1987 - Girls 7 Inch Single
"Girls" is a single from Tina Turner's album "Break Every Rule". This song was written by long time friend and careersaver David Bowie and co-written by Erdal Kizilcay. "Girls" is a pop/rock song about a woman’s feelings after her love left her. Another huge name who played the drums on this track is Phil Collins.
"Girls" was a great song but it seems that it only charted in The Netherlands and Poland. As for Poland we can’t find any chart positions. Tina shot a promotion video for the song and was recorded during her Break Every Rule Special in Camden Palace London in 1986. "Girls" was included and excluded during the Break Every Rule World Tour in 1987/1988. A live version was released on the album "Tina Live in Europe", and on a bootleg LP which was recorded in Dortmund 1987.
As far as we know there’s no promotional performance of the song. We have never seen footage of Tina performing the song on TV or live in concert. The song was released in 1987 as a 7" single and 12" single.
The B-side for the song was "Take Me To The River", a cover version from Al Green. The song has a religious background and is about losing material possessions and objects of value. The person is out of love and wants to go back to the basics, but is confused about whether if it’s good for him/her, because it seems this person also never had a lot of other belongings. However the person wants to wash it all off in the river. Tina recorded the song in 1983 with Martyn Ware from the Heaven 17 group as a B.E.F. production. The song is never released on an album and still remains as a rare track.
Track Listing
"Girls"
Album: Break every rule - 1986
Girls
We come and we go
We kiss
Come and we go
Like a breeze
Rushing your cheek
Like pain
Like the tears on a face
Girls
Girls
We come and we go
Like spirits
We vanish at dawn
My heart
Suspended in time
Like you
Vanish like tears in the rain
Girls
We take our loves away
Like spirits
Living so far away
Girls
Pretending to break down and cry
Girls
Whispering wind
What are we giving away
We used to be so happy
Remember
Remember
So happy
I never knew
How lonely
How lonely
How lonely could feel
Girls
We come and we go
We kiss
Come and we go
Like spirits
Rushing your cheek
Who like pain
Like the tears on a face
Girls
We take our loves away
Like spirits
Living so far away
Girls
Pretending to break down and cry
Girls
Whispering wind
What are we giving away
We used to be so happy
Remember
Remember
So happy
I never knew
How lonely
How lonely
How lonely
Could feel
Could feel
Could feel
Girls
Girls
Girls
Girls
Girls
"Take Me To The River"
Single: Girls (originally from Al Green)- 1986
Wash me!
I don't know why I love you like I do
with all the changes I keep going through
lost all the money and my happiness
and I haven't had the worst of it yet
I wanna know, tell me, tell me why
I love it still
Take me to the river
wash me down
yeah, drop me in the water
back to my fishing ground
And I don't know why they treat me so bad
think of all the good things that I've never had
love is an ocean I won't forget
my sweet sixteen I will never regret
I wanna know, won't you tell me, tell me why
I love it still
C'mon, river
wet me down
yeah, dip me in the water
back to my fishing ground
And hold me, squeeze me
just love me, and tease me
till I can't, till I can't
take it no more
I don't know why you treat me so bad
think of all the good things I've never had
love's an ocean I won't forget
my sweet sixteen I will never regret
I wanna know, you tell me, tell me why
I love it still
Take me to the river
and dip me in the water
take me to the river
drop me in the water
take me to the river
drop me in the water
yeah take me to the water
my fishing ground
wash me, wet me
squeeze me, and tease me
Released: 1986
Genre: Pop,Rock
Length: 4.56 min.
Label: Capitol
Writers: "Girls" – D. Bowie and E.Kizilcay
"Take Me To The River"- A. Green and M. Hodges
Producers: Terry Britten (Girls) and Martyn Ware (Take Me To The River)
Chart Positions
The Netherlands - 16
1975 - Under my thumb
1975 - Whole lotta love
1976 - Acid Queen
1978 - Root Toot Undisputable Rock 'n Roller
1978 - Viva la money
1978 - Sometimes When We Touch
1979 - Fruits of the Night
1979 - Music keeps me dancin'
1979 - Backstabbers
1980 - Are you breaking my heart
1982 - Ball of confusion
1983 - Lets Stay Together
1984 - Help
1984 - What's love got to do with it?
1984 - Better be good to me
1984 - Private Dancer
1984 - I can't stand the rain
1985 - Show some respect
1985 - We don't need another hero - Mad Max
1985 - One of the living
1985 - It's only love - with Bryan Adams
1986 - Typical Male
1986 - Back where you started
1986 - Two People
1987 - Girls
1987 - What you get is what you see
1987 - Break every rule
1987 - Paradise is here - Special Edition
1987 - Tearing us apart - with Eric Clapton
1988 - Nutbush City Limits
1988 - Tonight Live - with David Bowie
1988 - Addicted to love
1988 - A change is gonna come
1989 - The Best
1989 - I don't wanna lose you
1989 - 6345789 - with Robert Cray
1990 - Steamy Windows
1990 - Foreign Affair
1990 - Look Me in the Heart
1990 - Be Tender With Me Baby
1990 - It takes Two - with Rod Stewart
1991 - Nutbush City Limits
1991 - Way of the world
1991 - I want you near me
1991 - Love Thing
1993 - I don't wanna fight
1993 - Disco Inferno
1993 - Why must we wait until tonight?
1993 - Proud Mary
1995 - Goldeneye
1996 - On silent wings
1996 - Whatever you want
1997 - Cose della vita - with Eros Ramazzotti
