''What's Love Got to Do with It'' is the eighth solo studio album by

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, released on June 15, 1993, by

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. It served as the

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

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that same year.

Overview

Turner re-recorded many of her songs from the

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period for this album including their first successful single, "A Fool in Love". Three brand-new tracks were also included, "

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" being a top-10 entry in both the US and UK, her last major American chart success. The album also includes Turner's version of

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' disco classic "

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", a song she had often performed live in concert during the late 1970s, but which she had never previously recorded in studio. Two tracks from her 1984 breakthrough solo album ''

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'' are included as well, the title track to the movie and "I Might Have Been Queen". The album hit #1 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". Turner's version of "

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" was not the

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song but a slightly different, more

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

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''.

Track listings

Personnel

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

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– acoustic piano (4) * Robbie King –

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

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

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

Nick Glennie-Smith Nickolas Glennie-Smith is an English film score composer, conductor, and musician who is a frequent collaborator with Hans Zimmer, contributing to scores including '' The Rock'' (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound), the 2006 histori ...

– keyboards (13) *

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 (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 1959 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 the ...

– 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 Hot ...

– guitars (12) *

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 ...

– 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 an ...

– 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 ses ...

– drums (12) * Graham Jarvis – drums (13) * Simon Morton – percussion (13) * Tim Cappello – 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 a smooth jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone and keyboards player, vocalist, composer, and record producer. Career Braun was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and attended Dieruff High School. His mother was a se ...

– trumpet solo (4) * Aaron Zigman – 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 Jean McClain (born March 8, 1953), better known as Pepper Mashay, is an American soul, house and dance music singer-songwriter who has had success as a touring and studio performer. Early life McClain grew up in Muncie, Indiana. Growing up, h ...

– backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14) * The Tuck Back Twins (

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and

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) – backing vocals (4) *

Laurence Fishburne Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor. He is a three time Emmy Award and Tony Award winning actor known for his roles on stage and screen. He has been hailed for his forceful, militant, and authoritative charact ...

– spoken vocals (8, 10) *

Cy Curnin Cyril John Curnin (born 12 December 1957, Wimbledon, England) is a singer/songwriter and musician and is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, the Fixx. As a songwriter, he has co-written over a dozen songs that have appeared on the ...

– backing vocals (12) *

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 (13)

Production

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

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 compression for molding mixes that play wel ...

– 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) *

Robert John "Mutt" Lange Robert John "Mutt" Lange (born 11 November 1948) is a South African record producer and songwriter, mainly known for his work in rock music as well as his previous marriage to Canadian singer Shania Twain, for whom he wrote and produced several ...

– producer (4) *

– producer (12) *

– producer (13) * Steve McNamara – engineer (4) *

Ron Obvious Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald. Ron or RON may also refer to: Arts and media * Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character * Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character *Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe A ...

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

– 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 photo ...

– photography *

Herb Ritts Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952December 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 black a ...

– photography Studios * Recorded at

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(Los Angeles, California); Battery Studios and

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(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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Weekly charts

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Certifications

References

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