What's Love Got to Do with It is the first soundtrack by American singer Tina Turner, released on June 15, 1993, by Parlophone. It served as the soundtrack album for the 1993 Tina Turner biographical film of the same name, which was released by Touchstone Pictures 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 period including their first successful single, "A Fool in Love". A total of five new tracks were recorded. Three all new tracks were also included—"I Don't Wanna Fight", 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" and "Stay Awhile". The album also includes a new Turner version of the Trammps' disco classic "Disco Inferno", 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 song but a slightly different, more blues rock song Turner wrote herself with her bandmates, though she still credited the song to King on the soundtrack. Turner recalls singing the B.B. King ballad in her 1986 memoir, I, Tina. Two tracks from her 1984 breakthrough solo album Private Dancer are included as well—the title track to the film and "I Might Have Been Queen". The album hit number one on the UK Albums Chart 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.
Track listings All tracks produced by Chris Lord-Alge, Tina Turner and Roger Davies, except "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" produced by Bryan Adams and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, "I Might Have Been Queen" produced by Rupert Hine and "What's Love Got to Do with It" produced by Terry Britten.
Personnel Musicians
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) David Paich – acoustic piano (4) Robbie King – Hammond B3 organ (4) Steve McNamara – programming (4) Rupert Hine – keyboards (12), bass (12), percussion programming (12), backing vocals (12) Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards (13) Billy Livsey – 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 – guitar solo (5) Jamie West-Oram – guitars (12) Terry Britten – guitars (13), backing vocals (13) Bob Feit – bass (2, 3, 6–11, 14) Curt Bisquera – drums (1, 2, 3, 5–11, 14) Trevor Morais – 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 – 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 – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 14) The Tuck Back Twins (Bryan Adams and Mutt Lange) – backing vocals (4) Laurence Fishburne – spoken vocals (8, 10) (film versions only, not on the released soundtrack) Cy Curnin – backing vocals (12) Tessa Niles – 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) Chris Lord-Alge – 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) Bryan Adams – producer (4) Robert John "Mutt" Lange – producer (4) Rupert Hine – producer (12) Terry Britten – 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 – mastering Norman Moore – art direction, design Peter Lindbergh – photography Herb Ritts – photography
Studios Recorded at Record Plant (Los Angeles, California); Battery Studios and Mayfair Studios (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).
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for What's Love Got to Do with It Chart (1993) Peakposition European Albums (Music & Media) 4 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 14 Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) 6 Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "Tina Turner" in the "Artista" field and press "cerca". 9 Spanish Albums (AFYVE) 17 US Cash Box Top Pop Albums 15 + 2023–2024 weekly chart performance for What's Love Got to Do with It Chart (2023–2024) Peakposition
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for What's Love Got to Do with It Chart (1993) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 41 European Albums (Music & Media) 25 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 50 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 25 Norwegian End-of-School Period Albums (VG-lista) 13 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 14 UK Albums (OCC) 28 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 56
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