''. "I Might Have Been Queen" is a previously unreleased remixed version with an additional lyric added to the bridge.

Personnel

Musicians

* Tina Turner – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 12) *

Steve DuBerry Steve DuBerry is a British Grammy Award nominated songwriter and record producer, co-writer of Tina Turner's "I Don't Wanna Fight" (along with Lulu and her brother Billy Lawrie). DuBerry has also written and produced songs for Tylah Yaweh, Blue ...

– keyboards (1), drum programming (1), backing vocals (1) * C.J. Vanston – keyboards (1, 2, 3, 5–9, 11, 14), drum programming (1, 5), strings (4) *

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist, and secondary vocalist of the rock band Toto (band), Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrot ...

– acoustic piano (4) * Robbie King –

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

(4) * Steve McNamara – programming (4) *

– keyboards (12), bass (12), percussion programming (12), backing vocals (12) *

Nick Glennie-Smith Nickolas Glennie-Smith is an English film score composer, Conducting, conductor, and musician who is a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer, contributing to scores including ''The Rock (film), The Rock'' (nominated for the Academy Awards, Acad ...

– keyboards (13) *

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

– keyboards (13) * Gene Black – guitars (1, 3, 5–9, 11, 14), lead guitar (2) * James Ralston – guitars (1, 2, 3, 5–11, 14), backing vocals (3) * Keith Scott – guitars (4) *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1958 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and th ...

– guitar solo (5) *

Jamie West-Oram The Fixx are a rock band from London, England, founded in 1979. The band's hits include " One Thing Leads to Another", " Saved by Zero", " Are We Ourselves?", and " Secret Separation", each of which charted in the top 20 of the ''Billboard'' ...

– guitars (12) *

– guitars (13), backing vocals (13) * Bob Feit – bass (2, 3, 6–11, 14) *

Curt Bisquera Curt "Kirkee B." Bisquera is an American drummer known for his extensive work as a touring and session musician. Biography Bisquera has worked with Johnny Cash, Josh Groban, Mick Jagger, Seal, Sarah McLachlan, Elton John, Johnny Hallyday and To ...

– drums (1, 2, 3, 5–11, 14) *

Trevor Morais Trevor Morais (born 10 October 1944) is an English drummer who has been a member of several notable groups such as Faron's Flamingos, Rory Storm and The Hurricanes, The Peddlers, Quantum Jump and the Elkie Brooks backing band. He is also a s ...

– drums (12) * Graham Jarvis – drums (13) * Simon Morton – percussion (13) *

Tim Cappello Tim Cappello (born May 3, 1955), also credited as Timmy Cappello, is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and vocalist. He is primarily known for his saxophone work supporting Tina Turner in the 1980s and '90s, as well as for his musical ...

– saxophone (1, 2, 3, 6–9, 11, 14), backing vocals (1, 3), horn arrangements (5), bass vocals (8), featured vocals (10) * Lee Thornburg – trombone (1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14), trumpet (1, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14) *

Rick Braun Rick Braun (born July 6, 1955) is an American smooth jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone and keyboards player, vocalist, composer, and record producer. Early life and education Braun was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended Dieruff High ...

– trumpet solo (4) *

Aaron Zigman Aaron Zigman (born January 6, 1963) is a classically trained American composer, producer, arranger, songwriter, and musician who has scored music for films including '' The Notebook'', '' The Company Men'', '' Bridge to Terabithia'', '' John Q. ...

– string arrangements (1, 5) * Sharon Brown – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14) * Jackie Gouche – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14) * Jean McClain – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14) * The Tuck Back Twins (

and

Mutt Lange Robert John "Mutt" Lange ( ; born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer. He is known for his work in rock music as well as co-writing and producing various songs for Shania Twain, his ex-wife. Her 1997 album ''Come On Over'', whic ...

) – backing vocals (4) *

Laurence Fishburne Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has gained recognition for his roles on stage and screen as militant and authoritative characters. List of awards and nominations received by Laur ...

– spoken vocals (8, 10) (film versions only, not on the released soundtrack) *

Cy Curnin Cyril John Curnin (born 12 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter who serves as the lead vocalist for the new wave band, the Fixx. He has released five solo albums: ''Mayfly'' (2005), ''The Returning Sun'' (2007), ''Solar Minimum'' (20 ...

– backing vocals (12) *

Tessa Niles Tessa Margaret Niles ( ''née'' Webb; born 27 January 1961) 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 career Niles began h ...

– backing vocals (13)

Production

* Roger Davies – executive producer, producer (1, 2, 3, 5–11, 14) * Tina Turner – executive producer, liner notes, producer (2, 3, 5–11, 14) *

– producer (1, 2, 3, 5–11, 14), engineer (1, 2, 3, 5–11, 14), mixing (1–11, 14), remixing (12) * Steve DuBerry – additional producer (1) *

– producer (4) *

– producer (12) *

– producer (13) * Steve McNamara – engineer (4) * Ron Obvious – engineer (4) * John Hudson – engineer (12), mixing (12) * Bill Leonard – assistant engineer (1, 2, 3, 5–11, 14) * Talley Sherwood – assistant engineer (1–11, 14) * Ben Wallach – assistant engineer (1–11, 14) *

Doug Sax Doug Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six Pink Floyd's albums, including '' The Wall''; Ray Charles' multiple ...

– mastering * Norman Moore – art direction, design *

Peter Lindbergh Peter Lindbergh (born Peter Brodbeck; 23 November 1944 – 3 September 2019) was a German fashion photographer and film director. He had studied arts in Berlin and Krefeld, and exhibited his works before graduation. In 1971, he turned to phot ...

– photography *

Herb Ritts Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on b ...

– photography Studios * Recorded at

Record Plant The Record Plant was a recording studio established in New York City in 1968 and last operating in Los Angeles, California. Known for innovations in the recording artists' workspace, it produced highly influential albums, including the New York ...

(Los Angeles, California); Battery Studios and

Mayfair Studios Mayfair Recording Studios was a recording studio in London, England, which was in operation from the 1960s until 2008. Background The studio, located at 64 South Molton Street in the Mayfair area of the West End of London, was originally establi ...

(London, UK); Farmyard Studios (Buckinghamshire, England); The Warehouse Studio (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada). * Overdubbed and Mixed at Image Recording Studios (Los Angeles, California). * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).

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