"When The Heartache Is Over" is a song by American 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 " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...
. Written by
Graham Stack and
John Reid for her tenth and final solo studio album, ''
Twenty Four Seven'' (1999), it was released as the album's leading single on October 18, 1999. The song was a moderate hit in late 1999 and early 2000, reaching number 10 in the UK and the top 20 in several other European countries. The song is produced by British producers
Brian Rawling
Brian Rawling is a British record producer and songwriter. He is the managing director of publisher and production company Metrophonic. Rawling has produced singles and albums for artists such as Cher, with whom he won a Grammy in 1999 for his w ...
and
Mark Taylor.
Release
It was a considerable hit both on the pop and dance charts, reaching the top ten in Finland and the UK, and the top twenty in Flemish Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland while peaking at number three on the ''
Billboard''
Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States. The singles released include remixes of "When the Heartache Is Over" by among others the Metro team, 7th District Inc. and
Hex Hector
Hex Hector (born Héctor Ortiz on April 15, 1965) is an American music producer and remixer. He won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Remixer. He was born in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban
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. Certain European CD singles also included two live recordings from Turner's 1996 ''
Wildest Dreams Tour
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'', "
I Can't Stand the Rain" and "
On Silent Wings".
Critical reception
Larry Flick from ''
Billboard'' wrote that produced by the team that catapulted
Cher back to fame via "
Believe", "this number has similar energy, with a bright-eyed
dance beat and production so tight and joyful that listeners will be pulled in by the first
chorus and singing along by the last." He added, "Lyrically, Turner sings of the joy of liberation from a love gone bad—once the heartache has passed. It's a positive message that will bring in a new generation of
pop listeners, while allowing adults to crack a smile and tap a toe to the worldwide return of one of
contemporary music's greatest achievers and most-cherished performers." Can't Stop the Pop noted that the track "steps back to let Tina Turner do what she does best: cut loose and tear into it with her raspy rock vocals." They also complimented its "huge chorus", stating that the singer "never fails to wring every drop of emotion from the song." The Daily Vault's Mark Millan said that "her past is also relived", "which finds Turner lamenting: "Sometimes I look back in anger, thinking about all the pain / But I know that I'm stronger without you and that I'll never need you again"." Tom Lanham from ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' noted that the "undaunted diva hugs
synth-pop corners the way a hotdog skier schusses the slalom, kicking up soul-stirring powder at every turn. Behind her time-tested pipes is a grand chorus, pushing this winner across the finish line."
American newspaper ''
Herald-Journal'' picked "When The Heartache Is Over" as one of the "highlights" of the ''
Twenty Four Seven'' album, adding that it "is reminiscent of Cher's "Believe", both musically and lyrically. A hit throughout Europe, "Heartache" is posed to repeat the process in the U.S." Gustavo Rivas from ''
The Ithacan
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'' said that the producers "do a great job at adding her voice to a mixture of
disco and
rock
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rhythms." He noted that despite the fact that the lyrics of the song "are like those of Believe, where the theme was reminiscent of
Gloria Gaynor's
I Will Survive
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, Tina's unique voice and attitude allow the song to stand strong." Nathalie Nichols from ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' described it as a "pumping" "I-will-go-on inspirational anthem". Pop Rescue said that "musically and structurally, it’s basically the same track
s "Believe"with its layers of synths swirling and bubbling around in the background. Tina sounds great here though, and the chorus gives her plenty of space to show off that vocal power we know she somehow manages to muster." A reviewer from ''
Press-Telegram
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'' wrote that "the mighty Tina Turner returns with a single that is so scintillating, so accessible to today's pop leanings". Jon Caramanica from ''
Salon'' called it a "sleek
Europop
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affair".
Music video
The accompanying
music video
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for the song, which was filmed by British director
Paul Boyd, features Turner dancing on a giant "T" with other dancers around her on the ground. The video was choreographed by
Tina Landon
Tina Landon (born January 6, 1963) is an American choreographer based in Los Angeles who has worked with Prince, Anastacia, Mýa, Pink, Jay-Z, Marc Anthony, Kristi Yamaguchi, Aerosmith, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Janet Jack ...
. The background is black with a big screen that has flashing colours on it.
Track listings and formats
* European CD single
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (album version) – 3:45
# "
On Silent Wings" (live in Amsterdam) – 5:25
* European cassette single
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (album version) – 3:45
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (Metro mix) – 5:44
* European CD maxi single
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (album version) – 3:45
# "
I Can't Stand the Rain" (live in Amsterdam) – 3:33
# "On Silent Wings" (live in Amsterdam) – 5:25
* European CD maxi and 12-inch single
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (album version) – 3:45
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (Metro mix) – 5:44
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (7th District club mix) – 5:10
* US 12-inch single
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (
Hex Hector
Hex Hector (born Héctor Ortiz on April 15, 1965) is an American music producer and remixer. He won a Grammy Award in 2001 for Best Remixer. He was born in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban
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12-inch vocal mix) – 8:45
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (Hex Hector 7-inch vocal mix) – 3:30
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (Hex Hector 12-inch instrumental) – 8:45
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (Metro mix) – 5:45
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (7th District club mix) – 5:11
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (Hex Hector acapella) – 4:02
# "When the Heartache Is Over" (LP version) – 3:46
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
Cover versions
* The song's chorus was sampled in the song "
Love on My Mind" by
Freemasons which features vocals by
Amanda Wilson.
* The song's chorus was also sampled in the song "Without You" by Peyo Ft.
SKS.
References
External links
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Tina Turner songs
1999 singles
1999 songs
Dance-rock songs
Music videos directed by Paul Boyd
Parlophone singles
Song recordings produced by Mark Taylor (record producer)
Songs written by Graham Stack (record producer)
Virgin Records singles