Tina Turner: Top 50 Songs

Tina Turner Top 50 Songs

R&B/rock singer born Anna Mae Bullock on 11/26/39 in Nutbush, TN. Died 5/24/2023. Found success as half of a duo with Ike Turner, to whom she was married from 1962-78. After a few overlooked solo efforts in the ‘70s, Tina returned with the album Private Dancer in 1984 and launched one of rock’s greatest comeback stories. The 12-time Grammy winner has been called “The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” and sold more than 200 million records worldwide. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists. Check out the DMDB podcast episode Celebrating Tina Turner, 1939-2023 based on this list.

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Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. DMDB Top 1%: 1. What’s Love Got to Do with It? (1984) 2. River Deep, Mountain High (with Ike, 1966) DMDB Top 5%: 3. Proud Mary (with Ike, 1971) 4. We Don’t Need Another Hero (1985) 5. The Best (1989) DMDB Top 10%: 6. Private Dancer (1984) 7. I Don’t Wanna Fight (1993) 8. Typical Male (1986) 9. It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams, 1984) 10. Better Be Good to Me (1984) 11. Let’s Stay Together (1983) DMDB Top 20%: 12. Help! (1984) 13. Tonight (with David Bowie, 1984) 14. Come Together (with Ike, 1970) 15. Nutbush City Limits (with Ike, 1973) 16. One of the Living (1985) 17. Two People (1986) 18. What You Get Is What You See (1986) 19. Golden Eye (1995) 20. Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton, 1986) 21. Steamy Windows (1989) 22. I Want to Take You Higher (with Ike, 1970) 23. It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart, 1990) 24. Ooh Poo Pah Doo (with Ike, 1964) 25. Fool in Love (with Ike, 1960) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 26. Show Some Respect (1984) 27. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight (1993) 28. Missing You (1996) 29. It’s Gonna Work Out Fine (with Ike, 1961) 30. Up in Heah (with Ike, 1972) 31. When the Heartache Is Over (1999) 32. Baby Get It On (with Ike, 1975) 33. Bold Soul Sister (with Ike, 1969) 34. Sexy Ida (with Ike, 1974) 35. Tra La La La La (with Ike, 1962) 36. I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (1969) 37. Come Together (1976) 38. Addicted to Love (1988) 39. I Idolize You (with Ike, 1960) 40. I Can’t Stand the Rain (1984) 41. Workin’ Together (with Ike, 1970) 42. I’m Yours (Use Me Anyway You Wanna) (with Ike, 1971) 43. Poor Fool (with Ike, 1961) 44. The Hunter (with Ike, 1969) 45. You Should’a Treated Me Right (with Ike, 1962) 46. Open Arms (2004) 47. Break Every Rule (1986) 48. Look Me in the Heart (1989) 49. I Don’t Wanna Lose You (1989) 50. I Can’t Believe What You Say for Seeing What You Do (with Ike, 1964) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Tina Turner Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 5/27/2023; last updated 6/14/2023.

Tina Turner “We Don’t Need Another Hero” charted

We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) Tina Turner

Writer(s): Terry Britten, Graham Lyle (see lyrics here) Released: July 8, 1985 First Charted: July 5, 1985 Peak: 2 US, 3 CB, 3 GR, 3 RR, 3 AC, 3 RB, 29 AR, 3 UK, 11 CN, 13 AU, 9 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 1.0 radio, 37.2 video, -- streaming

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About the Song: Tina Turner was born in Tennessee in 1939. She became a well-known singer in a duo with husband Ike Turner in the 1960s, known for R&B hits like “River Deep, Mountain High” and their cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary.” She famously left Ike in 1976 because of his abusiveness and cocaine addiction. It looked like the end of her career, but in 1983 she launched what some have called the greatest comeback in rock history. After a top-30 hit with a remake of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” in 1983 she went all the way to #1 with “What’s Love Got to Do with It” the next year. It was one of three top-10 hits and five top-40 songs from her top 10, multi-platinum album Private Dancer. She was 44 years old at the time of the album’s release – “a dinosaur by industry standards (for women, at least).” SF All told, she landed thirteen top-40 hits as a solo act from 1983 to 1993. The real test for that longevity and chart success would come in how she followed up Private Dancer. In a move that surprised people, she took a role alongside Mel Gibson in 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third in the series of apocalyptic-themed movies. She contributed two songs to the soundtrack – “the sprawling and majestic” AMG “We Don’t Need Another Hero” and “One of the Living.” The former reached #2 and the latter got to #15. “Hero” played over the end credits of the movie. It was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It won the Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The songwriters, Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, also wrote “What’s Love Got to Do with It.” Resources: AMG All Music Guide review of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome soundtrack SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 1/19/2023.